Division 1 PURPOSE AND SCOPEF1

The determination of constituents of animal origin in feed shall be performed by light microscopy or polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in accordance with the provisions laid down in this Annex.

These two methods make it possible to detect the presence of constituents of animal origin in feed materials and compound feed. However, they do not make it possible to calculate the amount of such constituents in feed materials and compound feed. Both methods have a limit of detection below 0,1 % (w/w).

The PCR method makes it possible to identify the taxonomic group of constituents of animal origin present in feed materials and compound feed.

These methods shall apply for the control of the application of the prohibitions laid down in Article 7(1) and Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 and in Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009.

Depending on the type of feed being tested, these methods may be used, within one single operational protocol, either on their own or combined together in accordance with the standard operating procedures (SOP) established by the EU reference laboratory for animal proteins in feedingstuffs (EURL-AP) and published on its website^f1.