Additive Role of FAMI-QS Certification for Specialty Feed Ingredients and their Mixtures

FAMI-QS is a pioneer in its field as it is the only certifiable code specifically aimed at specialty feed ingredients and their mixtures. It was also the first Community Good Practice Guide to obtain official recognition from the European Commission as foreseen in the Feed Hygiene Regulation.

FAMI-QS scheme aims to minimize the risk of unsafe ingredients and related mixtures from entering the feed and food chain. FAMI - QS Certification enables an operator to implement the objectives of the Feed Hygiene Regulation, and to provide measures to demonstrate that other feed safety regulatory requirements are met. Having with this narrow focus it allows key program to target the essential areas efficiently. More than 600 Feed Additive and Pre-mixture companies have participated in this program globally. FAMI-QS has been officially adopted by EU authorities, who recognizes FAMI-QS as an unrivalled system for assessing the requirements of feed hygiene and its regulations.

Major Objectives of FAMI - QS Certification

• Provides clients and local authorities that their products meet regulatory criteria
• Increases transparency towards clients & other stakeholders
• Minimizes the significant animal feed risks
• Provide effectiveness control of internal processes, minimizing risk of failure
• Increases staff motivation by focusing on a job well done
• Signal sent about a proactive approach to feed safety & quality

To ensure effective consumer protection it is essential to perform complete checks at every stage of food production. The animal feed industry has therefore agreed on a European level to introduce checks during the production of additives and pre-mixtures. For this purpose FAMI-QS Certification has established.

The FAMI-QS Code addresses safety, quality and regulatory compliance of specialty feed ingredients and their mixtures by:

• Minimizing the risk that unsafe specialty feed ingredients and their mixtures in the feed and food chain;
• Enabling an operator to implement the objectives of the Feed Hygiene Regulation and
• Providing measures to ensure that other feed safety regulatory requirements are met.

The FAMI-QS code is designed for international validity; thus, participants in FAMI-QS can be found all over the world. This code is implemented to ensure the safety of feed additives and pre-mixtures. On the other hand, specialty feed ingredients comprise feed additive and functional feed. And the mixtures consists pre-mixtures, specialty complementary feed as well as specialty complementary dietetic feed. Moreover this code also applies to import of feed additive and pre-mixture operators from third world countries. This code basically made to ensure the hygiene feed additives and pre-mixtures. Furthermore, it has a worldwide network of certification bodies which allows the implementation of FAMI-QS in any part of the globe.

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