The Animal Feed (Scotland) Regulations 2010

PART 2 Marketing and use of feed

Interpretation of this Part and Schedule 1

3.  In this Part and in Schedule 1 any reference to a numbered Article or Annex is a reference to the Article or Annex so numbered in Regulation 767/2009.

Enforcement of requirements of Regulation 767/2009

4.—(1) Subject to the transitional provisions contained in Article 32, any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any provision of Regulation 767/2009 specified in Schedule 1 is guilty of an offence.

(2) Where, pursuant to Article 17(2)(c) (specific mandatory labelling requirements for compound feed), the name of a specific feed material may be replaced by the name of the category to which the feed material belongs, only the categories listed in the Annex to Directive 82/475 may be indicated.

Competent authorities for the purposes of Regulation 767/2009

5.—(1) Each feed authority in its area is the competent authority for the purposes of—

(a) Article 5(3) (responsibilities and obligations of feed businesses), 13(1)(a) (claims) and 17(3) (provision of information in the event of urgency) and Annex VII, Chapter 1, paragraph 8 (verification of labelling information accuracy); and

(b) Article 13(1)(b) (claims) as the competent authority that may request scientific substantiation of a claim and to whose attention purchasers have the right to bring doubts regarding the truthfulness of a claim.

(2) The Food Standards Agency is the competent authority for the purposes of—

(a) Article 26(1)(b) (EU catalogue and codes); and

(b) Article 13(1)(b) (claims) as the competent authority that may submit to the Commission doubts concerning the scientific substantiation of a claim.

(3) The Food Standards Agency and each feed authority in its area is the competent authority for the purposes of Article 5(2) (verification of labelling information accuracy).