Feed Business Operators are notified of relevant changes in legislation and of policy issues by way of Trader Notices issued by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
2025
Trader Notice 03/2025 – Information Notice on the Avian Influenza Precautionary Confinement of Birds to be lifted on 10 May 2025
Trader Notice 01/2025 – Introduction of a compulsory housing order for poultry and captive pets, to protect the birds from the risk of avian Influenza.
2024
Document Outlining the Feed Additive Information from Regulation 1831 of 2003
Trader Notice 02 of 2024 on the Use of Feed Additives in Animal Feedingstuffs
Trader Notice 01/2024 – Updated List of Laboratories Approved by DAFM for Salmonella Analysis
2023
Trader Notice 07/2023 – DAFM Information Notice on clarification of Hygiene and Marketing requirements of Eggs and in particular the requirement that, eggs must be delivered to the consumer within 28 days of laying
Trader Notice 06/2023 - Marketing of FR Poultrymeat AI Confinement Lifted
Trader Notice 05/2023 – DAFM Information Notice on the Marketing of Free Range Eggs after the Avian Influenza Precautionary Confinement of Birds is lifted on 18 April 2023.
Trader Notice 04/2023 – Labelling and advertising of milk replacer for calves
Trader Notice 03/2023 – Marketing of Free Range Poultrymeat, Avian Influenza – Precautionary Confinement of Birds Extending Beyond 12 weeks
Trader Notice 02/2023 - DAFM Information Note on the Marketing of Free-Range Eggs in the Event of the Avian Influenza Precautionary Confinement of Birds Extending Beyond 16 Weeks
Trader Notice 01/2023 - Animal Feedingstuffs Production Statistics Returns
2022
Trader Notice 07/2022 - Prohibited materials in animal feed
Trader Notice 06/2022 - Import of surplus food destined for animal feed from Third Countries
Trader Notice 05/2022 – Updated list of Laboratories approved by DAFM for Salmonella Analysis
Trader Notice 03/2022 – Egg vending machines
Trader Notice 02/2022 - Marketing of Free Range Poultrymeat in the event of Avian Influenza precautionary confinement of Birds extending beyond 12 Weeks
Trader Notice 01/2022 – Information Note on the Marketing of Free Range Eggs in the Event of the Avian Influenza Precautionary Confinement of Birds Extending Beyond 16 Weeks
2021
Trader Notice 01/2021 – Responsibilities of Feed Business Operators
Trader Notice 02/2021 – Certification requirement for export of Poultry for Slaughter to Great Britain
Trader Notice 03/2021 – Biosecurity measures to help to control Avian Infectious Laryngotracheitis (ILT) in Ireland
Trader Notice 04/2021 – Biosecurity Measures to reduce the spread of Avian Influenza (AI) in Ireland
Trader Notice 05/2021 – Biosecurity Measures to reduce the spread of Avian Influenza (AI) in Ireland
Trader Notice 06/2021 - Changes to UK SPS Import Controls and Customs Requirements for Agri-food Products Imported from EU
Trader Notice 07/2021 – Clarification on Movement of Eggs from a Restricted Zone
Trader Notice 08/2021 - Export of Animal Feedingstuffs to Third Countries
Trader Notice 09/2021 – Laying Hens to slaughter options in AI outbreak
2020
Trader Notice 06/2020 – Exporting feed additives, premixtures, certain novel protein source and compound feed containing these products to Great Britain from 1 January 2021
Trader Notice 05/2020 - Biosecurity Measures Guidance Document
Trader Notice 04/2020 – Inspections by Division to verify compliance with the Return to Work Safely Protocol and associated measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace (pdf 363Kb)
Trader Notice 03/2020 – Official controls performed by the Feedingstuffs Division of DAFM during the Covid 19 pandemic
Trader Notice 02/2020 – The inclusion and labelling of inhibitors in fertilisers (pdf 583Kb)
Trader Notice 01/2020 – Biosecurity Measures to Reduce the Risk of Introduction/Spread of Avian Influenza (AI) in Ireland (doc 113Kb)
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