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FEED REGULATION
CHAPTER : I
General Provisions
Legal base:
Article 1 - This Regulation has been conceived with a view to prescribing the implementation of and to expounding issues governed by Feed Law no. 1734 dated 29.5.1973, in accordance with Article 20 thereof.
Objective:
Article 2 - This Regulation has been prepared by considering the principles of preparation, manufacture, import, export, marketing and sale of feeds to enable rational feeding of the livestock, increase animal production, and the determination of essential nutrient standards of feeds in respect to their compositions, and the regulation of declaration and registration procedures and of similar issues with the aims of;
a) The continuing development of the feed manufacturing establishments and consequently the feed manufacturing and marketing activities, from the aspect of the requirements of the country and the farmers,
b) The correction of any technical or economic defects, deficiencies and drawbacks that may arise during the establishment and operation of feed factories and thus maintaining a high level of productivity to the benefit of the manufacturer and the farmer, as well as of the country,
c) Clear and distinct specification of the provisions of this regulation to facilitate the availability of feeds in accordance with specific norms and standards under guarantee and in well balanced prices.
Scope:
Article 3–This Regulation includes the followings about the feed to be supplied to the market:
1) The definitions, classifications, and procedures relating to norms and standards,
2) Declaration, registration, license and control procedures,
3) Laboratory examinations and analyses,
4) Laboratory analysis methods,
5) Minimum technical and hygienic requirements which the establishments shall subject to,
6) The necessary conditions for the license of storing and outlet centers,
7) Manufacturing licenses, sale prices, importation and exportation procedures and other provisions of the Law, regarding the feeds supplied to the market and the organization of a Department for the Registration and Control of Feeds, are within the scope of this Regulation.
CHAPTER: II
Definitions and Classifications
Definitions :
Article 4 - The definitions of the terms and expressions referred to in the Feed Law and in this Regulation are as follows:
Ministry: Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock Husbandry.
Department: Department for the Registration and Control of Feeds.
Team: A Committee of Controllers consisting of a member from the medical profession (a Veterinary) and two members from the technical professions (Agricultural Engineers) authorized to inspect and control on–site the feed manufacturing establishments, their storage centers and outlet centers subject to license.
Feed: 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 effect to animal health.
Declaration: A written statement declaring the essential nutrient contents of feeds, which form the basis for value determination of feeds and other matters, indicated in Form (1).
License: Feed manufacturing license granted by the ministry to establishments engaged in feed manufacture provided that they possess the minimum technical and hygienic qualifications.
Registration: The names of all the ingredients of a feed subject to declaration, its commercial name and type are recorded in the respective registry by the Ministry in the event that it conforms to norms and standards with respect to the essential nutrient contents which form the basis for value determinations.
Control: Control of establishments manufacturing feeds, storage centers, and retail stores, 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 registry.
Essential Nutrients: Nutrients contained in feeds, such as crude protein, crude oil, crude cellulose, nitrogen-free extracts, calcium, phosphorus and similar substances which form the basis for value determinations.
Analysis: Chemical, physical and biological examination procedures performed in reference laboratories designated by the Ministry within the framework of the official methods on feeds subject to declaration and registration.
Reference Laboratory: The laboratory which does the final analysis, in the event of any objections to the first analyses.
Feed sample: Samples of feeds properly collected from feed plants, storage centers, retail stores and consumers' storehouses by officials assigned and authorized by the Ministry, and put in package which are sealed after the necessary minutes are taken.
Pet Animals: Animals excluding the ones fed for their furs and normally cared by humans and not consumed. This group of animals include; cats, dogs, birds, rodents, reptiles, ornamental fish and horses and similar animals.
Compound Feeds: Feeds which are, as described in the Feed Regulation, used for the nutrition of all animals and whose norms and standards are determined by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.
Pet Foods: Foods which are produced for pet animals.
Complete Feeds: Feeds which meet daily requirements of animals alone as regards their composition.
Complementary Feeds: The mixtures which contain certain substances at high quantities but they are sufficient only when used together with other feeds to meet the daily requirements of animals.
Feeds for Special Purpose: These are the feeds providing special purposes for feeding having distinguished feature from other feeds or product types. Manufacturers and/or importers who apply to the Ministry for declaration shall submit the form 1-G given in page 89 and the form given in page 91. The Ministry shall form a commission to examine the submitted documents to decide on the approval.
Fasone Production : It is the way to get feed produced at the approved feed plants by real and legal persons in accordance with the norms and standards.
Classification :
Article 5 - Types of feeds comprised by this Regulation, in accordance with the classification specified in the Feed Law, are as follows:
I - Feeds of plant origin :
All kinds of grass available for immediate use either in fresh or dry form and whole grains, roots, tubers, fruit, straw, silage feeds and similar feeds of plant origin.
The names and groups of such feeds are indicated below:
1) Green feeds (Forages):
The following kinds of cereal plants, leguminous plants and plants of other families used for livestock nutrition in fresh form either directly or after crushing, are grouped under this heading.
Green wheat - green barley - green rye - green oats -green maize and other cultured kinds of cereal plants used as green fodder - all kinds of clover - all kinds of broad beans - all kinds of trefoil - green vetch – green common vetch - sainfoin - green peas - green soybeans - green sunflower -meadow grass – feed cabbage and cabbage leaves - beet leaves – sugar - beet leaves - feed mallow - carrot leaves - Jerusalem artichoke leaves - mustard plant – marine (algae) moss - etc.
2) Dry grass :
Feeds produced by drying the stalks and leaves of cereal plants, leguminous plants and green plants of other families, used in livestock nutrition, either directly or after crushing.
3) Artificially dried grass:
Feeds dried by applying hot air to green plants of cereal plants, leguminous plants and plants of other families reaped in the tender stage.
Artificially dried grass containing more than 150 mg carotene, more than 180 gr crude protein and less than 250 gr cellulose per kg are considered as concentrated feeds.
4) Straw, glume, pods and husk:
Parts of cereal plants, leguminous plants and plants of other families, which remain after separating the seeds and fruit (such as straw, glume, pods and husks).
Barley straw - wheat straw and glume - rye straw and glume - oat straw and glume - corn straw and corncob-husk - straw and glume of rice and millet straw and glume - spelt straw – bird feed straw - straw and pods of all kinds of broad beans - pea straw and pods - common vetch and vetch straw and pods - bean and cowpea straw - lentil straw and pods - chickpea straw - soybean straw and pods - trefoil and clover straw - peanut straw - sunflower straw and receptacle -cottonseed husk (achene) - linen straw and glume - straw, glume, pods and husks of rapeseed, etc. are grouped under this heading.
5) Stalks and leaves:
Dried stalks and leaves of green fodder are grouped under this heading.
6) Fermented (silage) feeds
Feeds which are prepared by fermenting green fodder and feeds rich in water, under specific conditions to ensure long-term stability, such as:
Clover silage - corn silage - (corn-leguminous plants) silage - (trefoil-grass) silage - (vetch-rye) silage - (sugar beet - beet) silage, etc. are grouped under this heading.
7) Roots and tubers:
Feeds rich in water which reserve nutrients in their in their roots or underground branches, given to animals either directly or after crushing, as well as the following roots and tubers which are not used as human food:
Beet - turnip - potato - sweet potato, etc.
8) Grains and fruits:
Seeds, grains and fruits of cereal plants, leguminous plants and plants of other families, given to animals directly or after crushing or grinding, as well as the following seeds, grains and fruits which are not used as human food:
All kinds of wheat - barley - rye - rice - millet – spelt – maize - oats - cowpea - common vetch - vetch - chickpea (non standardized) - peanut (non standardized) - safflower - beech nut - cottonseed - acorn and other grains and fruit which are not used as human food.
II - 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 vegetable origin.
1) Milling by-products:
By-products obtained from the various processing stages which the grains undergo from sifting and peeling until grains are powdered in the flour mills. Wheat bran and wheat middling – bonqualité - pounded wheat bran - oatmeal - rye bran - corn bran - rice bran - bran from leguminous plants and similar crushing and bran.
2) Starch by-products:
The following by-products which remain after isolating starch from crops rich in starch are grouped under this heading. These are given to animals in fresh or dried form.
Wheat pulp – wheat schlempe – corn schlempe - corn pulp - corn gluten feeds - corn gluten meal (corn protein) - corn germ (corn embryo) meal - potato pulps, potato schlempe and starch by–products.
3) Fermentation by-products:
3.1- By-products of beer industry:
These are the by–products of beer industry namely:
Malt germ - malt pulp - yeast - hop pulp, etc.
3. 2 - By-products of alcohol industry:
Pulps obtained during the processes applied in alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverage given, given to livestock either directly or after drying, are grouped under this heading.
Such as molasses yeast (alcohol yeast) and similar by-products of alcohol industry.
3.3- Wine industry by-products:
The following by-products obtained during wine production are grouped under this heading:
Residue of pressed grapes - wine yeast - apple pulp, etc.
4) Sugar industry by-products:
By-products obtained during the production of sugar from sugar beet and sugar cane.
Sugar beet pulps or shavings - sugarcane pulps or shavings – sugar beet molasses pulps - molasses, etc.
5) Oil industry by-products:
The following by-products obtained during extraction of oil from seeds:
Sunflower seed meal - cottonseed meal - poppy seed meal - linseed meal - hemp seed meal - soybean meal - sesame seed meal - peanut meal - hazelnut and walnut meal, tobacco seed meal – rape-seed meal, etc.
6) Other industrial by-products of plant origin:
By-products of the marmalade, fruit juice, tomato paste, etc.
Pulps of orange and other citrus fruit - apple pulps -strawberry pulps - tomato pulps, etc. are grouped under this heading.
III - Animal By-products:
Meat meal, meat-bone meal, bone meal, carcass meal, fish meal obtained by drying and grinding carcasses of animals, animal organs and animal products and by-products of the milk industry and slaughterhouses, as well as feeds derived from sea animals.
1) Milk and milk Industry by-products:
Fatty and skimmed milk powder - buttermilk - whey and similar by-products.
2) Slaughterhouse by-products:
Blood meal, meat meal, meat-bone meal, bone meal, liver meal, carcass meal, canned feed grade meat, offal meal, etc. are grouped under this heading.
3) Feeds obtained from sea, lake and river animals:
All kinds of fish meal - all kinds of fish oil (except those used for the nutrition and treatment of human beings) - all kinds of fish liver meal and similar feeds obtained from marine animals.
IV - Mineral feeds:
Salts and other compounds of macro elements such as calcium, phosphorus, sodium and trace elements such as iron, copper, zinc, as well as ammonium salts and similar substances or their premixes used exclusively in the feed industry and livestock nutrition.
Urea which is a synthetic substance with an organic structure is also included in this group.
Sodium chloride (salt) - sodium molybdate - sodium bicarbonate - sodium iodide - sodium selenite - calcium acetate - calcium acetochloride - calcium chloride - calcium fumerate - calcium glyconate - calcium lactate - calcium sulfate - limestone - prepared chalk (calcium carbonate) - calcium - magnesium phosphate - mono. di. tri calcium phosphate - calcium iodate - calcium molybdate - shells of sea animals – bone charcoal, bone ash - magnesium carbonate - magnesium citrate - magnesium fumarate - magnesium glyconate - magnesium lactate - magnesium oxide - magnesium sulphate - mono, di. tri magnesium phosphate - ferrous carbonate - ferrous fumarate - iron sulphate - cobalt acetate - cobalt chloride -cobalt nitrate - cobalt sulphate - copper iodide - copper acetate - cobalt chloride - copper carbonate - cupric oxide - copper sulphate (blue stone) - potassium iodate - manganous carbonate - manganic oxide - manganous sulphate - ammonium molybdate - molybden oxide - zinc carbonate - zinc oxide - zinc sulphate - synthetic urea and similar mineral feeds.
V - Feed additives:
Feed additives produced by means of chemical analysis, synthesis and extraction methods and containing substances enhancing the feed value and increasing organic utilization like antibiotics, hormones and vitamins such agents
Drugs and similar substances used for the treatment and prevention of animal diseases such as sulfonamides, antibiotics, hormones and vitamins are excluded from this group.
VI - Compound Feeds:
These feeds are classified as follows:
Compound feeds for poultry and other poultry house animals.
Compound feeds for small animals
Compound feeds for large animals
Compound feeds for laboratory animals,
Compound feeds for fish (fish feeds),
Compound feeds for fur animals,
Compound feeds for pets and other animals.
Ingredients indicated in the list 3 should not be added to these feeds.
Ministry has the power to include or exclude feeds under this classification, depending on the improvements in livestock nutrition science and technology.
CHAPTER: III
Declaration, Registration, License and Control
The declaration procedure :
Article 6 – List No.1 to annex shows feeds subject to declaration. Declaration procedure is given below:
a) Real and legal persons manufacturing and importing feeds for sale purposes are liable to notify the Ministry by a declaration as per Form (1), regarding the essential nutrient contents of the feeds which form the basis for value determinations to complete the declaration procedure prior to the sale and import activities.
b) The ratio and quantity of the essential nutrient contents which form the basis for value determination are indicated as (X) for each feed subject to declaration.
c) Form (1) prepared and filled for feeds subject to declaration is submitted to the Ministry having attached to a petition. Secrecy is essential for the declarations.
d) Both the substances to be declared and other specifications are evaluated according to the criteria determined by the Ministry through considering the improvements achieved in livestock nutrition science and technology.
Fasone Production:
ARTICLE 7- Real and legal persons who intend to get feed produced in accordance with the norms and standards have to make a production contract, prior to production, with plant owners and submit the contract with declarations of feeds, commercial registration and other required documents to the Ministry .
Both sides will be liable according to the Article 47 for responsibility mechanism and legal persecution.
Information to be declared :
Article 8 - The following information shall be indicated on the package or label of the products marketed in packed form and on the guaranty form of unpacked products in wholesale transactions involving quantities of more than 100 kg.
a) Name and detailed address of the manufacturer or seller,
b) Any emblems and telephone numbers of the company,
c) Name and production date of the feed,
d) The individual ratios or quantities of the essential nutrients of the feeds declared in accordance with Article 7,
e) Date and number of the declaration,
f) Net weight of the feed in the package,
g) Instructions for use and storage,
h) Expiration date or date of production and period of usage,
i) batch number
Labels and documents :
Article 9 - The dimensions of the labels and guaranty forms except pet animals foods shall be no less than 8 x 15 cm. The necessary information to be indicated on the packages, labels and guaranty forms shall be legible, easily comprehensible, ink of the writing should not be adhesive and harmful for health.
Any figures, pictures and phrases, of deceptive nature for the consumer, on labels and guaranty forms are not permissible.
If the feed contains any limiting substance for the usage regarding animal health and production, this should be included in the labels and guaranty forms as warning or educational information.
The quantity of feed should be written in “kg” on the package as to be seen easily and with suitable size. Label should be put on the package so as to be seen easily and not to have any corrections.
It is within the power of the Ministry to make any amendments on the label, package and documents of the commercial feeds.
Declaration for registration :
Article 10 - The feeds indicated in the List No.2 to the annex are given below:
a) Public and private establishments manufacturing feeds for sale indicated in List No. 2 to the annex are liable to notify the Ministry by submitting a declaration Form (2) which shows the essential nutrient contents of the feeds which forms the basis for value determinations, and the minimum and maximum ratios and/or quantities of the ingredients, the commercial name and class of the feed to complete the registration procedure prior to sale activities.
b) The ratios or quantities of essential nutrients that form the basis for determining the value of the feed subject to declaration, and other information to be declared, are marked as (x).
c) The declaration prepared as per Form (2), for feeds subject to registration, shall either be submitted to the Ministry directly in a closed and sealed envelope or mailed on registered and reply paid basis.
Such declarations are not disclosed except to the authorized government officials and employers of the company manufacturing the feed. The Ministry shall take the necessary measures to ensure secrecy.
The registration procedure :
Article 11 - The declarations prepared as per Form (2) are opened at the presence of the authorities under due measures for secrecy. The declaration of the feeds subject to registration is compared with the tables, showing the norms for various feed compounds, attached to this Regulation. In the event that the declaration conforms to these norms, the information is entered into the relevant registry by the Department.
Such entries of the feeds into the registry conclude the registration procedure and the manufacturer is duly notified about the same through registered mail.
Should the declaration is not in conformity with the norms, registration is not effected and the manufacturer is notified at the earliest in the same manner.
Amendments on the lists and tables :
Article 12 - The Ministry is authorized either to make the necessary amendments on the lists attached to this Regulation or publish new lists according to any forthcoming fundamental changes and developments in the livestock nutrition science, the feed manufacturing technology, raw material production and similar fields. Such amendments and the date of implementation are announced by official communiques issued by the Ministry.
Package and Labels :
Article 13 - Feeds subject to registration cannot be purchased or sold without package. The following information which shall be indicated on the packages or labels:
a) Address of the manufacturing company and telephone numbers, if any, and emblems,
b) The class and the registered commercial name of the feed,
c) Registration date and number,
d) The ratios or quantities of essential nutrients and the names of feed ingredients and additives included in the feed mixture in accordance with the Article 8,
e) Net weight of the feed
f) Species and age of the animal to which feed will be given,
g) The production date of the feed should be legible, indelible and inseparable from the package.
Bulk (unpacked) sale:
Article 14 – In the bulk sale of feeds, it is obligatory for seller to give the guaranty documents which specified in Article 8 and 13, reciprocally the purchaser must take information
No sale of unpacked feed is permitted unless above mentioned conditions are met. All vehicles used in transportation of feed without package should have special equipment in order to keep it safe. The minimum technical and hygienic conditions for transportation vehicles are specified by the Ministry.
Feeds to be imported :
Article 15 - The provisions concerning the registration and declaration of the feeds manufactured in Turkey are also applicable to feeds that are subject to registration and declaration and imported from other countries.
For other feeds, the conditions applicable are determined by the Ministry.
Obligation for license :
Article 16 – The establishments and corporations willing to produce feeds which are in the scope of Feed Law and defined in detail in the Article 5 of this
Regulation namely:
a) Animal by-products,
b) Mineral feeds,
c) Feed additives,
d) Compound feeds,
are liable to obtain a license (Feed Manufacturing License) from the Ministry prior to manufacture.
Application :
Article 17 - Establishments and corporations, prior to manufacturing process, shall apply to the Ministry for license with the documents which comprise a structural plan showing the technological organization of the factory and equipment installations where the feeds are to be manufactured, a plan of location of the factory and other relevant documents.
The establishments and corporations applying for license have to complete the construction of all facilities including warehouses for raw materials and finished products and be ready for feed manufacture.
Examinations :
Article 18 - The Ministry, within 15 days after application for production license, assigns a team to conduct the necessary examinations on site.
Team; This team shall ascertain whether the establishment possesses the minimum technical and hygienic conditions in accordance with the principles prescribed by this Regulation and whether the establishment in question is equipped with the proper installations and equipment required for the production of high quality, hygienic feeds as envisaged by Law no. 1734. Furthermore, the team shall also control the performance of the machinery, the supply of spare parts for equipment accessories which might become frequently out of order, the adequacy of the electric and vapor systems, the condition of the warehouses for storing raw materials and finished products, the ventilation system and other prerequisites at the work site.
The team shall report to the Ministry, the results of such control, within 15 days at the latest.
License (permission) :
Article 19 - A "Feed Manufacturing License" is granted' upon deeming the prerequisites and conditions set forth for the establishment of feed manufacturing establishments are fulfilled.
License is valid as long as the said conditions are maintained. The Ministry of Health and Social Aid retains the powers acquired by dint of Law of General Health Protection no. 1593.
Deficiencies :
Article 20 - In the event that the control of establishments requesting a license reveal any deficiencies, an adequate period of time is recognized to the applicant for the completion of such defects, at the end of which, the control team performs a second inspection. The license is granted upon the team report revealing that deficiencies have been completed.
Production and its controls:
Article 21 - Establishments which have been granted manufacturing licenses are subject to controls by teams or inspectors of the Ministry twice annually at indefinite periods. Expenses occurring due to analysis of the samples taken for these controls are met by the related establishments.
In the control of factories and establishments, technical and hygienic conditions specified by Ministry and the critical points that may cause any danger on the production line as well as the existence of control system for the monitoring thereof under the responsibilities of the owners are determined.
The teams and inspectors can enter into the feed plants, warehouses and retail stores in order to control and collect samples, without permission. Proprietors of such premises or their representatives are liable to provide any information requested, to demonstrate the products and relevant substances, and to take all the necessary measures for ensuring control. Special commercial secrets are reserved.
Establishments which obtained licenses from the Ministry have to have feed samples analyzed which are taken under the control of team at least three times a year and submit the results to the provincial directorates.
The team in charge of control, in the event of any hindrance of inspection, prepares a minutes of such prevention and reports it to the local civil administrative authority, requesting assistance therefrom. Furthermore, the Ministry is also informed of the situation.
Laboratory controls:
Article 22 - The laboratory control of feeds subject to declaration and registration, based on physical, chemical and biological examinations and analyses are performed by the Ministry prior to marketing of the feeds.
The Ministry takes all the necessary precautions to observe secrecy regarding the owners of the samples dispatched to laboratories.
Priority and promptitude shall be effective in laboratory control of compound feeds, in the event of complaints and in those products for which the manufacturer has given notice of formula modification.
Control in imports :
Article 23 – Feed importation is realized in accordance with the following conditions:
a) Those willing to import feed shall obtain permission from the Ministry following the completion of declaration and registry processes.
b) Those willing to import feeds, apply together with the analysis reports including the information specified in the declaration and registration declarations, proforma invoice and other documents as may by required by the Ministry. For the applications deemed as convenient by the Ministry, the necessary permission is granted for importation.
c) The feeds arriving at the customs are examined by the authorities in accordance with the principles dictated by this Regulation.
d) At the customs, samples are collected properly from the feeds and sent to the laboratory. The samples are first subjected to inspection and analysis at the laboratory and then reported provided that lab expenses be born by the importer.
In case these investigation, inspection and analysis results are in conformity with those specified within the documents and with the provisions of the regulation, the passage through the customs and sale of the feeds in accordance with the specified methods are permitted.
The Ministry takes measures deemed necessary in connection with the entire conditions regarding importation.
Control in exports:Article 24 – In the export of feed and feedingstuffs, exporter should apply with the documents required by the Ministry. The controls are made with respect to the requirements of the buyer in condition that the expenses occurred be covered by the related company. The export permit shall only be issued when the report regarding the control results of the samples in question are considered appropriate.
The Ministry takes measures deemed necessary for all aspects of export.
Objections to the control results:Article 25 - The results of the examinations and analyses performed on the feed samples are notified in writing to the concerned persons within 30 days at the latest since the date of sample collection.
Manufacturers, importers, dealers or their representatives can forward any objections to the examination and analysis results within 30 days at the latest. In case of such objections, re-examinations and re-analysis procedures are performed at another laboratory designated by the Ministry. The authorities concerned are notified within 30 days at the latest regarding the results of the second analysis performed by said laboratory and the necessary procedures are initiated accordingly.
The fees occurring due to re-examinations and re-analysis performed at the reference laboratories shall be met by the objector.
CHAPTER : IV
Laboratory Examinations and Analyses
Sampling method and required material :
Article 26 - During the routine controls stipulated in the Feed Law and according to the provisions of this Regulation or in cases of objection, sample collection is undertaken by the control team or by officials authorized by the Ministry.
Such authorized officials are responsible for the methods and principles employed for sample collection and dispatch. Customs controls are also regarded as routine control procedures.
Samples shall be collected free of charge.
It is imperative that samples to be taken from packaged feeds be collected from sealed or undamaged packages.
Another Regulation shall be issued and enforced to prescribe the methods to be employed for sample collection.
Sample quantities :Article 27 - The minimum quantities of samples to be taken from the feeds for control purposes are shown here below:
a) Feeds of plant origin : 4 each of 0.5 kg
b) Industrial plant by-products : 4 each of 0.5 kg
c) Animal by-products : 4 each of 0.5 kg
d) Feed additives Pure : 4 each of 50 g
e) Mixed : 4 each of 0.5 kg
f) Mineral feeds : 4 each of 0.5 kg
g) Compound feeds : 4 each of 0.5 kg
For the purposes of biological control, an adequate quantity of sample is collected for feeding to livestock.
Sample containers :
Article 28 - The samples are put in one of the containers listed below, according to the properties of the feed and a label is attached to the container bearing the phrase "This Sample was Collected for Control by the Department".
a) Jars (glass, transparent plastic or colored),
b) Sacks,
c) Nylon bags,
d) Tin boxes,
e) Cardboard boxes.
The forthcoming Regulation, referred to in Article 26 shall prescribe which of the above mentioned containers will be employed for a particular type of feed, as well as its manner.
From each product four samples shall be collected, all of which are preserved in the same type of container.
The materials necessary for sample collection shall be supplied by the Ministry.
Dispatch of samples to the Ministry :
Article 29 - The containers are so closed and sealed as to prevent any change of the contents. Hence, minutes are entered into bound forms, previously prepared as per form attached to this Regulation by the Department in triplicate and signed by officials in charge of sample collection and other persons concerned
(manufacturer, importer, exporter, seller or purchaser and a witness, if present). The third copy of the minutes prepared in triplicate is not detached from the bound form. One of the samples is submitted on site to the concerned official together with the second copy of the minutes. The remaining three samples, together with the original minutes are forwarded or mailed to the Department by the officials at the earliest.
Dispatch of samples to the laboratory :
Article 30 - The Department labels the received samples by undisclosed code numbers and dispatches one sample each to the designated laboratory together with a written instruction for examination and analysis. The remaining samples are retained at the Department together with the minutes until the objection deadline. The names of the owners of the feed samples are not disclosed to the laboratory designated for analysis.
Retained samples :
Article 31 - In the event of absence of objections, the samples are either evaluated or destroyed in a manner decided by the Department.
Analysis methods :
Article 32 - The Ministry is empowered to determine and issue communiques regarding:
a) The principles,
b) The materials and equipment,
c) The study techniques,
d) And the calculations,
of the laboratory analysis methods to be performed on feed products subject to declaration and registration, by consideration of methods which are accepted worldwide and which are suitable to the conditions of our country.
Publication of such communiques in the Official Gazette are effected upon enforcement of this Regulation.
Any modifications to be introduced on analysis methods to be required by dint of scientific and technological developments are promptly notified to the laboratories and authorities concerned, in the same manner.
Reports :
Article 33 - The analysis results are certified by a report of the laboratories performing the examinations in accordance with the report to be prepared pursuant to the procedures and principles to be specified in a special regulation by the Ministry.
CHAPTER : V
The Minimum Technical and Hygienic Conditions Required FOR FEED MANUFACTURING establıshments
Minimum technical conditions for animal by-product establishments:
Article 34 - With regard to the minimum technical conditions, operations manufacturing feeds of animal origin shall be equipped with apparatus and machinery such as :
a) Hasher-washer,
b) Bone crusher,
c) Blood collecting tank or containers with lids,
d) Carrier,
e) Rendering boiler,
f) Jet condenser,
g) Percolator,
h) Press,
i) Oil collecting and silage tank,
j) Cake breaker,
k) Grinder,
l) Carrying vehicles (with covers),
m) power source for operation,
n) Sieve,
o) A sufficient quantity of buckets, shovels, wheelbarrows for carrying sacks, scales, packing materials, sewing machine or the necessary apparatus for sealing sacks, pulverizes and similar equipment and machinery.
Of the above listed equipment and machinery, establishments are liable to be equipped with those designated by the Ministry according to the type of feed manufactured by individual establishments.
Minimum hygienic conditions for establishments manufacturing feeds of animal origin :
Article 35 - With regard to hygienic safety, establishments producing animal by-products shall comply with the conditions specified below:
a) Premises used by such establishments should be of adequate size, closed, isolated from external effects, suitable for the current of work and located in suitable and isolated parts of Meat Combines and slaughterhouses.
Furthermore, such establishments shall consist of changing rooms, washbasins for staff and warehouses for raw materials and finished products.
b) The installations shall be encircled with wire netting or similar fences and necessary disinfection measures shall be applied at entries and exits.
c) The floors and walls of the installation buildings shall be covered with faience, marble, mosaic, concrete, resistant dye, etc. of a type which can be easily cleaned. In addition, there shall be containers of antiseptic liquids for the use of workers, if necessary.
The facility shall be equipped with heating, illumination, ventilation, compressed hot and cold water systems.
d) Washing and cleaning of the rendering boilers and other equipment (excluding motors) shall be performed at least once a week and daily at the end of the workday respectively.
e) Since the raw materials might be contaminated with microorganisms harmful to the health of livestock, necessary measures shall be applied for the prevention of contamination between raw material storing and preparation sections and other sections, particularly the warehouses for finished products,
f) Metal instruments, equipment and machinery employed at the installation (excluding the motors) shall be of stainless steel or galvanized iron.
Such equipment and machinery shall be labeled indicating the section where the particular equipment is utilized.
g) General health check-up shall be applied to the staff at least twice annually and the results of such controls retained. Furthermore, there shall be a box containing all the necessary medication at the facility.
Minimum technical conditions for establishments manufacturing mineral feeds and feed additives:
Article 36 - Establishments manufacturing mineral feeds and feed additives shall comply with the technical conditions specified below :
a) Such operations shall be established at buildings large enough for the capacity of the undertaking or at suitable sections of drug factories.
b) The establishments shall have separate sections for storing, mixing, packing and dispatch. to be preserved carriers and active substances of mineral feeds and feed additives, particularly vitamins, antibiotics, minerals, etc. without deteriorating or losing their activity.
c) The mixing section shall have one pre-mixer and one or more mixers with capacities varying on the size of operation as well as equipment for automatic dispatch of mixture to depots.
d) The packing section shall have a precision weighing equipment, packing materials suitable for the product, labeling and sealing equipment. It is imperative to provide automatic packing of the feeds which have been stored in depots.
The packages shall be of a quality to ensure that the contents do not lose their properties and activity.
e) The necessary pressing and smoldering equipment for the products marketed in solid form such as licking blocks shall be in a separate section or in the mixing section.
Minimum hygienic conditions for establishments manufacturing mineral feeds and feed additives:
Article 37 - Establishments manufacturing mineral feeds and feed additives shall comply with hygienic conditions specified below:
a) The establishments shall have places of changing rooms, washbasins for staff situated at the entry .
b) Dust shall be prevented by special measures and general health control of the workers shall be undertaken twice annually.
c) Instruments and equipment employed at the establishment shall be frequently cleaned and disinfected.
d) Floors and walls of the establishment shall be coated with materials resistant and suitable for frequent cleaning.
Minimum technical conditions for establishments manufacturing compound feeds:
Article 38 - The minimum technical conditions for establishments manufacturing compound feeds are specified below
a) Such factories shall have raw material storing places depending on the capacity of the establishment.
b) There shall be a cleaning system necessary for removing the raw materials to be used for manufacturing compound feeds from dust, earth, pieces of iron and other foreign matter.
c) There shall be a mill consisting of screens of various diameters available for crushing and grinding grains.
d) There shall be a proper mixer which has enough capacity to mix raw materials and a pre-mixer to prepare premixes.
e) There shall be a molassesing unit for the use of molasses and a pelletting unit for those manufacturing pelletted feeds.
f) The compound feeds prepared at the packing unit are filled into containers by automatic machinery, weighed on adjustable weighing devices suitable for determining the precise weight of the package and the package is sealed with a sewing machine. Small paper packages are sealed with an adhesive.
g) There shall be isolated, special depots of proper qualification for storing finished products and premixes.
h) If there are molassesing and pelletting units available in the factory, there shall be molasses tanks and vapor boilers for pelletting available. Such boilers shall be of capacity to meet the quantity of pelletted feeds produced and the vapor required for molasses adding.
i) There shall be loading platforms and facilities for the dispatch of finished products from the warehouse.
Minimum hygienic conditions for factories and establishments manufacturing compound feeds:
Article 39 - The minimum hygienic conditions for establishments manufacturing compound feeds are specified below:
a) Such factories shall be surrounded by fences suitable for preventing the invasion of poultry and single or even tailed animals. Furthermore, livestock breeding shall not be undertaken within the feed plant area.
b) Entry into and exit from the factory shall be realized from designated gates where suitable cement ditches containing disinfectant liquids shall be present (particularly at the entry)
c) Workers and other staffs employed at the same section shall enter into the factory from doors where doormats dampened with a liquid disinfectant shall be present.
d) There shall be changing rooms and washbasins with adequate size for staffs to undress, clean and dress themselves. Staffs shall change their daily clothes herein.
e) Employers working in the production unit shall wear clean work shoes and overalls on their clothes.
f) A general health control shall be applied to the workers twice annually.
g) Necessary measures shall be taken for preventing dust and spreading of dirty water within the factory.
h) In raw material and finished product depots and in sections where the premixes are preserved, continuous protection measures against warehouse pests, especially mice, shall be taken. Such protection shall consist of measures to render contamination of poisonous substances impossible.
i) Raw material and finished product depots shall be without humidity, cool, ventilated (through opposite windows with wire nets), with floors covered by resistant material and without leakage from the ceiling.
k) Chambers designated for the preservation of premixes (either manufactured or purchased) shall also be without humidity, cool and ventilated.
l) All the sections of the establishment (excluding machinery and equipment) shall be of a type suitable for easy disinfection, which shall be frequently performed as required.
m) The packing used once for the packing of finished products shall not be returned to the establishment.
n) Packing containers cannot be re-used or retained at the establishment
However, resistant containers which are suitable for second use can be re-used provided that disinfection is ensured (with reserve to the Law of Health Control of Livestock No. 1234 and the provisions of the Regulation relevant thereto).
Such disinfection can be performed by the factories in question, as well as by other institutions subject to authorization by the Ministry.
With respect to the hygienic conditions stipulated in this Chapter, the Ministry of Health and Social Aid and the Ministry of Labor retain the powers acquired by dint of Law of General Health Protection No. 1593, respectively.
CHAPTER : VI
Premises for storing and selling feeds
Definition:
Article 40 - The expression "premises to be used for purposes of storing and selling feed products" specified in the last paragraph of the Article 10 of Feed Law No. 1734, means premises granted license, in accordance with the Article 7 thereof, for the purchase and sale of feeds of animal origin, mineral feeds, feed additives and compound feeds.
Requirements for license :
Article 41 - Places for storing and selling feeds are subject to the following requirements with respect to license :
a) Places for selling feeds shall have floors covered with a resistant material, be without humidity, well illuminated, ventilated, disinfectable when necessary and with resistant roof, doors and windows.
b) Places for storing feeds shall be either attached or distant to the selling places. Such premises shall never be near animal sheds or slaughterhouses. Similarly, the selling places of feed shall in no case be close to the animal shelters or slaughterhouses.
c) Places for storing feeds shall possess the conditions specified in Chapter 5 of this Regulation with respect to the technical and hygienic conditions required for finished product depots of establishments manufacturing compound feeds. The floors of such premises shall be covered with wooden grates.
d) In places for storing feeds, sacks shall be piled on grates in a manner to leave sufficient space between them and the vertical piling shall not exceed 5 rows.
All necessary measures are taken to avoid intermixing of feed odours.
e) In places for storing and selling feeds, there shall be no domestic or wild animals, nor their eggs, meat, hide or offal.
f) In places for selling feeds, in addition to feeds designated in Article 7 of Feed Law, sale of cereals, by-products of flour mills and other substances which do not, even on direct contact with the feeds, exert any harmful effects on the health of livestock is permitted.
Conditions for unpacked sales :
Article 42 - Sale of feeds in original packages is imperative in feed selling places. The dealer shall be primarily responsible for any defects arising from retail unpacked sales. In the event, however, of any defects to be established through analyses of the samples from unopened packages, the manufacturer is to have primary responsibility.
In retail transactions involving unpacked products, the dealer is liable to furnish the purchaser with a document indicating the name, manufacturer and date of manufacture of the product, upon request of the latter.
License Granting :
Article 43 - In the event that the inspectors or teams authorized by the Ministry decide that the premises used for storing and marketing the feeds, designated in Article 7 of Feed Law, conform to above specified conditions, combined or separate operation licenses are granted.
Such licenses shall be valid only insofar as the specified conditions are maintained.
CHAPTER : VII
Miscellaneous Provisions
Price determination :
Article 44 - Wholesale and retail prices of feeds subject to declaration and registration shall be determined and announced by the Ministry upon negotiating by the other Ministries concerned, for the following cases :
a) Abnormal levels of prices due to factors influencing the cost of the feeds,
b) Necessity of preventing fluctuations in feed prices, imposed by the policy of the government,
c) Abnormal price levels observed in feeds imported and exported.
The Ministry, when deemed necessary, can request the opinions of the public and private establishments and undertakings, during such price determinations.
Permission for plant construction
Article 45 - Real and legal persons planning to establish a feed factory are liable to obtain the relevant permission in accordance with Article 17 of Feed Law. Real and legal persons planning to establish a feed factory shall apply to the Ministry by forwarding the following documents :
a) Plan of the area on which the factory will be constructed,
b) Zone statement regarding the land (in areas where there is an organized industrial zone, priority shall be observed for the construction of factories in such zones).
c) Requirement program of the buildings and facilities.
d) Location project.
e) Report on feasibility studies.
The Ministry reaches the appropriate decision upon studying the minimum technical and hygienic conditions prescribed-by the Law and in this Regulation, and the supply and demand of the types of feeds to be manufactured.
Any defects and deficiencies established by such study are to be corrected and completed. After the investigations, construction permission is given to establishment which are deemed qualified. Feed Manufacturing License is not granted to those establishing plants without such permission.
Decision to cancel production :
Article 46 - The Ministry is to be notified in writing within one month if any decision is taken to cancel the manufacture of feeds already registered or relinquish the manufacture despite the acquisition of license. In such case, the registration and the Feed Manufacturing License are cancelled and the person concerned is duly notified.
In the event of not compliance with this obligation, the same procedure is applicable.
Management of the feed plants :
ARTICLE 47 – The feed plants and enterprises producing animal by-products, mineral feeds and feed additives or the compound feed plants and enterprises of at least 5 tons/hour capacity based on the license submitted by the Ministry are required to employ an agricultural engineer or a veterinarian as the operation chief or as the responsible manager.
The compound feed plants of at least 20 tons/hour capacity are required to employ an agricultural engineer or a veterinarian as a field personnel, with the objective of informing the breeders regarding the advancements in the feed technology and livestock nutrition science and for closely monitoring the problems that may arise as a result of the feeds consumed by the animals.
In the legal prosecutions related with the obligations on the subject of conformance to the declarations given both during the production stage and before or after selling as well as in case of disagreement to these situations, the responsibility is successively charged on the operation chief or the responsible manager and to the owners of the plant or enterprise.
Enforcement:
Article 48 - This Regulation shall come into force on the date of its publication.
Implementation :
Article 49 - The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs implements the provisions of this Regulation.