{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-767/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-767/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2009/767",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the placing on the market and use of feed, amending European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 and repealing Council Directive 79/373/EEC, Commission Directive 80/511/EEC, Council Directives 82/471/EEC, 83/228/EEC, 93/74/EEC, 93/113/EC and 96/25/EC and Commission Decision 2004/217/EC (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-767",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Safety and marketing requirements",
  "text": "1. Feed may only be placed on the market and used if:\n(a) it is safe; and\n(b) it does not have a direct adverse effect on the environment or animal welfare.\nThe requirements set out in Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to feed for non-food producing animals.\n2. In addition to the requirements set out in paragraph 1 of this Article, feed business operators placing feed on the market shall ensure that the feed:\n(a) is sound, genuine, unadulterated, fit for its purpose and of merchantable quality; and\n(b) is labelled, packaged and presented in accordance with the provisions laid down in this Regulation and other applicable ... legislation.\nThe requirements set out in Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to feed for non-food producing animals.\n3. Feed shall comply with the technical provisions on impurities and other chemical determinants set out in Annex I to this Regulation.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in Art. 4(2)(b) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animal Feed (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/654), regs. 1, 96; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/767/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:51:19.286515+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."
}