S.L. 437.97 ст. 1Citation and scope.

(1) The title of these rules is the Notification, Registration and Approval of Feed Busines Operations Rules.

(2) These rules provide for:

(a) the activities of feed business operators at all stages, from and including primary production of feed, up to and including, the placing of feed on the market;

(b) the feeding of food-producing animals;

(c) imports and exports of feed from and to third countries.

(3) These rules shall not apply to the following:

(a) the private domestic production of feed:

(i) for food-producing animals kept for private domestic consumption; and

(ii) for animals not kept for food production;

(b) the feeding of food-producing animals kept for private domestic consumption or for the activities mentioned in Article 1(2)(c) of (EC) Regulation No. 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffs;

(c) the feeding of animals not kept for food production;

(d) the direct supply of small quantities of primary production of feed at local level by the producer to local farms for use on those farms;

(e) the retailing of pet food.