{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-786/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-786/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2015/786",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/786 of 19 May 2015 defining acceptability criteria for detoxification processes applied to products intended for animal feed as provided for in Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-786",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Acceptability criteria for a (micro)biological detoxification process",
  "text": "1. A scientific assessment shall be performed by the Food Safety Authority on a (micro)biological detoxification process assessing if the following criteria are met:\n(a) the process is performed with a fully characterised and acceptable (micro)biological agent;\n(b) the process is effective and irreversible;\n(c) the process does not result in harmful residues of the (micro)biological agent used in the detoxification process in the detoxified feed;\n(d) the process does not result in metabolites of the contaminant that endanger animal and public health and the environment; and\n(e) the process does not adversely affect the characteristics and the nature of the feed.\n2. The information which the feed business operator shall provide to the appropriate authority for the purpose of assessment of such a process is listed in point 3 of the Annex.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "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)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2015/786/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:46:41.590195+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."
}