- Each entity operating on the feed market is obliged to report its activities to the district veterinarian. This obligation also falls on farmers who grow cereals or corn for feed purposes and then deliver them to feed factories or collection points.
- Every agricultural producer who produces rapeseed and/or wheat for consumption should also register with the Sanitary Inspectorate.
- – An entity producing grain or rapeseed for consumption purposes should be entered in the register of plants subject to the supervision of the State Sanitary Inspectorate – this is clear from the response of the Ministry of Agriculture.
About the fact that by selling the so-called feed grain must have the so-called We have already announced the feed number on farmer.pl. And this knowledge is usually known to farmers. This is in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 laying down feed hygiene requirements. It follows that all entities operating on the feed market are obliged to report to the Veterinary Inspection and obtain, as farmers often call it, a "feed number" or, otherwise known, a "veterinary number". Farmers often remind themselves of this when selling their warehouse resources. We wrote more about this in the article below.
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What about consumption grain, do I need to register?
We heard this question from farmers who, at their collection points, were asked for such numbers from the Sanitary Epidemiological Station when selling grain. As we later learned unofficially from purchasing companies, this practice is very rarely implemented and the requirements for verifying the number in purchasing companies are not common yet. So what does the matter look like from a legal perspective? We asked about it at the Ministry of Agriculture.
– We would like to inform you that each activity in the field of production and trade in food of non-animal origin is subject to registration and/or approval by the competent authority of the State Sanitary Inspectorate, which results from Art. 61 – 64 of the Food and Nutrition Safety Act (Journal of Laws of 2023, item 1448). Pursuant to Art. 63 section 2 point 1 and point 12 above. of the Act, approval is not required in relation to entities operating on the food market conducting direct deliveries or primary production – according to data provided to farmer.pl by the Press Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
As added, therefore , an entity operating on the food market conducting direct deliveries or primary production is only required to register.
– An entity producing grain or rapeseed for consumption purposes should be entered in the register of plants subject to the supervision of the State Sanitary Inspectorate – this is clear from the response of the Ministry of Agriculture.
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Could there be penalties for this?
– If a farmer fails to comply with the registration obligation, he may be subject to a financial penalty. This results from Art. 103 section 1 point 4 and section 2 point 2 above. Act – Whoever conducts business in the field of food production or trade without submitting an application for entry in the register of establishments or for approval of the establishment and entry in the register of establishments or contrary to the decision to refuse approval of the establishment in the manner and on the terms specified in Art. 6 of Regulation No. 852/2004 and Art. 63, is subject to a fine of up to PLN 5,000, but not less than PLN 1,000 – the Ministry of Agriculture informed us.
Importantly, the above legal provision applies to all entities operating in the food sector producing and marketing food of non-animal origin, including farmers.
– It should be emphasized that the obligation to register all entities conducting any activity in the food sector results from Art. 6 of the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council EC No. 852/2004 of 29 April 2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffs (OJ EU L 139 of 30/04/2004, p. 1; OJ EU Polish special edition, chapter . 13, vol. 34, p. 319), and the above-mentioned provision The Act on Food and Nutrition Safety transposes the provision of the regulation. Hygienic requirements for food production and trade are specified in the above-mentioned. Regulation No. 852/2004. The provisions of this Regulation also apply to farmers (in particular Annex I) who place unprocessed grain on the market. Article 3 of this regulation imposes an obligation on all food sector entities to ensure that the hygiene requirements specified above are met at every stage of food production, processing and distribution. regulation – the Ministry of Agriculture informs us.
As added, general information on entities operating on the food market conducting primary production, including cereal producers, is available on the website of the Chief Sanitary Inspectorate.
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