The certificates of the companies mentioned below have been revoked on 4/01/2018.

On January 2, 2018 the Feed Chain Alliance Standard was the first feed standard to be accepted by ketenborging.nl!

As a result of the publication of Regulation (EU) No 2017/2229 amending Annex 1 to Directive 2002/32/EC (undesirable substances), changes have been made to the following documents, as far as maximum levels of lead, mercury, melamine and decoquinaat are concerned.

As from January 1, 2018, the contribution fees of the following OVOCOM standards will be indexed:

BT-16: monitoring of Aflatoxin B1 in maize

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 month of November 2017 appears to be in line with October: only few important publications.

One particular document catches our attention though: a memorandum from the French Ministry of Agriculture and Food.

The managers of the FCA Standard (OVOCOM) and the CSA-GTP certification (FNA, Coop de France Métiers du grain, SYNACOMEX) have signed a mutual recognition agreement.

FCA document BT-02 has been adapted following the (temporary) mutual recognition agreements that have recently been concluded with scheme holders Oqualim, Fami-QS and CSA / GTP.

On December 7th 2017, OVOCOM and FAMI-QS have signed a renewed mutual recognition agreement. The agreement is valid for two years, e.g. until December 31st 2019.

Feed safety scheme holders in Europe unite to harmonize temporary mutual recognition between OQUALIM and AIC, GMP+ International, OVOCOM and QS effective as from January 1st 2018.

As of December 15th, 2017 Bart Verhulst is the new Managing Director of OVOCOM vzw / asbl. The baton is handed to him by Katrien D'hooghe, who, after six years at OVOCOM, starts a new challenge at the Belgian Feed Association (BFA).

The certificate of the company mentioned below has been suspended on 5/12/2017.

This month of October 2017 can be considered ‘quiet’ as far as European publications are concerned. However, two memorandums from the General Food Direction in France (Direction Générale de l’alimentation) drew our attention. The first one reports on a current topic: insects and animal feed. The second one, more technical, discusses the use of animal by-products of milk and milk derivatives.

L’année prochaine, OVOCOM vous proposera à nouveau toute une gamme de formations de qualité. Découvrez-les ci-dessous ou consultez notre site web.

Avez-vous une suggestion épatante pour nos formations « alimentation animale » ?  N’hésitez pas à nous le faire savoir via info@ovocom.be ou +32 (0)2 514 01 86. En effet, nous sélectionnons nos sujets sur base des intérêts du secteur.

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 :

Although the acronym "FCA" is fast becoming commonplace, sometimes we still discover a reference to the old name "GMP". So let’s jog your memory.

Document AT-08 has been updated following the publication of Execution regulation (EU) 2017/1914 on 20/10/2017. As a result, the tables at point IV have been revised.

Des modifications ont été apportées au règlement de Certification du Standard FCA. Elles concernent : Dossier auditeur – Ajout du scope ‘MH’ à l’examen de type 1. Dorénavant, les auditeurs qui auront réussi l’examen de type 1 pourront également être qualifiés pour le scope ‘MH’ : Mise sur le marché d’aliments composés produits par un tiers.

Recently, AIC, GMP+ International, OVOCOM, OQUALIM and QS agreed upon a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to reach full mutual recognition among each other.

For many years, the four organizations (AIC, GMP+ International, Ovocom and QS) have already signed agreement about the said collaboration.

The certificate of the company mentioned below has been suspended on 25/10/2017.