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.
Fees for approval of feed hygiene premises
Approval of feed hygiene premisesChargeVAT 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