GCC STANDARDIZATION ORGANIZATION (GSO) 
  
  
  
  
  
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GSO 5/FDS….. /2011  
  
    
  
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General Requirements For Bird Feed  
 
  
    
  
  
     
 
   
  
 
Prepared by: 
 
Gulf technical committee for standards of food and agriculture products 
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This document is a draft Gulf standard ci rculated for comments, it is therefore, 
subject to change, and may not be referred it as a Gulf  standard, until approved by 
the Board of Directors.  . GSO  STANDARD  GSO ......./2011  
 
2 Foreword  
  
 
 
 
Standardization Organization for G CC (GSO) is a regional Organization 
which consists of the National Standard s Bodies of GCC me mber States. One 
of GSO main functions is to issue Gulf Standards /Technical regulation 
through specialized technical committees (TCs). 
 
GSO through the technical progra m of committee TC No 5  "  The Gulf 
Technical Committee for Food and Ag ricultural Standards Products" has 
prepared this Standard .  The Draf t Standard has been prepared by ( KINGDOM 
OF SAUDI ARABIA      ) 
 
 The draft Standard has been prepared  based on relevant ADMO, International 
and National foreign Sta ndards and references. 
 
This standard has been approved as Gu lf (Standard / Technical Regulation)   
by GSO Board of Directors in its meeting No ..../....  …….held on    /    /   /  H 
,  /    /   G GSO  STANDARD  GSO ......./2011  
 
3 General Requirements For Bird Feed  
 
  
1. SCOPE AND FIELD OF APPLICATION   
  This standard is concerned with genera l requirements on cereals used as feeds 
for birds whether used in single, mixed or crushed form. 
 
2. COMPLEMENTARY REFERENCES 
2.1   GSO ISO 6322-1 “Storage of cereals and pulses -part1: gene ral considerations 
in keeping cereals”. 
2.2   GSO ISO 950 “Cerals-sampling (as grain)”. 2.3   GSO 382 “Maximum limits for pesticid e residues in agricu lural food products 
- Part 1” 
2.4   GSO 383 “Maximum limits for pesticid e  resticide residu es in agricultural 
food products part2.”. 
2.5   GSO 988 “Limits of radioactivity levels permitted in foodstuff :    part -1” . 2.6   GSO 841 “Maximum limits of omycotoxins permitted in foods and animal 
seeds- aflatoxins”.  
 
3. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS 
 Without prejudice to the provisions indi cated in the Guide to the Plants and 
Plant products forbidden from entry to Saudi Arabia, issued by the Ministry of 
Agriculture and laws of Veterinary and Plan t quarantine of the Cooperation 
Council for the Arab States of the Gulf  and the Feed Law (under issuing) of 
Saudi Food and Drug Authority , the following provisions shall be considered 
in the cereals used in bird feed as: 
3.1 Bird’s feed shall be in its suitable form. 3.2 All feed materials used in bird’s f eed shall comply to its specific Gulf 
Standards. 
3.3 The product shall be free from harmful and strange materials. 
3.4 Bird’s feed shall be free from seed s of Cannabis, Opium poppy, any narcotics 
seeds or other harmful seeds. 
3.5 Pesticides residues shall not exceed the maximum permissible limits set by 
Gulf Standard mentioned in article (2/3 – 2/4). 
3.6 Radionuclide shall not exceed the maximum permissible limits set by Gulf 
Standard mentioned in article (2/5). 
3.7 Aflatoxins shall not exceed the maximum permissible limits set by Gulf 
Standard mentioned in article (2/6). GSO  STANDARD  GSO ......./2011  
 
4 3.8 The selling of these products shall be  limited to Stores that are licensed 
(approved). 
3.9 The marketing of bird’s feed shall be  prohibited unless feed  business operators 
display feed labeling. 
3.10 Veterinary or medicinal feed additive s in bird’s feed shall only be used by 
permission from Saudi Food and Drug Authority. 
 
4. PACKAGING, TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE 
 The following provisions for storage, transportation and packaging shall be 
considered: 
4.1  Packaging: 4.1.1  Bird’s feed shall be fille d in suitable packages in or der to maintain its natural 
characteristics and guarantee its safety. 
4.1.2  Feed Packages shall provide necessary  protection of feed against pests and 
contamination. 
4.2  Transportation: 4.2.1  Transportation means shall provide a ppropriate protection of feed against 
Weather changes, infest with Pest s and Rodents or contamination.  
4.2.2  Bird’s feed shall not be transported in  vessels used in transporting pesticides, 
fungicides or any harmful or poisonous materials. 
4.3  Storage: 
Birds’ feed shall be stored according to  Gulf standard mentioned in article 
(2/1). 
 
5. SAMPLING 
 Samples shall be taken according to Gulf  standard mentioned in article (2/2). 
 
6. TESTING METHODS 
Tests shall be carried out according to Gulf standard (ongoing approval process 
– Method of testing birds’ feed). 
 
7. LABELING 
The following information shall be declared  in Arabic text on the product label 
and shall not be tampered with. 
7.1  Name of product: “Birds’ feed”  7.2  Names of component cereals of  the feed and its percentages. 
7.3  All other additives in case of its use. GSO  STANDARD  GSO ......./2011  
 
5 7.4  Dates of production and expiration. 
7.5  Country of origin.  7.6  Species of bird consuming the feeds 7.7  Name and address of producer or packager. 7.8  Name and address of supplier or agent. 7.9  Batch No. 7.10  Weight in metric units.