Definition: Processing of organic feed
EU legislation
In addition to the overall principles set out in Article 4 (Organic production), the production of processed organic feed shall be based on the following specific principles:
(a) the production of organic feed from organic feed materials, except where a feed material is not available on the market in organic form;
(b) the restriction of the use of feed additives and processing aids to a minimum extent and only in case of essential technological or zootechnical needs or for particular nutritional purposes;
(c) the exclusion of substances and processing methods that might be misleading as to the true nature of the product;
(d) the processing of feed with care, preferably with the use of biological, mechanical and physical methods.
Source:
Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 of 28 June 2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91
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