ANNEX XFEED MATERIALS

CHAPTER IIIREQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN FISH FEED AND FISHING BAITS

1.Animal by-products from fish or aquatic invertebrates and derived products therefrom that are intended as feed for farmed fish or for other aquaculture species shall:

  1. (a)

    be handled and processed separately from material not authorised for that purpose;

  2. (b)

    originate

    1. (i)

      from wild fish or other aquatic animals, except sea mammals, landed for commercial purposes, or from animal by-products from wild fish originating in plants manufacturing fish products for human consumption; or

    2. (ii)

      from farmed fish, provided it is fed to farmed fish of another species;

  3. (c)

    be processed in a processing plant in accordance with a method which ensures a microbiologically safe product, including with regard to fish pathogens.

2.The competent authority may lay down conditions, aimed at preventing unacceptable risks for the transmission of diseases communicable to humans or animals, for the use of aquatic animals and of aquatic and terrestrial invertebrates:

  1. (a)

    as feed for farmed fish or for aquatic invertebrates, when the animal by-products have not been processed in accordance with point 1(c);

  2. (b)

    as fishing bait, including bait for aquatic invertebrates.