The certificate of the company mentioned below has been suspended on 27/09/2019.

If you want to purchase feed or obtain services from a supplier, the supplier should be certified Feed Chain Alliance (or equivalent).

On 16/09/2019, we have published new modifications to document BT-16.

Following the recent evaluation of the aflatoxin results received in the past months, the document has been adjusted as follows:

If you want to purchase feed or obtain services from a supplier, the supplier should be certified Feed Chain Alliance (or equivalent).

Today, we modified document BT-02 Purchase: General provisions on several points.

Fortement recommandée pour les entreprises débutantes et les futures entreprises Feed Chain Alliance, cette formation complète de deux jours vous permettra de faire connaissance avec tous les principes de base du Standard Feed Chain Alliance.

In this newsletter we dive deeper into the future modification of Annex I of Regulation (EC) no 1831/2003 as regards the establishment of two new functional groups of feed additives through Regulation (EU) 2019/962.

Following the recent evaluation of the aflatoxin results received in the past months, the document has been adjusted as follows:

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

With this newsletter we would like to inform you about the requirements for FCA companies wishing to purchase animal feed from an RCNA certified company:

In a world where huge efforts are made to limit the spread of viruses like H3 (influenza) or ASF, it is essential to avoid any risk of contamination. In this context it is important to apply the correct cleaning regime.

Purchases of feed materials within the FCA Standard will preferably be conducted with and FCA (or equivalent) certified supplier. However, this is not always possible. In some cases, and when the supplier does not dispose of a certification, the Gatekeeper Principle may offer a solution.

For the June follow-up, we return to the amendment of Regulation (EU) 2018/686 on MRLs for chlorpyrifos-methyl residues.

The OVOCOM Masterclasses are only available in French and Dutch.

The Belgian Federal Public Service for Public Health, Food-Chain Safety and the Environment  has issued a request for information from the Belgian feed companies on their monitoring results for dioxins and PCB.

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. The newest version of the quality agreement for cereals is now available on our website.

Curious about how we put our slogan "Together for safety and quality" into practice? The OVOCOM Annual Report 2018 offers you a clear insight into what we do and what we stand for. Take a peek!

Une bonne préparation est essentielle pour la réalisation de vos objectifs, et cela vaut certainement pour les situations de crise.

Lors de notre workshop sur la gestion et la communication de crise, nous simulerons une situation de crise. A vous de déterminer comment  l’aborder.

The Feed Chain Alliance Standard has been enriched with an additional document: BT-18 - Direct shipping from farms.