Article 5U.K.Specific obligations
1.For operations at the level of primary production of feed and the following associated operations:
(a)transport, storage and handling of primary products at the place of production;
(b)transport operations to deliver primary products from the place of production to an establishment;
(c)mixing of feed for the exclusive requirements of their own holdings without using additives or premixtures of additives with the exception of silage additives,
feed business operators shall comply with the provisions in Annex I, where relevant for the operations carried out.
2.For operations other than those referred to in paragraph 1, including mixing of feed for the exclusive requirements of their own holdings when using additives or premixtures of additives with the exception of silage additives, feed business operators shall comply with the provisions in Annex II, where relevant for the operations carried out.
[F13.Feed business operators must:
(a)comply with specific microbiological criteria;
(b)take measures or adopt procedures necessary to meet specific targets.
The criteria and targets referred to in points (a) and (b) may be prescribed by the appropriate authority.]
4.Feed business operators may use the guides provided for in Chapter III to help them comply with their obligations under this Regulation.
5.Farmers shall comply with the provisions set out in Annex III when feeding food-producing animals.
6.Feed business operators and farmers shall only source and use feed from establishments which are registered and/or approved in accordance with this Regulation.
Textual Amendments
F1Art. 5(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Feed (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/654), regs. 1, 38; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)