A Practical Guide to the Law of Animal Feed in the United Kingdom

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>While animal feed law rarely makes headline news its contents are - and always have been - an important means by which the safety of the human food chain is secured.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Indeed the very existence of UK food regulators in the form of the Food Standards Agency (</span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>FSA</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>) and Food Standards Scotland (</span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>FSS</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>) owes itself to a food crisis which certainly was headline grabbing: </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>mad cow</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> disease.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>That disease at its peak in the 1980s and 1990s known properly as Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy or BSE was almost certainly brought about by the since banned practice of feeding ruminant animal protein to cattle.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Since those times feed law has been tightened and refined and arguably now forms an important and distinct element of European Union (</span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>EU</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>) and United Kingdom (</span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>UK</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>) food law.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>This book draws together and examines animal feed law in a practical way. It will be a helpful resource for regulatory lawyers who need a quick introduction to the topic and it provides a valuable text for feed enforcement officials or policy specialists in both local and central government. It will also be of interest to anyone who wants to develop their understanding about how feed for animals is regulated in the UK.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>CONTENTS</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Chapter One - Development of Feed Law</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Chapter Two - Feed Law Basics</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Chapter Three - General Feed Law Obligations</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Chapter Four - Other Legislation Affecting Feed</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Chapter Five - Official Controls and Enforcement</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Chapter Six - Sampling and Analysis</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Chapter Seven - The Future Regulation of Feed</span></p><p></p>