The Animal Health and Welfare Department is the local Competent
Authority responsible for regulating the production of feeds, placing them on
the market, import/export of feeds and the use of feeds of all types, both for
food-producing and pet animals. Since farmed animals provide products for human
consumption, the feeds which they are fed at every stage of their lifespan need
to be safe for the animals, the eventual consumer of products of animal origin,
as well as for the environment.
The
main aims of the Feeding Stuffs and Animal Nutrition Section include:
Controlling that all
feed businesses pursuant to articles 9 and 10 of EU Regulation 183/2005 are
registered and/or approved to operate in the Maltese Islands.
Conducting
inspections and audits of feed businesses such as feed distributors, traders,
feed mills, feed stores, and feed material producers, importers/exporters and
on-farm mixers to ensure compliance with EU and national feed legislation and
codes of Good Practice pertaining to feeding stuffs.
For
further information and to apply to be registered/ approved as feed business
operator kindly send your query to abpsection.mafa@gov.mt