Animal Feeding Stuffs Sub-Committee

Aims and intentions

The work of the Animal Feeding Stuffs Sub-Committee involves introduction and validation of new methods of analysis and improvement of existing methods, through collaborative testing. Although the analysis of animal feeding stuffs (including pet foods) is subject to the Feeding Stuffs Regulations in the UK, the sub-committee conducts work relating to activities within the European Union and receives reports from the EU Committee of Experts on Methods of Analysis (Feeding Stuffs).

Usually, when a new method has been validated, it is submitted to the AMC for approval and, if considered satisfactory, published in a suitable journal. Subsequently methods may be submitted to the EU Committee of Experts to be considered for incorporation into EU and UK legislation. The committee continues to respond to the needs of the industry and has recently completed a collaborative trial on the HPLC determination of vitamin D3 in finished feeds and is about to initiate a trial on the determination of Niacin and Niacinamide. There is a proposal that the following study should be the determination of vitamin B₆.

Membership

The sub-committee is made up of representatives from consultants, government, industry, and public analysts. Membership of the Animal Feeding Stuffs Sub-Committee, as of 1 May 2004: