By means of this newsletter, we would like to give you an overview of the changes which have been made to FCA document ‘BT-02 - Purchase: general provisions’.

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Several texts which cover very different topics have been published during the month of May. Our ‘selection of the month’ concerns an amino acid, a new definition of fishmeal and fish oil and, finally, MRLs for ‘medicines in animal feed’.

As from Sunday June 4, 2017, Flemish television channel PlattelandsTv will broadcast a feed special on OVOCOM.

Pour ce mois d’avril, nous nous penchons sur le tout nouveau règlement relatif aux contrôles officiels (Règlement (UE) 2017/625). Que faut-il en attendre ?

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We would like to dedicate this newsletter to the transport under the FCA Standard. The points listed below have been reported to us by various stakeholders within the chain and therefore deserve our attention.

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GMP+ International and EFISC have informed OVOCOM of a possible zinc oxide (origin: Spain) and of products derived from zinc oxide contamination with dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs.

GMP+ International and EFISCH have informed OVOCOM of a possible maize (origin: Ukraine) and maize gluten meal (origin : Spain) contamination with dioxins.

We look at the month of March, where we picked out several authorisations of additives made from microorganisms. This leads us to consider the possible genetically modified nature of these microorganisms as well as the possible use of manufacturing by-products that result from them. We also note a memo from the SDSPA (Sous-direction de la santé et de protection animales) in France on the manufacture of medicated feed.

A reassessment of the risk classification of countries (see FCA-document ‘BT-16: Temporary Monitoring’), based on Aflatoxin results received, has led to the following changes :

The risk classification of Russia changes from ‘High’ to ‘Medium’.

There have been agreed several changes for the IDTF by the International Committee for Road Transport (GMP+ International, OVOCOM, QS, Qualimat, GTP, AIC, Gafta and AMA). The changes are now implemented in the IDTF. Please find here further information about the changes.

Initiatives are emerging both at national and at European level to reduce the use of medication, most notably on antibiotics on livestock farms.

Additionally, on a monthly basis, we take a step back to dive into one or more recently published legislative texts.

Vu que les applications pratiques lors de nos formations semblent être appréciées, la seconde formation thématique de cette année sera totalement organisée sous la forme d’un ‘workshop’.

Vu que les applications pratiques lors de nos formations semblent être appréciées, la seconde formation thématique de cette année sera totalement organisée sous la forme d’un ‘workshop’.

A reassessment of the risk classification of countries (see FCA-document ‘BT-16: Temporary Monitoring’), based on Aflatoxine results received, has led to the following changes :

Feed producers may purchase primary products in order to sell them as feed or to process them into feed. This is allowed only under certain conditions. These requirements are fixed in a quality agreement.