The guidance document builds on existing international guidance documents, on the expertise and experience of a panel of experts drawn from the ICCF founding members

The International Cooperation for Convergence of Technical Requirements for the Assessment of Feed Ingredients (ICCF) Steering Committee announced that it has endorsed the guidance document on ‘Identification and characterisation of feed ingredients’ during its meeting in September 2023.

In 2021, an Expert Working Group composed of dedicated regulatory authorities and industry experts from the founding ICCF members was created to provide recommendations on information necessary for the establishment of the identity and characterisation of feed ingredients. This guidance document will support the applicants to gather the relevant information for that purpose. The guidance document is accompanied by a checklist to support the applicants when collecting the data to be included in the submission package.

The guidance document builds on existing international guidance documents, on the expertise and experience of a panel of experts drawn from the ICCF founding members, and on the comments received during the consultation phase conducted in January 2022.