Trading Standards animal feed approval fees and charges
The following fees and charges are for the financial year 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026.
Animal feed approvals
Fees are set by The Animal Feed (Hygiene, Sampling, etc. and Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2015 in accordance with EU Regulation 183/2005.
- Extra fees may be charged for any laboratory analysis needed as part of the application.
- Where applications are made for more than one business activity, the highest single fee will be charged.
- These fees are payable when you apply for approval or amend an existing approval.
| Approval of feed hygiene premises | Charge | VAT | Total charge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Placing on the market feed additives or pre-mixture containing additives covered by EU Regulation 183/2005. (See below this table for list of additives covered by the EU Regulation 183/2005). | £226 | £0 (0%) | £226 |
Placing on the market and manufacturing feed additives or pre-mixture containing additives covered by EU Regulation 183/2005. (See below this table for list of additives covered by the EU Regulation 183/2005). | £451 | £0 (0%) | £451 |
| Manufacturing and placing on the market, for feed use, products made with vegetable oil and blended fats. | £451 | £0 (0%) | £451 |
Additives relevant to EU Regulation 183/2005
- algae and lower fungi
- carotenoids
- co-products of the manufacture of amino acids by fermentation, or pre-mixture of such additives
- nutritional additives
- proteins obtained from microorganisms belonging to groups of bacteria
- xanthophylls
- yeast
- zootechnical additives such as; digestibility enhancers, gut flora stabilisers and substances which favourably affect the environment