T.C.
GIDA, TARIM ve HAYVANCILIK BAKANLIĞI
Gıda ve Kontrol Genel Müdürlüğü
FEED LAW
Law No. : 1734
Date of Ratification : 29.5.1973
Date of Publication : 7.7.1973
No. of Official Gazette : 14557
CHAPTER : I
OBJECTIVE AND SCOPE
ARTICLE 1. - The purpose of this Law is to stipulate the provisions for the preparation, manufacture, import, export, marketing and sale of animal feedingstuffs supplied to the market with a view to enabling rational livestock nutrition and to developing animal husbandry.
ARTICLE 2. - The preparation, production, import, export, marketing and sale of feedingstuffs supplied to the market, as well as their quality with respect to their properties, the type and quantity of their essential nutrient contents, the relevant declaration and registration procedures and similar issues shall be subject to the provisions herein stated.
CHAPTER : II
DEFINITIONS AND CLASSIFICATION
ARTICLE 3. - The definitions of the terms referred to in this Law are as follows:
Feed (Feedingstuffs): Organic and inorganic substances or their mixtures used with the purpose of meeting the maintenance and production requirements of livestock which, when fed under certain limits and conditions, do not cause any harmful effects to the animal health.
Declaration: A written statement declaring the essential nutrient contents of feeds to be supplied to the market which form the basis for determining the value of feeds.
License: Feed manufacturing license granted to establishments engaged in feed manufacture provided that they possess the minimum technical and hygienic conditions.
Registration: Entering the names of all the ingredients of the feeds subject to declaration, their commercial names and classes into the respective registry by the Ministry of Agriculture in the event that product conforms the norms and standards with respect to the essential nutrient contents which form the basis for value determination.
Control: Control of establishments manufacturing feeds, with respect to minimum technical and hygienic conditions, as well as physical, chemical and, if necessary, biological examinations and analyses of the feeds to check their conformity to the declaration and registration.
Essential Nutrients: Nutrients contained in feeds such as crude protein, crude oil, crude cellulose, nitrogen-free extraction substances, calcium, phosphorus, etc., which form the basis for value determinations,
ARTICLE 4 - According to this Law, feeds are classified as follows:
a) Feeds of plant origin: All kinds of grass and whole grains, roots, tubers, fruit, straw, silage feeds, etc. available for immediate use either in fresh or dry form.
b) Industrial Plant By-products: Industrial by-products obtained from processing certain plants in industries such as the flour, starch, beer, sugar, vegetable oil industries, which can be used as feeds, as well as all kinds of ground feeds of plant origin.
c) Animal By-products: Meat meal, meat-bone meal, bone meal, carcass meal, blood meal, fish meal, obtained by drying and grinding of animals, animal organs and animal products, as well as milk industry by-products, etc.
d) Mineral feeds: Feeds consisting either of minerals, such as calcium, phosphorus, salts, trace minerals, synthetic urea, ammonium salts, etc. , or their mixtures.
e) Feed additives: Feeds produced by means of chemical analysis, synthesis and extraction methods and which enhance the feed value by containing such substances and protective agents such as antibiotics, hormones and vitamins. This definition does not include those drugs and substances such as sulfonamides, antibiotics, hormones and vitamin preparations used in the treatment and prevention of animal diseases.
f) Compound feeds: Feeds prepared by mixing several feedingstuffs in accordance with standards.
CHAPTER : III
DECLARATION, REGISTRATION, LICENCE AND CONTROL PROCEDURES
ARTICLE 5 - Public and private establishments and undertakings manufacturing and selling feeds subject to this Law, are liable to forward a written declaration to the Ministry of Agriculture, regarding the essential nutrient contents of the feeds, which form the basis for value determination, and the names of the feedingstuffs used in the feed mixtures.
Right of determining and announcing which feed products shall be subject to declaration or registration, will be at the discretion of the Ministry of Agriculture.
The essential nutrient contents of the feeds, which form the basis for value determination, are to be indicated on the packages or labels of the feeds marketed in packages. For the unpacked feeds, the manufacturer shall indicate the same on the guaranty form required in wholesale transactions involving quantities of more than 100 kg.
With a view to preventing disease contamination, the conditions relating to reuse of packing materials of feeds already used, are prescribed in the Regulation.
ARTICLE 6. - Registration by the Ministry of Agriculture is required prior to the marketing of feeds subject to registration. The principles regarding the registration procedure are prescribed in the Regulation. This provision is also applicable to feeds subject to registration to be imported from abroad.
ARTICLE 7 - Public and private establishments and undertakings manufacturing and selling feeds governed by this Law, and classified as animal by-products, mineral feeds, Feed additives, compound feeds, are liable to obtain a license from the Ministry of Agriculture prior to manufacturing process.
The minimum technical and hygienic prerequisites which such establishments and undertakings should conform to are specified in the Regulation.
The Ministry of Agriculture, when deemed necessary, shall determine the wholesaler and retailer prices of feeds in considering the opinions of Ministries concerned.
Approved establishments are checked at least twice a year by officials authorized by the Ministry of Agriculture.
The Ministry of Health and Social Aid retains the rights acquired by the Law of General Health Protection No. 1593.
ARTICLE 8 – The import and export permission of the feeds under this Law is depended on Ministry of Agriculture with the consideration of the opinions of concerned Ministries
Control of feeds, subject to declaration and registration, by means of physical, chemical and biological examinations and analyses, prior to marketing or during importation or exportation, is undertaken by the Ministry of Agriculture. The relevant persons are notified within 30 days at the latest about the examination and analysis results of the samples. If no sample examination has been performed and the relevant persons have not been notified regarding the analysis results, marketing of such feeds is prohibited.
Sample quantities, manner of collection, examination and analysis methods to be performed, preparation of reports and other relevant issues shall be prescribed in the Regulation.
In the event that the control results of a feed show inconsistency with the declaration and the registration, the necessary proceedings ensuring from this Law shall be effected. General provisions are applicable in cases which there are no specific measures conferred by this Law.
ARTICLE 9. - Objections by the manufacturer, dealer or their representatives to the examination and analysis results are to be forwarded within 30 days at the latest. In case of such objections, re - examination and re-analysis procedures are performed at another laboratory designated by the Ministry of Agriculture or at the laboratories of the university. The report of such a laboratory is deemed final.
ARTICLE 10. - Officials authorized by the Ministry of Agriculture can enter into the feed plants, storage centers or retail stores without permission in order to control and collect samples.
Proprietors of such establishments, or their representatives, are liable to furnish any information requested, to demonstrate the products and relevant substances and to take all the necessary measures for ensuring control.
Premises to be used for purposes of storing and selling feeds, are subject to licenses given by the Ministry of Agriculture.
ARTICLE 11. - Samples requested by the Ministry of Agriculture for control purposes shall be free of charge.
CHAPTER : IV
PENAL PROVISIONS
ARTICLE 12. - Persons who sale feeds which fail to conform to the qualities previously declared or registered; or the quality or trademark of which has been either changed or distorted; or which are deteriorated, altered or modified are sentenced to imprisonment for 1-6 months and to a heavy fine varying from TL. 500. - to TL. 2.500. - Persons who sale any feeds endangering the health of livestock are sentenced to imprisonment from 3 months to 1 year and to a heavy fine varying from TL. 1.000.- to TL. 5.000.-.
In both events, the profession or craft employed by the perpetrator as a means of violation shall be discontinued and for three months the products in question confiscated.
ARTICLE 13. - Persons not complying with the obligations stated under Articles 6, 7, 8 and 10 are sentenced to a heavy fine varying from TL. 250.- to TL. 1.000.-.
ARTICLE 14. - It is within the power of the Ministry of Agriculture to prohibit the sale of undeclared or unregistered feeds subject to declaration and registration.
ARTICLE 15. - Local Peace Courts shall be authorized to administer the penal provisions of this Law.
CHAPTER : V
ORGANIZATION
ARTICLE 16. - A "Department for Registration and Control of Feeds" shall be established within the framework of the Ministry of Agriculture do deal with services governed by this Law.
CHAPTER : VI
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
ARTICLE 17. - Real and legal persons planning to construct feed plant have to get permission from Ministry of Agriculture with respect to technical requirements and to feeds to be manufactured.
ARTICLE 18. - The Ministry of Agriculture is to be notified in writing within 1 month if any decision is taken to cancel the manufacture of feeds already registered or relinquish the manufacture despite the acquisition of license.
ARTICLE 19. - Feeds to be transported through Turkey, as transit dispatches, are not subject to the provisions of this Law.
ARTICLE 20. - A Feed Regulation shall be issued by the Ministry of Agriculture, within 6 months as of publication of this Law, and be effective by a decree of the Council of Ministers, with a view to prescribing the implementation of this Law and to regulating those issues to be governed by such regulation.
PROVISIONAL ARTICLE 1. - Manufacturers and dealers of feeds, which are subject to declaration and registration, within one year as of the date of enforcement of this Law, are liable to fulfill the obligations regarding declaration and registration.
PROVISIONAL ARTICLE 2. - Establishments or undertakings, manufacturing feeds, already existing and operating on the date of enforcement of this Law, are liable to apply to the Ministry of Agriculture within one year as of said date, to obtain the necessary license.
ARTICLE 21. - This Law shall come into force on the date of its publication.
ARTICLE 22. – This Law is implemented by The Council of Ministers.