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PARNUTs and Other Feed

Other feed categories

Besides our vast experience in feed additives, we can also help to determine whether your product is a feed material and assist in the notification procedure, if needed. Additionally, we can provide regulatory advice on compound feed, medicated feed or “dietetic” feeds, also known as PARNUTS (feed for particular nutritional purposes).

  • FEED MATERIALS are products of vegetable or animal origin (in their natural state, fresh or preserved), products derived from their industrial processing, and organic or inorganic substances, intended for use in direct animal feeding, or after processing, in the preparation of compound feeding stuffs or as carriers of premixtures.
If you think you may have a feed material but are unsure how to proceed, we would could assist as follows:
  • Verify the product status and identify appropriate regulatory pathway to enter the market
  • Check if the feed material is listed on the EU official catalogue (Regulation EU 68/2013) and on the online Register and the relevant characteristics stated
  • Assist with a notification in the Feed Materials Register.
  • COMPOUND FEED is a mixture of at least two feed materials, whether or not containing feed additives, for oral animal-feeding in the form of complete or complementary feed. Complete feed is sufficient for a daily ration, while complementary feed has a high content of certain substances and is sufficient for a daily ration only if used in combination with other feed.
  • MEDICATED FEED contains a premix of veterinary medicines and requires veterinary prescription. The rules for the preparation, placing on the market and use of medicated feed are set out in Regulation (EU) 2019/4, which repeals Council Directive 90/167/EEC), which was revised to avoid differences throughout the EU for manufacturers and farmers and to align the provisions with developments in feed and veterinary medicinal products legislation.
  • “DIETETIC” FEED (PARNUTS) can satisfy a particular nutritional purpose due to its particular composition or method of production, which clearly distinguishes it from standard feed. The European Commission regulated the conditions for marketing of PARNUTS (feed for particular nutritional purposes) in Regulation (EC) Nº 767/2009, and the list with the authorised intended uses can be found in Directive 2008/38/EC. Feed intended for particular nutritional purposes may only be marketed as such if its use is included in the official list of intended uses and if it meets the essential nutritional characteristics for the respective particular nutritional purpose.