Press Release: Commission proposes simpler, clearer and more modern rules for the marketing of feed and pet food

The European Commission adopted on 4 March, 2008, a proposal for a Regulation which considerably simplifies the existing procedures for labelling and marketing animal feed and pet food, while making the overall system more efficient and maintaining the same high level of protection of animal health, animal welfare and public health. The EU livestock sector, which contributes to almost half of all EU agricultural output, will benefit from modernised rules that will help promote its competitiveness. The freedom of the feed industry to innovate will also be boosted by these changes - the compound feed and pet food industry represents a turnover of roughly €50 billion in the EU. Finally, the 62 million households in the EU that own pets will be in a better position to evaluate the real content of the pet food they buy.

European Commission: MEMO08/138: Questions and Answers on Feed Marketing http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/08/138&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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