# Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007, Division 1.4.1: General nutrition requirements

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

With regard to nutrition, the following rules shall apply:
(a) feed for livestock shall be obtained primarily from the agricultural holding where the animals are kept or shall be obtained from organic or in-conversion production units belonging to other holdings in the same region;
(b) livestock shall be fed with organic or in-conversion feed that meets the animal’s nutritional requirements at the various stages of its development; restricted feeding shall not be permitted in livestock production unless justified for veterinary reasons;
(c) livestock shall not be kept in conditions or on a diet which may encourage anaemia;
(d) fattening practices shall always respect the normal nutritional patterns for each species and the animals’ welfare at each stage of the rearing process; force-feeding is forbidden;
(e) with the exception of porcine animals, poultry and bees, livestock shall have permanent access to pasture whenever conditions allow or shall have permanent access to roughage;
(f) growth promoters and synthetic amino-acids shall not be used;
(g) suckling animals shall preferably be fed on maternal milk for a minimum period laid down by the Commission in accordance with point (a) of Article 14(3); milk replacers containing chemically synthesised components or components of plant origin shall not be used during that period;
(h) feed materials of plant, algal, animal or yeast origin shall be organic;
(i) non-organic feed materials of plant, algal, animal or yeast origin, feed materials of microbial or of mineral origin, feed additives and processing aids may be used only if they have been authorised pursuant to Article 24 for use in organic production.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/848/annex/II/part/2/division/1/division/1.4/division/1.4.1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-848/annex-II/part-2/division-1/division-1.4/division-1.4.1
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