Consultation on the Codes of Practice for the Control of Salmonella in Animal Feeds

DEFRA
Surveillance Zoonoses Epidemiology & Risk
Area 4A
Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London
SW1P 3JR

Telephone: 020 7238 6000
Web: www.defra.gov.uk

 

7 November 2008

Dear Consultee

Consultation on the Codes of Practice for the Control of Salmonella in Animal Feeds

I am seeking your views on the proposed revised codes of practice for the transport, storage and production of animal feeds.  The purpose of the codes is to ensure that feedingstuffs are of satisfactory microbiological quality, and to support the new Salmonella monitoring and controls required by the Zoonoses Regulation (EC) 2160/2003 by minimising the risk of Salmonella contamination.  They cover the mandatory provisions that feed businesses must carry out to comply with the techniques of Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) required by the Feed Hygiene Regulation (EC 183/2005) for the monitoring and control of Salmonella in animal feedingstuffs.

These detailed codes of practice provide non-statutory guidelines applicable to all feed business operators for establishing good production practices for compound feeds and safeguarding the microbiological quality of feed materials and additives used directly or intended for incorporation into animal feedingstuffs.  The legal basis for the control of Salmonella is laid down in:

  • Feed Hygiene Regulation (EC) 183/2005
  • Zoonoses Directive 2003/99/EC
  • Control of Salmonella Regulation (EC) 2160/2003

The following documents may be found on Defra website:
www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/cop-salmonella/index.htm

  • Consultation letter
  • List of Consultees
  • Consultation document which includes the following Codes of Practice for the control of Salmonella:

During the production of compound feeds.
During the production of feed materials and feed additives.
During the storage and transport of feed compounds, materials and additives.

This consultation began on 7 November 2008 and will end on 30 January 2009.

You can send your comments using the attached form (Word, 40KB) by the following methods:

By email to:
zdri@defra.gsi.gov.uk
 
By fax to:
020 7238 1109/3078

By post to:
Ricky Doghor,
Defra,
Area 4A, Nobel House,
17 Smith Square, London, SW1P 3JR

If you have any queries about this consultation please email or fax us as above, or call 020 7238 6080.

A list of consultees is provided separately.  Please let us know if you believe there are other interested parties who should have been consulted or feel free to bring this consultation to their attention.  Representative groups could be requested to give a brief summary of the people and organisation they represent.

Consultation Criteria

This consultation is in line with the Code of practice on Consultations. This can be found at  www.berr.gov.uk/bre/

When this consultation ends, we intend to put a copy of the responses in the Defra library at Ergon House, London. This is so that the public can see them.  Also, members of the public may ask for a copy of responses under freedom of information legislation.

If you do not want your response - including your name, contact details and any other personal information – to be publicly available, please say so clearly in writing when you send your response to the consultation.  Please note, if your computer automatically includes a confidentiality disclaimer, that won’t count as a confidentiality request.

Please explain why you need to keep details confidential.  We will take your reasons into account if someone asks for this information under freedom of information legislation. But, because of the law, we cannot promise that we will always be able to keep those details confidential. 

We will summarise all responses and place this summary on our website at
www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/default.asp .  This summary will include a list of names of organisations that responded but not people’s personal names, addresses or other contact details. 

To see consultation responses and summaries, please contact the library at:
Defra
Information Resource Centre
Lower Ground Floor
Ergon House
17 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3JR

Telephone: 020-7238-6575
Email:  defra.library@defra.gsi.gov.uk

Please give the library 24 hours’ notice.  There is a charge for photocopying and postage.

If you have any comments or complaints about the consultation process, please address them to Marjorie Addo, Defra’s Consultation Co-ordinator, Area 7C Nobel House,17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3JR, or email consultation.coordinator@defra.gsi.gov.uk.

Thank you for your help in this matter. If you have any queries please contact us as above.

Yours Faithfully

 

Ricky Doghor
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Page published: 7 November 2008