Division STORAGE AND TRANSPORT

Processed feeds shall be separated from unprocessed feed materials and additives, in order to avoid any cross-contamination of the processed feed; proper packaging materials shall be used.

Feeds shall be stored and transported in suitable containers. They shall be stored in places designed, adapted and maintained in order to ensure good storage conditions, to which only persons authorised by the feed business operators have access.

Feeds shall be stored and transported in such a way as to be easily identifiable, in order to avoid any confusion or cross-contamination and to prevent deterioration.

Containers and equipment used for the transport, storage, conveying, handling and weighing of feed shall be kept clean. Cleaning programmes shall be introduced, and traces of detergents and disinfectants shall be minimised.

Any spoilage shall be minimised and kept under control to reduce pest invasion.

Where appropriate, temperatures shall be kept as low as possible to avoid condensation and spoilage.

F1Containers which are to serve for storage or transport of blended fats, oils of vegetable origin or products derived thereof intended for use in feed shall not be used for the transport or storage of products other than these unless the products comply with the requirements of:

• this Regulation or of Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 852/2004, and

• Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC.

They shall be kept separate from any other cargo where there is a risk of contamination.

Where this separate use is not possible, the containers shall be efficiently cleaned so as to remove any trace of product if those containers were previously used for products not meeting the requirements of:

• this Regulation or of Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 852/2004, and

• Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC.

Animal fats of category 3, as laid down in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009, intended for use in feed shall be stored and transported in line with that Regulation.