Medicated feedaliment médicamenteux
Medicated feed for animals is feed ready to be given directly to animals, made by homogeneously mixing one or more veterinary medicines with feed materials or compound feed, as defined in Regulation (EU) 2019/4.
An intermediate product is not ready to be given to animals. It is used only to make medicated feed (article 3). Medicated feed may only be made from veterinary medicines (article 5).
Supplying medicated feed to animal keepers requires the presentation of a veterinary prescription (article 16, paragraph 1). The prescription may be issued only when a disease has been diagnosed (paragraph 2). It is valid for three weeks for food-producing animals and fur animals, and for five days where it covers feed containing antimicrobials (paragraph 8).
The regulation applies from 28 January 2022 (article 26). It allows manufacture and placing on the market before the prescription is issued, except for supply to the animal keeper. On-farm mixers and mobile mixers are excluded from this allowance (article 8).
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See also
- Veterinary prescription A French veterinary prescription is the document a vet issues, after a clinical examination or proper assessment of the animal, for a veterinary medicine or a human medicine given to animals (articles 4 and 105 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6).
- AMM The AMM is the marketing authorisation a veterinary medicine needs before it can be sold, granted in France by the ANMV or at EU level by the European Commission.
- ANMV The ANMV is the department of ANSES, based in Fougères, that acts as France’s competent authority for veterinary medicines.