# Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety, Article 15: Feed safety requirements

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. Feed shall not be placed on the market or fed to any food-producing animal if it is unsafe.
2. Feed shall be deemed to be unsafe for its intended use if it is considered to:
have an adverse effect on human or animal health;
make the food derived from food-producing animals unsafe for human consumption.
3. Where a feed which has been identified as not satisfying the feed safety requirement is part of a batch, lot or consignment of feed of the same class or description, it shall be presumed that all of the feed in that batch, lot or consignment is so affected, unless following a detailed assessment there is no evidence that the rest of the batch, lot or consignment fails to satisfy the feed safety requirement.
4. Feed that complies with specific legislation in force in the relevant constituent territory of Great Britain governing feed safety shall be deemed to be safe insofar as the aspects covered by the specific ... provisions are concerned.
5. Conformity of a feed with specific provisions applicable to that feed shall not bar the competent authorities from taking appropriate measures to impose restrictions on it being placed on the market or to require its withdrawal from the market where there are reasons to suspect that, despite such conformity, the feed is unsafe.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2002/178/article/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2002-178/article-15
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