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Animal Feed
Mexico
This section provides the regulatory definition of the feed category in scope, or the appropriate feed category for the product in scope. Additionally, it provides the feed products that belong to this feed category along with the definition and specific information on each of these types of feed products.
In addition, this section evaluates the specific feed category for the product in scope.
2.1 Category Name & Definition
Category Name
Animal Feeds (non-medicated are exempted from registration and authorization products)
Definition
Animal Feeds: Any substance or group of substances containing nutritional elements for animal feeding, including those that in some way favor their ingestion and use.
Specific definition for non-medicated products that are exempted from registration and authorization: Those that are not harmful to public health and do not represent an animal health and environmental risk, such as animal feed or premixes; formulated only with grains and fodder, or fish by-products or fishmeal, or vitamins or minerals or amino acids. This includes chemical products for hygiene and beauty, herbal products that do not have therapeutic properties, additives, supplements, complements, chewable products based on meat, medical devices, artifacts, accessories, or objects intended for the identification or containment of animals and which are currently regulated by this Secretariat (SENASICA).
2.2 Product & Definition
The regulation does not provide specific product categories and definitions like in other Latin American Markets. The product definition can be used for products falling in several risk categories based on the product composition (presence of medical substances), information on the label (claims or therapeutical indications), and origin of the ingredients (mainly from animal origin). Hence, we can deduce the classification below for non-medicated products for animal use or consumption and these are exempted from registration and authorization. [1-5]
1) Products containing only orally administered vitamins of plant or synthetic origin
Definition
Not provided by the local regulation.
Specifications
None
Additional Information
These products cannot bear any claim or therapeutic indication on its label. Otherwise, the product will be classified as a regulated product and a prior assessment and registration/authorization will be required.
2) Products containing only carbohydrates of plant or synthetic origin for oral administration
Definition
Not provided by the local regulation.
Specifications
None
Additional Information
These products cannot bear any claim or therapeutic indication on its label. Otherwise, the product will be classified as a regulated product and a prior assessment and registration/authorization will be required.
3) Finished products containing only vitamins, minerals, amino acids, or a combination of these and for oral administration
Definition
Not provided by the local regulation.
Specifications
None
Additional Information
These products cannot bear any claim or therapeutic indication on its label. Otherwise, the product will be classified as a regulated product and a prior assessment and registration/authorization will be required.
4) Additives, supplements, and animal feeds with specific components
Additives, supplements, and animal feeds containing:
- Dead yeasts and their walls
- Prebiotics when used as a source of protein
- Enzymes
- Meals obtained from seaweed
- Coloring agents and flavorings of vegetable or synthetic origin at food grade and concentrations
- The following sweeteners of natural and synthetic origin: cane sugar, fructose, glucose, inulin, agave syrup, cane molasses, honey, sucrose, sorbitol, stevia, sodium cyclamate, steviol glycerides, purified glycerine, maltitol, mannitol, neohesperidin dihydrochalcone, neotame, saccharin, saccharin sodium, sorbitol or d-sorbitol, thaumatin
- Iodine and its salts, when used in the manufacture of feedingstuffs, in concentrations to fulfill nutritional functions and in feed grade
Definition
Additive: any ingredient, substance, or mixture thereof which is not normally consumed as a food by itself, with or without nutritional value, and which influences the physicochemical characteristics of the foodstuff or promotes the presentation, preservation, ingestion, utilization, prophylaxis or pigmentation in animals and animal products.
Supplements: It is an orally administered product that contains in its formula dietary ingredients intended for dietary supplementation such as vitamins, minerals, and amino acids.
Animal feed: any substance or group of substances containing nutritional elements for animal feeding, including those that in some way favor their ingestion and use.
Specifications
None
Additional Information
These products cannot bear any claim or therapeutic indication on its label. Otherwise, the product will be classified as a regulated product and a prior assessment and registration/authorization will be required.
2.3 Evaluation of the Product Category in Scope
The product category in scope would be considered a "Product containing amino acids" per the above based on the following:
Rationale | Comments |
The product contains amino acids and has no medicinal ingredient and no claim or therapeutic indication. | Contacted authorities from SENASICA [5] confirmed this classification based on the description of the composition and label provided by the client. However, they mentioned that the corresponding classification must be done by a Mexican veterinary professional. |
2.4 References
1. Federal Animal Health Law
https://www.diputados.gob.mx/LeyesBiblio/pdf/LFSA.pdf
2. Regulation of the Federal Animal Health Law
3. SENASICA's Agreement specifying the non-medicated products for animal use or consumption to be deregulated.
4. Modification of the SENASICA's agreement (2018)
5. Contact with the authority (SENASICA)
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