# Commission Regulation (EC) No 589/2008 of 23 June 2008 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards marketing standards for eggs, Article 15: Indication of how laying hens are fed

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

Where an indication of how the laying hens are fed is used, the following minimum requirements shall apply:
(a)reference may be made to cereals as a feed ingredient only where they account for at least 60 % in weight of the feed formula given, of which no more than 15 % of cereal by-products may be part;
(b)without prejudice to the minimum of 60 % referred to in point (a), where reference is made to a specific cereal, it shall account for at least 30 % of the feed formula used. If specific reference is made to more than one cereal, each shall account for at least 5 % of the feed formula.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/589/article/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-589/article-15
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