FCA documents BT-11 and BT-16 have been modified.  Below, you can find more details regarding the modifications.

A certificate of the company T&A Logistics, located in Lennik (Belgium), falsely claiming the company as being a certified FCA transporter. This is also mentioned on the website of the company.

For the new ‘focus’ point, we will take a look in the rear-view mirror, by reviewing the highlights of 2017 regarding legislation ‘feed’.

Les aliments diététiques (alimentation particulière) visent à répondre à certains besoins nutritionnels spécifiques des animaux. Lors de cette formation, nous aborderons, à l’aide d’exemples concrets, les textes législatifs relatifs aux aliments diététiques et à leur étiquetage.

While the fall in 2017 seemed to be characterized by a relatively small number of publications, the month of December 2017 stands out strong.

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Les aliments diététiques (alimentation particulière) visent à répondre à certains besoins nutritionnels spécifiques des animaux. Lors de cette formation, nous aborderons, à l’aide d’exemples concrets, les textes législatifs relatifs aux aliments diététiques et à leur étiquetage.

In order to ensure correct placing on the market of feed, it is essential to master the purchase of your products.

Changes have been made to point 6 ‘Evaluation suppliers and service providers’ of document BC-01.

The certificates of the companies mentioned below have been revoked on 4/01/2018.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