FEDIAF Code of Practice for the Manufacture of Safe Pet Food TRAINING PACKAGE Module IV Traceability

4. TRACEABILITY 4.1 Registration / approval 4.2 Traceability – key requirements 4.3 Product identification 4.4 Product recall

The ability to reconstruct the course taken by a feedingstuff through the production, processing and distribution stages What is traceability? Downstream traceability for pet food produced and delivered Upstream traceability for raw materials used How? 1)To protect animal and human health 2)To enable efficient withdrawal or recall of products 3)To provide information on quality problems 4)To comply with EU legislation Why traceability?

Agricultural production Transport Primary transformation Transport Wholesale Retail Upstream Traceability Production Traceability Downstream Traceability Pet food production Distribution to trade Consumer

Processing 1 Processing 2 Which Raw Materials? F.G. Lot 23 F.G. Lot 21 F.G. Lot 22 R.M. Lot 1 R.M. Lot 2 R.M. Lot 3 R.M. Lot 4 Backward tracing

Upstream Purchase order Delivery Inspection (sampling, testing) Production Production order Production Inspection (sampling, testing) Downstream Goods issue Dispatch order Traceability data

4.1 Registration and approval Registration and/or approval is compulsory Manufacturers shall notify the Competent Authority with a view to registration and/or approval Under R183/2005 Pet food plants must be registered, except those that must be approved Pet food plants using vitamin A, vitamin D, copper and selenium as additives must be approved Under R1774/2002 Pet food plants using ABPs must be approved

4.2 Traceability requirements 4.3 Product identification 4.2 System of documentation to ensure traceability Keep samples and records of each batch of finished products (≥ 2 years) 4.3 Relevant information: Suppliers – name, address, batch, quantity, delivery date, approval/registration number Production – nature, quantity, date and batch Distribution – name and address of delivery

4.4 Product recall System of registering/processing complaints in place System of recall in place Recalled products will only be put back into circulation after a quality-control reassessment The manufacturer is responsible to inform the Competent Authority in case of a recall The recall system shall be regularly tested