Research and analysis

National feed audit: summary statistics

Summary of data on animal feed inspections.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency
• Published: 7 November 2014
• Last updated: 28 July 2017
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  1. 28 July 2017

     Published reports: 2015 to 2016 summary, 2016 to 2017 summary, April 2017 and May 2017

  2. 18 February 2015

     January 2015 report published

  3. 7 November 2014

     First published.

  4. 1 October 2014

     AHVLA documents have been re-assigned to the new Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).

Documents

National feed audit monthly report: May 2017

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National feed audit monthly report: April 2017

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National feed audit summary report: 2016 to 2017

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National feed audit summary report: 2015 to 2016

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National feed audit summary report: 2015

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National feed audit summary report: 2014

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Details

It is illegal to feed potentially infectious material (mammalian protein, meat and bone meal) to farmed animals, horses and fish. This feed ban is in place to prevent disease, particularly bovine spongiform encephalopthy (BSE).

To assess the effectiveness of the feed ban controls, a national feed audit is carried out which inspects and samples various stages of the animal feed chain.

These monthly and yearly statistics provide a summary of the audit checks. They include data on:

• documented inspections
• sampling and testing of feed materials and compound feeding stuffs for processed animal proteins
• prohibited processed animal proteins found in samples of feeding stuffs intended for farmed animals

Reports from previous years are available on the archived AHVLA web pages on the National Archive website.