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The certificate of the company mentioned below has been suspended on 04/04/2016.
The certificate of the company mentioned below has been suspended on 25/03/2016.
Following the detection of a classic BSE case on a bovine animal born in 2011 in the French Ardennes, France has lost its OIE status of countries with a negligible BSE risk and returns to its previous status (= member state with a controlled risk status).
The 2016 Summary of all notifications issued by the RASFF (rapid alert system for Food and Feed), and which might be interesting for operators belonging to the feed sector, has been updated on February 29, 2016.
Primary products (such as cereals, straw and hay) may, under certain conditions, detailed in document FCA ‘BT-02 – Purchase : General provisions’, be purchased subject to an agreement from the primary producer to satisfy certain minimum requirements.
Traditionally, the conclusion as regards the follow-up of the rapid alert notifications of the past year are presented at our first thematic training course.
For this month’s follow-up, we focus on a current topic : regulatory framework for the use of insect-derived products and in particular insect proteins.
Day after day, OVOCOM commits itself to provide companies belonging to the animal feed sector with a reliable, credible and affordable feed safety system.
During the recent Periodical Evaluation that took place on Monday February 29th 2016, with respect to the classification of countries into risk categories (high / medium / low) (see FCA document ‘BT-16: Temporary monitoring’), the classification for India has been modified:
The security and quality of animal feed are the main priorities of FCA certified companies. A thorough monitoring is required as well as a control of the purchases.
At the level of the national legislation (France and Belgium), several texts dealing with multiple issues were published last month.
Covered transport of products has thus far been a general requirement within the FCA Standard. However, for certain products (humid, hot, ...), covered transport may adversely influence their microbiological quality.
One of the pillars of the Feed Chain Alliance Standard is to implement a mandatory and well- founded monitoring plan.
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In practice it is not always easy to determine whether or not a particular transport section should be part of the FCA certification inherent to a company.
On Monday January 25th, a new evaluation took place with respect to the classification of countries into risk categories (high / medium /low), a classification put in place in the protocol for additional monitoring of Aflatoxin B1 in maize (FCA document ‘BT-16: Temporary monitoring’).
The certificate of the company mentioned below has been suspended on 27/01/2016.
With this newsletter we would like to provide you with an overview of the mandatory communication which is to be sent to OVOCOM upon purchase of animal feed:
An effective incident and crisis management is essential to ensure the food safety and credibility of the entire ‘feed’ chain.
As you probably already know, all FCA certified participants, as well as approved certification bodies and registered consultants have access to a weekly overview of the sector-based legislation published during the past week.
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