Article 7 Specific principles applicable to processing of organic feed

In addition to the overall principles set out in Article 4, the production of processed organic feed shall be based on the following specific principles:

1. (a)

   the production of organic feed from organic feed materials, except where a feed material is not available on the market in organic form;

2. (b)

   the restriction of the use of feed additives and processing aids to a minimum extent and only in case of essential technological or zootechnical needs or for particular nutritional purposes;

3. (c)

   the exclusion of substances and processing methods that might be misleading as to the true nature of the product;

4. (d)

   the processing of feed with care, preferably with the use of biological, mechanical and physical methods.