(d)

with regard to feed: primarily obtaining feed for livestock from the holding where the animals are kept or from other organic holdings in the same region; livestock shall be fed with organic feed that meets the animal's nutritional requirements at the various stages of its development. A part of the ration may contain feed from holdings which are in conversion to organic farming; with the exception of bees, livestock shall have permanent access to pasture or roughage; non organic feed materials from plant origin, feed materials from animal and mineral origin, feed additives, certain products used in animal nutrition and processing aids shall be used only if they have been authorised for use in organic production under Article 16; growth promoters and synthetic amino-acids shall not be used; suckling mammals shall be fed with natural, preferably maternal, milk;

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-05 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.