# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 584/2011 of 17 June 2011 approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Grana Padano (PDO)), Division 3.4: Feed (for products of animal origin only)

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

The basic feed for the dairy cattle, consisting of green or preserved fodder, is fed to lactating cows, dry cows and heifers over 7 months old.
Milk cows are fed primarily with feed produced on the home farm or in the ‘Grana Padano PDO’ production area.
No less than 50 % of the dry matter of the daily ration must be made up of feed with a ratio of fodder to feed of no less than 1, by reference to the dry matter.
At least 75 % of the dry matter of the fodder in the daily ration should come from feed produced in the production area of the milk.
The authorised feeds are listed in a positive list which includes:
fodder: fresh fodder, hay, straw, silage (not permitted for ‘Trentingrana’ production),
raw materials for feed, by category, which may be added to the fodder: cereals and their derivatives, oil seeds and their derivatives, tubers and root vegetables and products derived from them, dehydrated fodder, derivatives of the sugar industry, legume seeds, fats, minerals, additives.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/584/annex/II/division/SINGLE/division/3/division/3.4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-584/annex-II/division-SINGLE/division-3/division-3.4
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