Legal Definitions of Pet Food - Revision history

Bara at 09:15, 14 June 2017

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Bara at 10:39, 10 May 2017

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Bara: /* Complete Pet Food */

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Complete Pet Food

Bara at 09:59, 7 May 2017

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Bara at 09:57, 7 May 2017

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Bara: /* Therapeutic Pet Food */

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Therapeutic Pet Food

Bara: /* Feed Materials */

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Feed Materials

Bara: /* Complete Pet Food */

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Complete Pet Food

Ggaitskell: /* Moisture Content Classification */

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Moisture Content Classification

Ggaitskell: /* Complementary Pet Food */

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Complementary Pet Food

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 === Complete Pet Food ===
 Pet foods providing all the nutrients in the amounts and proportions animals need are considered complete. Only complete pet foods are suitable for daily feeding without adding further food products except water.
-Nutritional standards for pet foods are provided by [[How Pet Food is Regulated - Nutrition#USA|AAFCO in the United States]] and by FEDIAF<ref name="FEDIAF">'''FEDIAF (2014)''' Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs. Brussels: FEDIAF - European Pet Food Industry Federation </ref> [[How Pet Food is Regulated - Nutrition#Europe|in Europe]]. Nutritional standards for pet foods already established or under development in countries outside the USA and Europe are largely based on AAFCO or FEDIAF recommendations.
+Nutritional standards for pet foods are provided by [[Regulation of Pet Food in the USA|AAFCO in the United States]] and by FEDIAF<ref name="FEDIAF">'''FEDIAF (2014)''' Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs. Brussels: FEDIAF - European Pet Food Industry Federation </ref> [[Regulation of Pet Food in Europe|in Europe]]. Nutritional standards for pet foods already established or under development in countries outside the USA and Europe are largely based on AAFCO or FEDIAF recommendations.
 === Complementary Pet Food ===

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 === Complete Pet Food ===
 Pet foods providing all the nutrients in the amounts and proportions animals need are considered complete. Only complete pet foods are suitable for daily feeding without adding further food products except water.
-Nutritional standards for pet foods are provided by [[How Pet Food is Regulated - Nutrition#USA|AAFCO in the United States]] and by FEDIAF<ref name="FEDIAF">'''FEDIAF (2014)''' Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs. Brussels: FEDIAF - European Pet Food Industry Federation </ref> [[Regulation of the Pet Food Industry - Nutrition#Europe|in Europe]]. Nutritional standards for pet foods already established or under development in countries outside the USA and Europe are largely based on AAFCO or FEDIAF recommendations.
+Nutritional standards for pet foods are provided by [[How Pet Food is Regulated - Nutrition#USA|AAFCO in the United States]] and by FEDIAF<ref name="FEDIAF">'''FEDIAF (2014)''' Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs. Brussels: FEDIAF - European Pet Food Industry Federation </ref> [[How Pet Food is Regulated - Nutrition#Europe|in Europe]]. Nutritional standards for pet foods already established or under development in countries outside the USA and Europe are largely based on AAFCO or FEDIAF recommendations.
 === Complementary Pet Food ===

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 === Complete Pet Food ===
 Pet foods providing all the nutrients in the amounts and proportions animals need are considered complete. Only complete pet foods are suitable for daily feeding without adding further food products except water.
-Nutritional standards for pet foods are provided by [[Regulation of the Pet Food Industry - Nutrition#USA|AAFCO in the United States]] and by FEDIAF<ref name="FEDIAF">'''FEDIAF (2014)''' Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs. Brussels: FEDIAF - European Pet Food Industry Federation </ref> [[Regulation of the Pet Food Industry - Nutrition#Europe|in Europe]]. Nutritional standards for pet foods already established or under development in countries outside the USA and Europe are largely based on AAFCO or FEDIAF recommendations.
+Nutritional standards for pet foods are provided by [[How Pet Food is Regulated - Nutrition#USA|AAFCO in the United States]] and by FEDIAF<ref name="FEDIAF">'''FEDIAF (2014)''' Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs. Brussels: FEDIAF - European Pet Food Industry Federation </ref> [[Regulation of the Pet Food Industry - Nutrition#Europe|in Europe]]. Nutritional standards for pet foods already established or under development in countries outside the USA and Europe are largely based on AAFCO or FEDIAF recommendations.
 === Complementary Pet Food ===

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 Complementary pet foods are designed to be only a part of the diet and they do not meet the known nutritional requirements when fed alone. They must be used in combination with additional food types to fulfil daily requirements.
-=== Therapeutic Pet Food ===
+=== Therapeutic/Dietetic Pet Food ===
-Therapeutic pet foods are products with a specific nutritional profile intended for therapeutic purposes such as support of cardiac, renal or liver function. Due to the specific intended use and functionality, products have to comply with particular nutritional characteristics and requirements for their declaration. In Europe, the range of application is laid down in a specific regulation<ref name="Commission Regulation 5/2014">'''Commission Regulation (EU) No 5/2014''' of 6 January 2014 amending Directive 2008/38/EC establishing a list of intended uses of animal feedingstuffs for particular nutritional purposes OJ L 2/3</ref>. In other regions, products typically have to be individually registered by the manufacturer and approved by the local veterinary authorities before they can be put on the market.
+Therapeutic pet foods are products with a specific nutritional profile intended for therapeutic purposes such as support of cardiac, kidney or liver function. Due to the specific intended use and functionality, products have to comply with particular nutritional characteristics and requirements for their declaration. In Europe, the range of application is laid down in a specific regulation<ref name="Commission Regulation 5/2014">'''Commission Regulation (EU) No 5/2014''' of 6 January 2014 amending Directive 2008/38/EC establishing a list of intended uses of animal feedingstuffs for particular nutritional purposes OJ L 2/3</ref>. In other regions, products typically have to be individually registered by the manufacturer and approved by the local veterinary authorities before they can be put on the market.
 === Medicated Feed ===

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 === Feed Materials ===
 Products of vegetable or animal origin, which are consumed by animals and contribute to energy and/or nutrients to the animal’s diet.
-Official names and definitions of permitted feed ingredients are given in the AAFCO Official Publication<ref name="AAFCO">'''AAFCO (2015) Official Publication''', Champaign (IL), Association of Feed Control Officials</ref> for the US and in the European Feed Catalogue<ref name="EU Commission Regulation">'''Commission Regulation (EU)''' No 68/2013 of 16 January 2013 on the Catalogue of Feed Materials [2013] OJ L 29/1</ref> for Europe respectively.  For declaration purposes, feed materials are allocated to specific categories<ref name="Directive 82/475">''' Commission Directive 82/475 /EEC''' of 23 June 1982 laying down the categories of ingredients which may be used for the purposes of labelling compound feedingstuffs for pet animals [1982] OJ L 213/27</ref> and can be collectively [[Pet Food Labels - Nutrition|declared as a group]], e.g. oils & fats.
+Official names and definitions of permitted feed ingredients are given in the AAFCO Official Publication<ref name="AAFCO">'''AAFCO (2015) Official Publication''', Champaign (IL), Association of Feed Control Officials</ref> for the US and in the European Feed Catalogue<ref name="EU Commission Regulation">'''Commission Regulation (EU)''' No 68/2013 of 16 January 2013 on the Catalogue of Feed Materials [2013] OJ L 29/1</ref> for Europe, respectively.  For declaration purposes, feed materials are allocated to specific categories<ref name="Directive 82/475">''' Commission Directive 82/475 /EEC''' of 23 June 1982 laying down the categories of ingredients which may be used for the purposes of labelling compound feedingstuffs for pet animals [1982] OJ L 213/27</ref> and can be collectively [[Pet Food Labels - Nutrition|declared as a group]], e.g. oils & fats.
 === Feed for Pets ===

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 === Moisture Content Classification ===
 By longstanding industry definition, manufactured pet food can be classified based on moisture content as follows:
-*Dry food: ≤ 14% moisture
+*'''Dry food''': ≤ 14% moisture
-*Semi-moist food: > 14% < 60% moisture
+*'''Semi-moist food''': > 14% < 60% moisture
-*Wet food: ≥ 60% moisture
+*'''Wet food''': ≥ 60% moisture
-−
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