Bridging legal requirements and analytical methods: a review of monitoring opportunities of animal proteins in feed

Figure 1. Phylogenetic tree of the order Artiodactyla (ruminants and related groups). Only species and groups relevant for legislation on the eradication of TSEs are shown. Text blocks indicate the types of TSE found in ruminants and related groups. For further explanation see text.

Table 2. Selection of poultry definitions laid down in EU legislation.

Figure 2. Phylogenetic tree of poultry and related groups. Only species and groups relevant for legislation on the eradication of TSEs are shown. Bold/underlined: narrow definition of poultry; dashed underlining: wide definition of poultry. For further explanation see text.

Table 3. Indications of hydrolysed proteins of animal origin used EU legislation.

Table 4. Proposals for definitions for biological groupings in legislation for the eradication of TSEs.

Table 5. Overview of analytical methods available and supporting EU legislation for Constituents of animal origin. Grey shading: methods to be optimised and validated.

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