Article 5 Acceptability criteria for a (micro)biological detoxification process
United Kingdom
A scientific assessment shall be performed by F1the Food Safety Authority on a (micro)biological detoxification process assessing if the following criteria are met:
the process is performed with a fully characterised and acceptable (micro)biological agent;
the process is effective and irreversible;
the process does not result in harmful residues of the (micro)biological agent used in the detoxification process in the detoxified feed;
the process does not result in metabolites of the contaminant that endanger animal and public health and the environment; and
the process does not adversely affect the characteristics and the nature of the feed.
The information which the feed business operator shall provide to the F2appropriate authority for the purpose of assessment of such a process is listed in point 3 of the Annex.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in Art. 5(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Feed (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/654), regs. 1, 141(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F2
Words in Art. 5(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Feed (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/654), regs. 1, 141(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)