Decree No. 548 of 2012 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry on the pursuit of activities in the animal feed sector.

This Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, made under section 13 of the Act concerning animal diseases, lays down the provisions on the notification, information, quality control and accounting obligations of feed business operators, as well as their approval. A business operator in the primary production of feed means a business operator pursuing the activities listed in Article 5(1)(a)-(c) of Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down requirements for feed hygiene, and a business operator who uses feed for feeding food-producing animals that (s)he owns or keeps. This Decree also lays down provisions on the obligations of an approved laboratory and a quality control laboratory used by feed business operators, as well as the labelling of animal feed. The Decree provides for registration and approval of feed business operators by the Food Safety Agency. It also provides, among other things: salmonella control on imported feed, labelling of feed, and collection and recording of data, and control of feed.