Course information

Animal Nutrition - eLearning module

This eLearning course is aimed at allowing participants to improve their knowledge and skills in:

• Definitions used in feed: feedingstuffs, compound feed, complete feed, complementary feed, mineral feed and other definitions in Regulation 767/2009, feed additives, premixtures, processing aids (Regulation 1831/2003).
• General principles of feed marketing: objectives.
• Labelling and advertising of feed materials and compound feed (Regulation 767/2009): principles, responsibility of labelling.
• Catalogue of feed materials, restricted materials, packaging of feed.
• Feed additives: functions, conditions of authorisation, assessment (Regulation 1831/2003).
• Distinction between feed materials, compound feed, complementary feed, premixtures, feed additives and veterinary medicinal products.
• Feed for particular nutritional purposes (Regulation 767/2009).
• Claims (Regulation 767/2009).
• Medicated feed (Directive 90/167).
• Undesirable substances in feed (Directive 2002/32):
• - Definition of undesirable substances.
  - Objectives of Directive 2002/32.
  - General principles of Directive 2002/32 (Monitoring, mitigation measures).
  - Maximum levels and action thresholds.
  - Regulated substances and products: Mycotoxins, Dioxins/PCBs, Toxins of plant origin, etc.
  - Carry over of coccidiostats to non-target feed.