Translation of "Futtermittelrecht" in English

The areas covered by such training are food law and feed law, animal health and animal welfare requirements.

It will act as the EU reference laboratory for GMO food and feed legislation.

Two new areas identified for training were feed law and analysis of genetically modified organisms.

Member States shall also lay down the rules on measures and penalties applicable to infringements of food and feed law.

Member States shall also lay down the rules on measures and penalties applicable to infringements of food and feed law.

The Council urged the Commission to speed up the work already begun by its Standing Committee on Feedingstuffs, which re-examines the legislation on animal feed and proposes, if deemed necessary, additions and amendments for tighter harmonisation.

Another ambitious programme, which was last discussed on Monday at the meeting of Agricultural Ministers, concerns substantial changes to current foodstuffs legislation.

Member States shall notify the provisions applicable to infringements of feed and food law and any subsequent amendment to the Commission without delay.

I am of the opinion that this new feed law significantly improves protection and that the decreasing order enables farmers to see the proportions of each feed component and what is the best feed for their animals, and to choose accordingly.

We have to take into account the fact that legislation on issues of veterinary medicine and animal feed in the European Union is amongst the most stringent in the world.

Access to such information should be restricted to those officials who, given their function within the competent authorities, need the information for the purpose of verifying compliance with, or otherwise enforcing, food or feed law.

The length of the retention period is necessary to give the possibility to the liaison bodies and the Commission to consult the information over a sufficient period of time after the administrative assistance and cooperation procedure has been closed, in order to ascertain the timely identification of reoccurring, connected or widespread non-compliance with food or feed law.

As water is not covered by the definition of feed, as provided for in Community food and feed law and is not marketed for animal nutrition purposes, this Regulation should not include conditions for water used in animal nutrition.

The recent dioxin crisis highlighted weaknesses in existing Community legislation for animal feedingstuffs in order to guarantee full safety of the feed and food chain.

In addition, Article 2(1)(i) of Council Directive 2000/29/EC of 8 May 2000 on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community [7], offers a legal basis for training in the plant health sector so that the training activities organised by the Commission constitute an overall Community training strategy in the areas of food law, feed law, animal health and animal welfare rules, as well as plant health rules (hereinafter referred to as the food safety training measures covered by Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 and Directive 2000/29/EC).

For the purposes of compilation of the raw control data, where Community legislation prescribes the data to be collected for the purpose of specific reports, in relation to feed or food law, animal health, animal welfare or plant heath, these data should form the basis of the analysis of the results of official controls for the sector in question.

This additive is already authorised in feed legislation by Directive …/…/(E)EC or Regulation (EC) No …/… under number … as (additive category)

For the purpose of completing the national control plan, the descriptions of the organisation and management of official controls may be provided under the headings of feed and food law, animal health, animal welfare and plant health law.

With regard to feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare, national control plans should describe the systems or arrangements in place to ensure that staff performing official controls receive, or have received the training, provided for in Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004.

The principles set out in the proposed Regulation are generally applicable to all food and feed law and to animal health and animal welfare legislation.

Member States are required to impose criminal sanctions where serious offences against EU food and feed law are committed intentionally or through gross negligence.

The Communication sets out the long-term EU training strategy for food and feed law, animal health and welfare, and plant health.

Since 2006, BTSF has trained national-level control staff from the EU and across the globe dealing with food and feed law, animal health and welfare rules and plant health rules.

In the case of activities that are, or appear to be, contrary to feed and food law and that have, or might have, implications in several Member States, or where a solution cannot be found at Member State level, the role of the Commission is to coordinate the action at EU level, for example in the form of an EU-wide coordinated control plan.