{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-889/article-43",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-889/article-43.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2008/889",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 of 5 September 2008 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products with regard to organic production, labelling and control",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-889",
  "path": "article/43",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "43",
  "heading": "Use of non-organic protein feed of plant and animal origin for livestock",
  "text": "Where the conditions laid down in Article 22(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 apply and where farmers are unable to obtain protein feed exclusively from organic production, the use of a limited proportion of non-organic protein feed is allowed until 31st December 2026 for piglets of not more than 35 kilograms in weight and poultry not more than 30 weeks old.\nThe maximum percentage of non-organic protein feed authorised per period of 12 months for those species shall be 5 % for the calendar year 2026.\nThe figures shall be calculated annually as a percentage of the dry matter of feed from agricultural origin.\nThe operator shall keep documentary evidence of the need for the use of this provision.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 505/2012 of 14 June 2012 amending and correcting Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products with regard to organic production, labelling and control."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 43 substituted (1.1.2026) by The Organic Production (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1111), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1584 of 22 October 2018 amending Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products with regard to organic production, labelling and control (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Art. 43 substituted (1.1.2026) by The Organic Production (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1111), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/889/article/43",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:52:02.274006+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}