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Decree-Law No. 181/99 regulating use and trade of raw materials for preparing animal feedstuffs.

Country/Territory
Portugal
Document type
Legislation
Date
1999
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Diário da República No. 119/99 (I-A), 22 May 1999, pp. 2810-2829.
Subject
Food & nutrition, Livestock
Keyword
Traceability/product tracing Food quality control/food safety Animal feed/feedstuffs Drugs Standards International trade Animal health
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Southern Europe
Entry into force notes
This Decree-Law shall enters into force on the day after publication.
Abstract

This Decree-Law regulates use and trade of raw materials for animal feedstuffs according to EC Council Directives No. 96/25 of 29 April and No. 98/67 of 7 September. It consists of 14 articles and 1 annex regulating animal feed marketing and specifying the requirements to be met for placing on the market raw materials for preparing animal feed, including authorized additives, maximum residue limits of pesticides, maximum limits of unsafe ingredients, etc. in order to guarantee animal and human health. Sanitary control and fines to be paid are specified in the text. Annex lists authorized raw materials.

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References - Legislation

Repeals

Decree-Law No. 20/92 approving EEC Council Directive No. 77/101 of 27 November, concerning animal feed marketing.

Legislation | Portugal | 1992

Keyword: Animal feed/feedstuffs, Drugs, Standards, International trade, Animal health

Source: FAO, FAOLEX