Overall summary report on the results of inspections in the field of animal nutrition carried out by the Member States in 2001 (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-02-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU control, animal nutrition, food inspection, report

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Overall summary report on the results of inspections in the field of animal nutrition carried out
by the Member States in 2001

(2003/C 30/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1. Introduction

2. Overall summary results

Council Directive 95/53/EC of 25 October 1995 (1) fixes the
principles governing the organisation of official inspections in
the field of animal nutrition. In accordance with Article 22(2)
of
to the
Commission before 1 April 2002 all the relevant information
concerning the following controls in the field of animal
nutrition:

that Directive, Member States

transmit

shall

— the implementation of

the programmes setting out

the

national measures to be taken for the year 2001,

— the

implementation

coordinated monitoring
the
programmes for the year 2001, as provided for in the
Commission Recommendation of 5 June 2001 (2).

of

By the deadline (1 April 2002), only three Member States had
sent the relevant information to the Commission. On 24 May
the Commission representative on the
and 25 June 2002,
Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health
reminded the Member States' delegations to present
their
reports. 14 reports have now been sent, on the following dates:

The Member States do not use a uniform reporting format in
their national reports. The type and format of the information
is quite varied, which limits the possibilities of compiling the
data from national sources into a single overall summary
report.

In addition to the heterogeneity of the reports, the information
in each report is sometimes incomplete or unclear, such as:

— two different figures for the same fact in different parts of

the report,

— indication of the number of samples without giving the

result,

— information on results without giving the number of

samples,

— total of positive and negative results different from the

number of samples analysed,

— grouping results on different substances under the same

figure,

Member State

Date report sent to the
Commission

— other unclear information.

Austria

Belgium

Denmark

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Ireland

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Portugal

Spain

Sweden

United Kingdom

2.9.2002

29.3.2002

15.5.2002

27.5.2002

1.8.2002

14.6.2002

23.5.2002

10.5.2002

16.5.2002

3.6.2002

22.5.2002

28.3.2002

27.3.2002

18.9.2002

figures on national
Only some Member States present
production of feedingstuffs and imports from third countries.

On account of those difficulties in reporting, the overall compi-
lation of results for all Member States is very limited and gives
only a partial picture of the whole control system. The lack of
data does not allow relevant conclusions to be drawn. The
same remarks were already made in the conclusions of the
overall summary report on the results for the year 2000.

Those difficulties are to be overcome by the adoption of a
harmonised reporting model, which is being prepared and is
expected to be implemented for the controls in 2003. That
model should provide relevant information, but should also
be simple enough to be completed by each competent
authority.

3. Detailed results

The main results of the coordinated inspection programme for
2001 are presented in Tables 1 to 10.

(1) OJ L 265, 8.11.1995, p. 17. Directive as last amended by Directive
2000/77/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L
333, 29.12.2000, p. 81).
(2) OJ L 161, 16.6.2001, p. 42.

Some Member States do not present the results of the annual
the
programme
coordinated
separately
programme. Moreover,
is not specified
whether the results belong to the coordinated programme or
not. Notwithstanding that shortcoming, the tables combine all
the results available for each section.

from those of
in some cases,

it

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Table 1: Production (1 000 tonnes) of feedingstuffs for sale

Feed materials
of plant
origin

Feed materials
of animal
origin

Mineral
feeds

Feed
additives

Compound
feedingstuffs

Compound feed
for non-food
producing
animals

Total

29 510 (a), (b) 4 123 (a), (c)

422

19 613

8 356 (e)

1 186

698

326

19

190

39

1 375

355

54

3 570

13 341

2 300

541

91

1 270 (f)

30 (f)

32 (f)

A

B

D

DK (d)

E

EL

F

FIN

I

IRL

L

NL

P

S

UK (g)

6 826

10 360

(a) Including inter and intra farm transfers.
(b) Not including fodder crops and by-products (e.g. grass, clover, silage, roots).
(c) Including 3 629 000 tonnes of milk, skimmed and buttermilk, whey, goats milk.
(d) Data from 1999 and 2000.
(e) Including mineral feeds and 1 796 600 tonnes straight-feedingstuff sold directly to farmers.
(f) Feed materials in compound feedingstuffs for sale.
(g) Not including 2 801 thousand tonnes from inter- and intra-farm transfers.

Table 2: Imports (1 000 tonnes) of feedingstuffs

Feed materials
of plant
origin

Feed materials
of animal
origin

Mineral
feeds

Feed
additives

Compound
feedingstuffs

Compound feed
for non-food
producing
animals

Total

8 736

92

775

495

9 610

A

B

D

DK

E

EL

F

FIN (a)

219 + 15

18 + 12

0,2 + 0,1

51 + 14

I

IRL

L

NL

P

S (a)

UK

6 815

149

111

610

8 + 0

2 + 0

26 + 4,8

58,9 + 15,5

(a) The first figure corresponds to goods received from other Member States; the second to imports from third countries.

Table 3: Number of samples from imports and national production

Total

Misc.

Milk repl.

Mineral

Premix

Feed-mat.

Additives

Compound feedingstuffs

Ruminant

Pigs

Poultry

Horses

Fish

Other

Total

A

B

D

DK

E

EL

F

FIN

I

IRL

L

NL (e)

P

S (f)

UK

2 140

12 653

27 488

11 070 (c)

21 453

776

6 761

1 808

220

1 479

1 823

1 917

56

69

3

10 (g)

(a)

482

384

228

816

40 (a)

737

575

338

3 484

5 488

1 485

222

842

1 872

11 299

4 166

248

10 014

5 574

3 722

3 380

22 690 (b)

2

168

196

31

99

194

17

537

24

5 569

139

13

19

10

8

28

655

16

706

344

317

(d)

16

62

17

1 168 (d)

94

48

25

1

4

998

172

770

458

234

248

68

10

443

578

1 461

1 500

(a) Combined figure for additives and premixes.
(b) Including milk replacers and mineral feeds.
(c) Including 1 250 samples drawn during inspections on farms and including 6 088 samples for salmonella analyses.
(d) Combined figure for compound feedingstuffs and additives.
(e) Partial data: figures relate only to imports from third countries, but there were other samples taken from national production, too.
(f) Salmonella samples and samples on constituents of animal origin are not included.
(g) Protein sources.

Comments on Tables 1, 2 and 3

The overall data on production and imports of feedingstuffs are scarce.

Most of the Member States report the number of samples taken. However, samples are categorised according to different criteria.

The lack of data does not allow comparison between the tables in order to assess sampling frequencies.

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Table 4: Methods used in laboratory tests

Method

Sensitivity

Specificity

A

B

D

DK

E

EL

F

FIN

I

IRL

L

NL

P

S

UK

Microscopic
constituents of animal origin in feedingstuffs

identification and estimation of

Microscopic
constituents of animal origin in feedingstuffs

identification and estimation of

Denmark provided references of 100 methods
used in laboratory tests

Microscopic
constituents of animal origin in feedingstuffs

identification and estimation of

Aflatoxins: liquid chromatography — JAOAC 67
(1984) 973 en JAOAC 67 (1984) 597

0,4 µg/kg

peanuts

e.g.
soybean meal

and

Cadmium and lead: graphite furnace

0,01 mg/kg (Cd), 0,02
(Pb)

all feeds

Arsenic: hydride generation

0,02 mg/kg (As)

all feeds

Microscopic
constituents of animal origin in feedingstuffs

identification and estimation of

0,1 %

feedingstuffs

Microscopic
constituents of animal origin in feedingstuffs

identification and estimation of

Microscopic
constituents of animal origin in feedingstuffs

identification and estimation of

Microscopic
identification and estimation of
constituents of animal origin in feedingstuffs
plus a number of other methods such as HRGC/
HRMS/HPLC etc.

ELISA for the identification of constituents of
animal origin in feedingstuffs

Comments on Table 4:

Finland reports on methods used. Some Member States mention the use of microscopic identification and
estimation of constituents of animal origin in feedingstuffs.

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Samples

272

11 126

7 460

193

299

67

59

3

519

52

6

A

B

D

DK

E

EL

F

FIN

I

IRL

L

NL

P

S

UK

Table 5: Dioxins and PCBs

High concentration
(dioxins and/or PCB)

Remarks

0

13

321

—

0

0

3

0

5

42 samples tested for dioxins and 230 for PCBs

1 968 samples tested for dioxins (135 with high
concentration) and 5 492 for PCBs (186 with high
concentration)

Positives: clay mineral and mineral mix

3 classified as suspect

Comments on Table 5:

Belgium carried out extensive testing for dioxins and PCBs, most of it as part of a national contaminants
surveillance system.

Sweden ran a project targeted on fish and fish products, which could explain the high frequency of
samples with a high concentration of dioxins.

Other Member States found relatively fewer anomalies.

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Table 6: Heavy metals

Samples

Non-complying

Pb

Cd

As

Hg

Total

Pb

285

287

94

29

695

590

2 239

2 236

1 422

1 190

7 087

22

22

20

6

70

528

528

257

512

1 825

1

8

1

0

Cd

0

17

0

0

As

0

3

0

0

Hg

0

1

0

2

25

66

68

4

69

66

41

4

67

20

2

181

132

111

8

303

296

333

288

1 220

43

62

105

0 %

2 %

0 %

42 %

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

0

Total

1

23

29

1

2

0

0

1

0

A

B (a)

D (b)

DK

E

EL

F

FIN

I

IRL

L

NL

P

S

UK

(a) Including testing for fluorine.
(b) Including samples of additives and premixtures.

Comments on Table 6:

The number of non-complying samples is small, with the exception of the results provided by France
(mercury in fish meal) and Belgium.

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Table 7: Salmonella

A

B

D

DK

E

EL

F

FIN

I

IRL

L

NL

P

S

Samples

239

119

Positive

13

1

6 088

106

990

52

1 046

7 027

17

1

37

33

Remarks

Comprising 59 samples of
feed materials (5 positive;
highest incidence in fish meal: 3 positive in 19 samples)
and 180 samples of compound feedingstuffs (8 positive)

In feed materials of animal origin and compound feed-
ingstuffs

No separate results reported

Comprising 3 094 samples of
compound feedingstuffs
hygiene samples from production plants (2.7 %)

(0,8 % positive)

feed materials

and
and 2 994

43 in feed materials (1 positive) + 9 in compound feed-
ingstuffs

Including 34 samples of fish meal
samples of compound feedingstuffs (1 positive)

(0 positive) and 91

Comprising 5 030 samples of vegetable origin feed
materials and compound feedingstuffs from abroad (25
positive), 1 487 samples of compound feedingstuffs and
raw materials of domestic production (1 positive) and
510 samples in marketing control
(6 positive in pet
food and 1 in fur animals)

115

4

Comprising 33 samples of feed materials (2 positive) and
82 samples of compound feedingstuffs (2 positive)

15 150

104

UK

55 083

858

Details can be found in the 2001 zoonosis report

The figure of total samples does not include all
import
samples and mandatory auto control samples. The total
figure includes HACCP -environmental samples as well.
The positive samples include also follow-up investigation
samples after initial detection. More detail on these figures
can be found in the zoonosis report of 2002

Comprising 24 394 samples of
animal origin (290
positive), 28 852 samples of vegetable origin (550
positive) and 1 837 of mineral origin or others (18
positive)

Comments on table 7:

Even though the Commission Recommendation for a coordinated programme indicates feed materials of
vegetable origin as the scope of Salmonella checks, in some cases it is not possible to distinguish whether
the results reported by Member States refer only to this type of feed. The results presented in the table
therefore comprise all available results for Salmonella.

There is a relatively large number of samples (from less than 1 % up to 5,4 %) contaminated with
salmonella.

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Table 8: Feed additives with maximum level (correct use)

A

B

D

DK

E

EL

F

FIN

I

IRL

L

NL

P

S

UK

Samples

4 683

2 588

19 701

1 114

280

3 732

67

326

Non-complying

Remarks

150

583

326

130

45

34

5

25

Comprising
probiotics, trace elements and vitamins

antibiotics

tests

of

and

coccidiostats,

For checking established maximum levels

61 samples analysed for antibiotic, coccidiostats and
growth promoters, 1 053 samples drawn on farms
analysed for copper, zinc, manganese, iron and selenium

Through labelling checks

cross

cases of

contamination of narasin. The
Five
remaining samples refer to vitamins and trace elements
and maximum levels were not exceeded, but 10 cases
did not comply with the labelling

Non-zootechnical
vitamins) only

additives

(e.g.

trace

elements

and

Comments on Table 8:

Ireland found a low frequency of non-complying samples, but the evaluation was carried out through
labelling checks only.

The results provided by Belgium and Germany, which carried out analyses, show a much higher rate of
non-compliance.

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Table 9: Antibiotics banned as growth promoters

Samples

Non-complying

Remarks

818

740

2 210 (a)

293

66

27

222

24

10

68

48

21

9

0

0

0

7

8

88 % of the positive samples are due to sulfamide residues

Excluding the samples which were taken from farms

samples drawn on
Including 127 (7 non-complying)
farms. The samples were analysed for content of tetra-
cycline, avoparcin, tylosinfosfat, virginiamycin, spiramycin,
bacitracin zinc,
spectinomycin, penicillin,
lyncomycin,
avilamycin and streptomycin

Tetracycline, oxytetracycline, chlortetracycline, carbadox,
tylosin, sulfamides, furazolidone

Including samples of coccidiostats and other medicinal
substances such us lasalocid sodium, salinomycin sodium
and narasin

No detection of unauthorised use of antibiotics as growth
promoters

Some further for carbadox and olaquindox, but the data
are grouped together with β-agonists

Tylosin and chlortetracycline

A

B

D

DK

E

EL

F

FIN

I

IRL

L

NL

P

S

UK

(a) Including only analyses for non-authorised additives for feedingstuffs (belonging to the groups antibiotics, growth promoters,

coccidiostats and other drugs); not including analyses for other non authorised pharmacological active substances.

Comments for table 9:

The results are difficult to compare because each Member State searched for different substances. However,
from the data received, the presence of forbidden antibiotics used as growth promoters was found in a
significant number of samples.

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Table 10: Constituents of animal origin

Non-complying

Remarks

Non-complying samples: 110 < 0,1 %, 14 < 0,5 %, 4 ca.
0,5 %, 9 > 0,5 %

Including samples from farms

1 010 samples from feedingstuffs companies: fish meal in
73 samples (most cases << 0,5 %) in January-March and in
in April-December;
15 samples (most cases << 0,5 %)
meat/bone meal
in
(all << 0,5 %)
in 10 samples
January-March and in 8 samples (*)
(most cases <<
0,5 %) in April-December.

(*) Three of the samples were drawn from fat

218 samples from farms: fish meal in 17 samples (most
cases << 0,5 %) in January-March and in 2 samples (all <<
0,5 %) in April-December; meat/bone meal was detected in
only 2 samples (all << 0,5 %) in April-December.

34 samples from imports: none contained traces of fish
meal or meat/bone meal.

686 controls for meat/bone meal (3 positive < 0,5 %) and
530 for fish meal

(all traced back to a
10 positives for meat/bone meal
single consignment of imported maize gluten feed) and
50 positives for fish meal

Mammalian tissue and fish meal, where this is forbidden.
21<< 0,5 %; 3 < 0,5 %; 1 > 0,5 %

33 positives for meat bone fragments and 11 for fish bone
fragments

All positive samples detected before July 2001

137

5

1 064

127

252

1,5 %

34

3

60

25

44

0

32

8

Samples

1 349

983

25 828

1 262

19 825

343

2 851

1 216

1 237

101

2 754

755

454

8 272

A

B

D

DK

E

EL

F

FIN

I

IRL

L

NL

P

S

UK

Comments on Table 10:

The results are difficult to compare because the Member States do not carry out identical monitoring
programmes, e.g. targeting, number of samples, sensitivity of the methods of analysis can be different. In
addition, it is not always clear whether the non-complying samples refer to meat-and-bone meal and/or
fish meal.

Nevertheless,
it has to be pointed out that the highest number of non-compliances in respect to the
presence of constituents of animal origin in compound feedingstuffs was found at the beginning of 2001.
Since then the number of non-compliances decreased significantly during the second half of 2001 and this
trend continued into the early part of 2002.

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4. Conclusions

— restrictions on the production and use of feed materials of

The format of the reports provided is not homogeneous and
from the activities carried out it is not possible to draw clear
conclusions on areas
requiring a coordinated action at
Community level.

However, the results regarding controls of heavy metals show a
generally low level of infringements which is not the case for
the investigations on the presence of antibiotics banned as
growth promoters in feedingstuffs, where the number of
non-complying samples was significant according to the data
received.

It is necessary to make progress on the establishment of a
results of
annual
harmonised model
national controls in the field of animal nutrition.

reporting the

for

In the meantime, the Commission considers appropriate to
include the following targeted controls in the recommendation
for a coordinated programme for 2003:

animal origin,

— contamination of

certain industrial by-products with

dioxins as a result of processing,

— presence of antibiotics banned as growth promoters.

These three issues should be subject to increased and coor-
dinated control because they are currently identified as of
particular concern in terms of feed safety. Firstly, it must be
ensured that the restrictions on the production and use of feed
materials of animal origin are effectively applied. Secondly,
feed with dioxins has shown that
recent contamination of
some stages of the production process involve a higher risk,
so that certain feed materials should be targeted for specific
control. Thirdly, it must be ensured that banned antibiotics are
not used as growth promoters in animal nutrition.

Notice concerning anti-dumping measures on imports of certain seamless pipes and tubes of iron
or non-alloy steel originating in Romania

(2003/C 30/04)

the Court of

By its judgment of 9 January 2003 in Appeal C-76/00 P,
the European
Communities set aside the judgment of the Court of First Instance of the European Communities
of 15 December 1999 in Joined Cases T-33/98 and T-34/98 Petrotub and Republica v Council. In
it annulled Council Regulation (EC) No 2320/97 of 17 November 1997 (1)
doing so,
imposing
definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of certain seamless pipes and tubes of iron or non-alloy steel
originating in Hungary, Poland, Russia, the Czech Republic, Romania and the Slovak Republic, repealing
Regulation (EEC) No 1189/93 and terminating the proceeding in respect of such imports originating in the
Republic of Croatia, in so far as it concerns imports into the European Community manufactured by
the following companies located in Romania:

Justice of

— Petrotub SA,

— Republica SA.

Consequently, the definitive anti-dumping duties paid pursuant to Council Regulation 2320/97 on imports
in to the European Community of certain seamless pipes and tubes of iron or non-alloy steel falling within
CN codes ex 7304 10 10, ex 7304 10 30, 7304 31 99, 7304 39 91 and 7222 39 93 manufactured by the
abovementioned companies (under TARIC additional codes 8468, 8514 for Petrotub and 8469, 8515 for
Republica) should be reimbursed. The reimbursement must be requested from national customs authorities
in accordance with applicable national customs legislation.

As a consequence of the judgment of 9 January 2003, Petrotub SA and Republica SA are no longer subject
to the anti-dumping measures imposed by Council Regulation (EC) No 2320/97 of 17 November 1997.

(1) OJ L 322, 25.11.1997, p. 1.