Division 3.1.3.1

With regard to feed for fish, crustaceans and echinoderms, the following rules shall apply:

1. (a)

   animals shall be fed with feed that meets the animals’ nutritional requirements at the various stages of its development;

2. (b)

   feeding regimes shall be designed with the following priorities:

   1. (i)

      animal health and welfare;

   2. (ii)

      high product quality, including the nutritional composition of the product, which shall ensure high quality of the final edible product;

   3. (iii)

      low environmental impact;

3. (c)

   the plant fraction of feed shall be organic and the feed fraction derived from aquatic animals shall originate from organic aquaculture or from fisheries that have been certified as sustainable under a scheme recognised by the competent authority in line with the principles laid down in Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013;

4. (d)

   non-organic feed materials of plant, animal, algal or yeast origin, feed materials of mineral or microbial origin, feed additives, and processing aids shall only be used if they have been authorised under this Regulation for use in organic production;

5. (e)

   growth promoters and synthetic amino-acids shall not be used.