Animal Feed

Japan Food Safety Commission Schedules Closed 214th Fertilizer And Feed Expert Committee Meeting On Pradofloxacin (27 May 2026)

Japan’s Food Safety Commission will hold a closed Fertilizer and Feed Expert Committee meeting on 27 May 2026 to assess the food health impact of the veterinary drug pradofloxacin. This signals an active risk-assessment process whose conclusions may shape future Japanese requirements for pradofloxacin use in food-producing animals and related products.

23 May 2026, 19:50fsc.go.jpJapan

Denmark Seeks Comments On EU Authorisation Of GM Soybean GMB151×DAS‑44406‑6 For Food And Feed

Denmark has updated its national consultation on the EU authorisation of genetically modified soybean GMB151×DAS‑44406‑6 for food and feed use, with comments now due by 1 June 2026. If approved, this GM soybean event would expand authorised GM inputs for soy-based products in the EU, so food and feed businesses should assess potential sourcing, labelling and stakeholder implications and consider whether to respond to the consultation.

23 May 2026, 19:27hoeringsportalen.dkDenmarkEuropean Union

Denmark: Danish Food Authority Consults on Renewal of GM Maize MON 87460 Authorisation Under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003

Denmark's Danish Food Authority has opened a consultation on renewing EU authorisation for genetically modified maize MON 87460 (Bayer CropScience LP) for import, processing, and food and feed use under the GM Food and Feed Regulation. The outcome will determine whether MON 87460-based products can continue to be imported and used for food and feed in the EU, so operators relying on this GM maize should monitor the renewal process and any conditions attached to the renewed authorisation.

23 May 2026, 11:21hoeringsportalen.dkDenmarkEuropean Union

Denmark Consults on EU Authorisation of GM Soybean MON 94313 Under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003

Denmark has launched an updated national consultation on a proposed EU authorisation for genetically modified soybean MON 94313 (Bayer) for import, processing, and food and feed uses under the GM Food and Feed Regulation. Food and feed businesses using soy inputs should track this file and assess potential sourcing, labelling, and stakeholder implications if MON 94313-based materials gain EU market authorisation after the consultation process.

23 May 2026, 11:18hoeringsportalen.dkEuropean UnionDenmark

EFSA Opens Consultation On Draft Guidance For Feed For Particular Nutritional Purposes

EFSA has opened a public consultation (18 May–13 July 2026) on draft guidance specifying the information required to support EU applications for feed intended for particular nutritional purposes under Regulation (EC) No 767/2009. This guidance will shape how specialised feed products are assessed and authorised, so feed manufacturers and advisers should review the draft and consider submitting evidence-based comments to ensure future requirements align with industry practice and animal nutrition needs.

23 May 2026, 09:09connect.efsa.europa.euEuropean Union

EU Implementing Regulation 2025/708 Authorises Sodium and Potassium Ferrocyanide as Feed Additives for All Animal Species

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/708, now consolidated with a 2026 corrigendum, authorises sodium and potassium ferrocyanide as anti-caking feed additives for all animal species under defined purity, labelling, PPE and use conditions until 4 May 2035. Feed and premix manufacturers must ensure new production complies with the NaCl-only use restriction, maximum inclusion rates and strengthened handling instructions from May 2025, managing transitional stocks and long‑term authorisation planning across EU and EEA markets.

21 May 2026, 08:53eur-lex.europa.euEuropean UnionEuropean Economic Area

EU Rectifies PPE Conditions in Feed Additive Authorisation 2025/1468 for Bacillus subtilis DSM 33862 and Lentilactobacillus buchneri DSM 12856

The EU has clarified the Portuguese version of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1468 authorising the Bacillus subtilis DSM 33862 / Lentilactobacillus buchneri DSM 12856 silage additive for all animal species, confirming entry into force on 12 August 2025 and validity until 12 August 2035 while tightening the description of required personal protective equipment. This rectification leaves dose, scope and labelling unchanged but confirms long-term authorisation and PPE expectations, allowing feed and additive manufacturers to plan product portfolios, worker protection measures and silage applications with high regulatory certainty.

21 May 2026, 06:51eur-lex.europa.euEuropean UnionEuropean Economic Area

Japan MAFF Sets 26 May 2026 Entry Into Force For Revised Acetylcysteine Feed Additive Standards

Japan’s agriculture ministry has confirmed that revised standards for acetylcysteine as a feed additive under its feed safety ordinance will take legal effect on 26 May 2026. Feed additive manufacturers and animal feed producers serving Japan should review formulations and documentation against the updated specifications ahead of this date to avoid non-compliance and supply disruption.

21 May 2026, 06:41kanpo.go.jpJapan

EU Parliament ENVI–AGRI Committees Discuss Commission Food And Feed Safety Omnibus Package

On 5 May 2026 the European Commission presented its Food and Feed Safety Omnibus simplification package to the Parliament’s ENVI and AGRI committees, moving the December 2025 proposals into the parliamentary phase. This hearing signals that major changes to EU pesticide, biocides, food and feed safety, residue and official‑control rules are progressing, so agri‑food and crop‑protection businesses should start planning for streamlined but potentially tighter authorisation and import‑residue regimes.

21 May 2026, 06:39europarl.europa.euEuropean Union

Brazil Bans Certain Antimicrobial Performance-Enhancing Feed Additives (SDA/MAPA Ordinance No. 1.617/2026)

In April 2026 Brazil's agriculture ministry issued SDA/MAPA Ordinance No. 1.617 to immediately ban performance-enhancing feed additives containing five antimicrobials considered important in human and veterinary medicine and to cancel all related product registrations nationwide. This significantly tightens antimicrobial use in animal production, forcing feed and additive suppliers to phase out these substances, comply with short reporting and stock-recovery deadlines, and reassess portfolios and export options amid growing antimicrobial-resistance controls.

21 May 2026, 06:38in.gov.brBrazil

Netherlands Confirms 2026 Shortage of Organic Protein Feed for Poultry and Pigs

In May 2026 the Dutch agriculture ministry confirmed a 2026 shortage of organic protein feed for poultry and pigs and authorised a temporary derogation allowing limited use of non-organic protein feed. Organic operators in the Netherlands can use non-organic protein feed for young poultry and piglets under strict conditions and documentation for inspections, but must plan to return to fully organic feed by the end of 2026 unless the EU extends the exception.

20 May 2026, 17:56zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nlNetherlands

Ukraine Economy Ministry Order No. 5889 Adds Agriculture and Food Safety Projects to 2026 Regulatory Work Plan

In May 2026, Ukraine’s Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture adopted Order No. 5889 updating its 2026 regulatory work plan with new agriculture, veterinary, food safety and business support projects scheduled between May and December. These additions foreshadow upcoming draft measures on animal identification, industrial hemp oversight, veterinary medicines, animal feed controls and fee structures, giving agri-food and veterinary businesses early visibility of areas where rules and costs may change.

20 May 2026, 17:50me.gov.uaUkraine

Netherlands Government Issues Decision Note on Science Assessment of EU Food and Feed Safety Omnibus Proposal

In May 2026 the Netherlands government issued a decision note approving a parliamentary response to an independent science assessment of the EU Food and Feed Safety Omnibus proposal, focusing on changes to plant protection rules under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009. This signals heightened Dutch scrutiny of the proposal’s impacts on pesticide authorisation, biocontrol, grace periods and protection standards ahead of further EU negotiations, without yet creating new legal obligations.

20 May 2026, 08:33zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nlNetherlandsEuropean Union

FSA Highlights Importance of Safe Handling for Raw Pet Food

In February 2026 the UK Food Standards Agency issued public guidance emphasising safe handling of raw pet food after survey data showed harmful bacteria in a significant share of products. While it does not change legal requirements, this communication signals heightened regulatory attention on raw pet food safety and may prompt producers and retailers to review labelling, consumer advice and hygiene controls.

20 May 2026, 08:30food.gov.ukUnited Kingdom

Netherlands Responds to Scientific Assessment of EU Food and Feed Safety Omnibus Proposal

The Dutch government has issued a detailed 8 May 2026 response to Parliament’s scientific assessment of the EU Food and Feed Safety Omnibus proposal, backing a shift to risk-based re-evaluation of pesticides while demanding stronger safeguards on biocontrol, grace periods, and the proposed lex silencio positivo mechanism. This clarifies the Netherlands’ negotiating line in EU talks, signalling conditional support for simplification only if precaution, long-term protection of health and the environment, and national powers to act on emerging risks are fully preserved.

20 May 2026, 06:21zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nlNetherlandsEuropean Union

EFSA Updates Open Register for New Enzyme and Feed Additive Applications and Guidance Review

EFSA has recorded new and updated feed additive and food enzyme applications, plus a guidance review mandate, in its Open EFSA register as of mid-May 2026. These developments signal forthcoming EU decisions on authorising zearalenone hydrolase, L-isoleucine and a glucose oxidase enzyme and on revising default exposure assumptions, which could affect formulation choices and risk assessments for food and feed products.

18 May 2026, 15:07open.efsa.europa.euEuropean Union

PARC Advances Integrative Risk Assessment and Provides Rapid Response Data to EFSA

In May 2026, the EU Partnership for the Assessment of Risks from Chemicals (PARC) announced new integrative mixture risk-assessment deliverables, expanded training for regulators, and Rapid Response data used by EFSA in its assessment of Alternaria toxins in food and feed. These scientific outputs do not create new legal obligations but signal a stronger evidence base and tools that could shape future EU chemical and food-safety policies, especially around mixture exposures, human biomonitoring and natural toxins.

15 May 2026, 17:45eu-parc.euEuropean Union

EU Council Presidency Compromise Texts and Explanatory Notes on Food and Feed Safety Omnibus Regulation Proposal

In May 2026 the EU Council Presidency tabled several non‑public compromise texts and explanatory notes for the Food and Feed Simplification Regulation, which would amend multiple core EU food and feed safety laws in a single omnibus act. This indicates that Council negotiations on the package are progressing, and food, feed, pesticide and biocides supply chains should anticipate future changes to hygiene, residue, animal welfare and official control requirements as the text is finalised.

15 May 2026, 15:47eur-lex.europa.euEuropean Union

EFSA Updates Open EFSA Feed Additive Entries for 6-Phytase and Bacillus Applications

In mid-May 2026 EFSA updated two Open EFSA entries for feed additive applications, republishing its 6-phytase opinion after a confidentiality decision change and clarifying that a Bacillus-based zootechnical additive dossier remains under ongoing risk assessment with a clock stop until mid-May 2026 and an overall deadline in August 2026. These adjustments do not create new legal obligations but they are important signals for companies managing EU feed additive dossiers under Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, indicating where assessments are finalised and where timelines for potential authorisations have shifted.

15 May 2026, 15:17open.efsa.europa.euEuropean Union

EU EESC Opinion on Food and Feed Simplification Omnibus

In April 2026, the European Economic and Social Committee published a detailed opinion on the EU Food and Feed simplification omnibus package, backing simplification while proposing targeted changes to pesticide, biocontrol, GMO, seed and food/feed safety rules. The non-binding recommendations signal likely pressure in upcoming negotiations for more flexible yet harmonised authorisation, mutual recognition, grace periods and labelling for plant protection products, MRLs and GM-derived foods, which could materially reshape future compliance obligations for EU food, feed and agrochemical supply chains.

15 May 2026, 15:00eur-lex.europa.euEuropean Union