The Saeima has adopted and the President issued the following law: animal feed law chapter I General provisions article 1. The law is applied in the following terms: 1) feed materials: the raw, fresh or preserved products of vegetable or animal origin, or industrial by-products of organic or inorganic substance with or without additives, that is used in animal feeding, animal feed preparation of compound or as adjuvant of premixtures;
2) compound feedingstuffs: mixtures of feed materials, whether or not containing additives, and is intended for oral animal feeding as complete or complementary feedingstuffs;
3) complete feed: the feed mixture, consisting of 24-hour animal meet nutritional needs according to its species, age, productivity and physiological position;
4) complementary feedingstuffs: feed additives or premixtures mix with feed ingredients which may be used for animal feed only in combination with other feedingstuffs and concentrations in feed is more effective than 20 kilograms per tonne;
5) dietary food — a complete or complementary feedingstuffs satisfying the specific needs of animals for certain nutrients, if animals are temporarily or permanently impaired metabolic and other physiological processes;
6) therapeutic premix — veterinary medicinal products prepared in a medicinal food production;
7) medicated feed, premix and medicated feedingstuffs prepared animal feed and for treatment or prevention;
8) feed business in person, the holder of the right of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002, Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 on food law the General principles and requirements, establishing the European food safety authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety, article 3, paragraph 6 of the definitions;
9) feed business company, holder of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002, Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 on food law the General principles and requirements, establishing the European food safety authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety, article 3, paragraph 5 of the meaning of the definition. 2. article. The law aims to ensure high quality, human and animal health, life and environmentally friendly animal feed (feed). Chapter II requirements for feed business operators and companies in article 3. (1) the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 January 2005, Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 laying down requirements for feed hygiene (text with EEA relevance), except for article 9 of this regulation, paragraph 3, of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004, Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules competent authority, does the food and veterinary service.
(2) the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 January 2005, Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 laying down requirements for feed hygiene (text with EEA relevance), paragraph 3 of article 9 competent authorities does the State Agency "agricultural data centre".
(3) feed business enterprise (hereinafter referred to as the company) recognition and registration procedures shall be determined by the Cabinet of Ministers.
(4) expenses related to the company, shall be borne by the feed business person in the Cabinet.
(5) the registration of the company, payable on the duty. Government fees and the payment arrangements determined by the Cabinet of Ministers.
(6) the hygiene of animal feed for the primary production and direct deliveries of small quantities determined by the Cabinet of Ministers. 4. article. (1) the labelling of the feed must be clearly visible, legible and indelible.
(2) the labelling of feed quality in response to its manufacturer, except in the case when the packer or distributor of feedingstuffs is authorised to change the product's original packaging or labelling. In the case of such a mandate for quality labelling of feedingstuffs feedingstuffs concerned Packager or Distributor.
(3) Latvia authorised for the placing on the market only in the Cabinet in the order marked feed. 5. article. (1) the Feed placed on the market the manufacturer's original packaging, except in the House (room) animal feed sold from the original packaging open food outlets.
(2) close the Packaging so that it would not be possible to use it again.
(3) the requirements for feed for point of sale sell House (rooms) for animal feed from an open the original package, as well as the place of registration of such trade arrangements fixed by the Cabinet of Ministers. 6. article. Feed may be placed on the market unpacked, if: 1) one feed is traded on the other producer;
2) producer of feed delivered to the company, which made its packaging;
3) they are feed mineral blocks, briquette unseparated, roots, cereals and their by-products, as well as oil, starch and sugar industry by-products, grass and fodder for animal feed. 7. article. Feed may be placed on the market in the tank, if: 1) the manufacturer supplied to the final consumer;
2) complementary feedingstuffs molassed in no more than three ingredients;
3) feed is granular. 8. article. In Latvia authorised additives in feedingstuffs and bioproteīn, not to the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 Regulation (EC) no 1831/2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition (text with EEA relevance), as well as their life agenda is determined by the Cabinet of Ministers. 9. article. Premixtures containing growth promoters and coccidiostats, authorized to distribute only the recognized company which produces feedingstuffs or who use them as a final consumer, making their holdings of compound feedingstuffs. 10. article. Medicated feed and dietary feed order is determined by the Cabinet of Ministers. 11. article. (1) medicated feedingstuffs are manufactured and placed on the market only after practicing veterinarian's written request.
(2) Medicated pre-mixes authorized to distribute only the recognized company which produces medicated feed or who use them as a final consumer in preparing medicated feed requirements of its holding, or licensed veterinary pharmaceutical company. 12. article. The healing food safety people, animals and the environment within their competence, answers: 1) the practising veterinarian extract feed demand;
2) feed manufacturer;
3) feed dealer;
4) feed business person who cures feed manufactured and used as a final consumer requirements of its holding. 13. article. (1) dietary food is unsafe, do not contain veterinary medicinal products and ensure the specific needs of the animal, which it is intended.
(2) dietetic feedingstuffs may be placed on the market only in the manufacturer's original packaging. 14. article. Feed and feed ingredients prohibited substances and feed safety requirements established by the Cabinet of Ministers. 15. article. Feed shall be declared invalid on the placing on the market, if it applies, at least one of the conditions mentioned in this article: 1) it does not meet safety requirements or contains prohibited or unauthorised substances;
2) ended its period of validity;
3) damaged its packaging;
4) it has been corrupted, and it is found in the sensory or investigating the laboratory;
5) its content does not match the label of the specified composition and properties;
6 it has no laws) on the labelling of the feed down the accompanying document;
7) it does not comply with other regulations on feed safety requirements. 16. article. (1) placing on the market of feed is not valid, remove from circulation, processing or destroyed.
(2) the feed business, the person who is in possession of the placing on the market of feed is not valid, shall bear the costs related to control of feed withdrawal, processing or destruction. Chapter III feed import and export procedures article 17. Feed import and export in Latvia of Latvian may feed business, which the company is recognised or established by the food and veterinary service. 18. article. The order in which the food and veterinary service controls the feed loads to the State border, free zones, free warehouses and Customs shall be determined by the Cabinet of Ministers. Chapter IV, feed monitoring and control of the country article 19. Feed State supervision and control is carried out by the food and veterinary service. 20. article. (1) the food and veterinary service provides feed sampling and analysis.
(2) animal feed sampling procedures shall be determined by the Cabinet of Ministers. 21. article. The Cabinet determines: 1) procedures for granting the status of a reference laboratory for carrying out the laboratory animal feed control laboratory as well as reference laboratory accreditation procedures, functions and responsibilities;

2) rapid response system in the animal feed chain. Chapter v the company suspend and restore the order of article 22. If found non-compliance with the feed regulatory legislation, the decision on the suspension of the activities of the enterprise are entitled to accept the food and veterinary service of the country's major food and health inspector, Senior Inspector of national veterinary and public health inspectors (hereinafter referred to as a food and veterinary service officer). 23. article. (1) the food and veterinary service officials are obliged to warn in writing to the company about a possible suspension of its operations. Warning indicates any identified feed regulatory legislation, provide guidance and set a time limit for correcting irregularities.
(2) prevention of the infringement is established: 1) in the light of the actual prevention of non-compliance options — from one month to three months;
2) where non-compliance requires preventing renovation, up to one year;
3) where non-compliance is required to prevent the construction of up to two years. 24. article. If the deadline is not a fix all violations referred to in the notice, the food and veterinary service officer shall take a decision on the suspension of the activities of the enterprise. 25. article. The company provides for the suspension of the activities of the company in charge of the feed business. 26. article. The activities of the company may, without prior notice, suspend, take a written decision if feed laws and regulations governing these requirements due to the irregularities in the feed may be prohibited or unauthorised substances, pathogens or encounter danger to human and animal health or life. 27. article. (1) violation of the laws on the prevention of the activities of the company in the food chain responsible person involved in writing notify the veterinary service of the food and the relevant territorial unit. The food and veterinary service officer within five working days of receipt of the check if the violation is rectified.
(2) if all of the company's decision to suspend the laws mentioned breach is remedied, the food and veterinary service officer within three working days after the inspection shall take a decision on the renewal of the activities of the enterprise.
(3) if all of the company's decision to suspend the laws mentioned breach is not remedied, the food and veterinary service officials give the refusal of the company's business. 28. article. (1) the decision on the suspension of the company can be a challenge and appeal against administrative procedure law.
(2) a food and veterinary service officials disputed the decision and the appeal shall not suspend its activity. Transitional provisions 1. With the entry into force of this Act shall terminate the animal feed law (Republic of Latvia Saeima and the Cabinet of Ministers rapporteur, 2002, No 21; 2004, nr. 10; 2005; 2006, 11 No 12. no). 2. Article 3 of the law on the third, fourth, fifth and sixth subparagraphs, article 4, third paragraph article 5, third paragraph 8., 10., 14., 18 and article 20 article in the second part of these provisions, the Cabinet of Ministers issued up to 30 June 2009. 3. the Cabinet of Ministers regulations for entry into force, but no longer than up to 30 June 2009 the following is applicable to the Cabinet of Ministers regulations, in so far as they are not inconsistent with this law: 1) the Cabinet of Ministers on 4 November 2003, the Regulation No 626 "animal healing and dietary feed arrangements";
2) Cabinet of 25 March 2004, the provisions of no. 166 "animal feed labelling procedures";
3) Cabinet of Ministers on 6 April 2004 the Regulation No 237 "rules on animal feed and feed ingredients for restricted substances and feed safety requirements";
4) Cabinet 24 May 2005 a Regulation No 358 "feed sampling procedures";
5) Cabinet of Ministers on 31 May 2005 the Regulation No. 382 "the order in which controls the feed loads to the State border, free zones, free warehouses and customs warehouses";
6) Cabinet January 2, 2007, Regulation No 7 of the "rules on requirements for point of sale sell House (rooms) for animal feed from an open the original package, and the merchant site registration order";
7) the Cabinet of Ministers of 14 august 2007 Regulation No 557 of the "animal feed business object recognition and registration procedure". Informative reference to European Union directives, the law includes provisions resulting from: 1) the Commission of 1 March 1976 Directive 76/371/EEC on the Community methods for the determination of official feed inspection sampling;
2) Council of 2 April 1979 Directive 79/373/EEC on the marketing of compound feedingstuffs;
3) Commission of 2 May 1980, Directive 80/511/EEC, which allows, in certain cases, the marketing of compound feedingstuffs in unsealed packages or containers;
4) Council of 30 June 1982 of Directive 82/471/EEC concerning certain products used in animal nutrition;
5) Council on 29 April 1996, Directive 96/25/EC on the circulation of feed materials, amending Directives 70/524/EEC, 74/63/EEC, 82/471/EEC and 93/74/EEC and repealing Directive 77/101/EEC;
6) Commission of 10 September 1998 Directive 98/68/EC laying down the standard document referred to in Council Directive 95/53/EC, article 9 (1), and certain provisions relating to the tests carried out on imports into the community of feedingstuffs from third countries;
7) Council of 22 April 1999, Directive 1999/29/EC on animal nutrition of undesirable substances and products;
8) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 of Directive 2001/82/EC on the Community code relating to veterinary medicinal products;
9) the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 May 2002 Directive 2002/32/EC on the undesirable substances in animal feed. The Parliament adopted the law in 2008 on October 23. President Valdis Zatlers in Riga V 2008 November 13