New Feed Marketing Regulations

摘要

As the ink dries on the EU Council of Agricultural Ministers adoption of new feed marketing regulations, George Perrott considers the implications for the UK compound feed sector. For a regulation that had the potential to cause lengthy and protracteddebate, the process has been remarkably swift to reach a conclusion that has been broadly welcomed by many. The Regulation on the placing on the market and use of feed, as it is formally known, required a balance between providing the information that feed users required, whilst protecting the intellectual property of feed manufacturers and giving them incentive to continue investing in research and development.