Establece nómina e ingredientes autorizados para la producción de alimentos o suplementos para animales y deroga resoluciones Nº 557 de 1980 y N° 4.808 de 2008 (List of ingredients authorized for use in the production of foodstuffs and supplements for animals, and repeal of Resolutions No. 557 of 1980 and No. 4.808 of 2008)

Regular notification 2017-08-07
G/SPS/N/CHL/550

Description

The notified text establishes a non-exclusive list of ingredients authorized for use in the production of foodstuffs for animals. The draft measure establishes the following key provisions:
Point 3. The production, importation, exportation, storage, distribution, sale and transportation of foodstuffs for animals will only be permitted where such foodstuffs contain ingredients belonging to the groups listed in point 5 of this Resolution. The use of ingredients not listed in point 6 will be permitted where it has been demonstrated that they do not affect animal health, the safety of products obtained from animals, or the environment, and that they comply with the guarantees established therefor; such ingredients will be authorized by resolution.
Point 4. Stabilized animal fats, stabilized fish oils, hydrogenated fish fats, stabilized tallow, stabilized acidulated soap stock (fatty acid), stabilized refined vegetable oils, and any other ingredient of lipidic origin, will be authorized as ingredients in the production, importation, exportation, storage, distribution, sale and transportation of foodstuffs for animals, provided that they are being used for the first time (not reused).
Point 5. Groups of authorized ingredients for animal foodstuffs:
a. Cereals, and products and by-products thereof
b. Oilseeds, and products and by-products thereof
c. Pulses, and products and by-products thereof
d. Tubers and roots, and products and by-products thereof
e. Seeds and fruits, and products and by-products thereof
f. Fodder and coarse fodder
g. Other plants, and products and by-products thereof
h. Dairy produce, and products and by-products thereof
i. Food-producing animals, and products and by-products thereof
j. Fish and other marine species, and products and by-products thereof
k. Minerals
l. Other industrial products and by-products
m. Fermentation products and by-products
Point 6. List of the main ingredients in each group and their respective guarantees. (Tables relating to the groups listed in point 5 of the Resolution)

Keywords

Food safety; Animal feed; Animal health; Human health