Apply for registration as a commercial feed business under the Feed Hygiene Regulation
Feed business operators – that is, all businesses involved in the production, manufacture, processing, storage, transport or distribution of feed – may not carry out their activities without being registered. They must therefore notify the competent authority of each individual business premises separately before commencing operations.
The registration requirement does not apply to the retail sale of pet food.
Forms/Online Services
Responsible authority
The competent authority is the Regional Council in whose district the company’s registered office is situated.
Details
Prerequisite
To register, you must provide details of your business and its activities on the application form.
Procedure
You can submit your application for registration in writing or online. If you wish to submit it online, you can do so here on the service-bw online portal.
If you wish to submit it in writing, please use the application form.
Deadlines
The application must be submitted before work commences.
Required documents
No further documents are required for registration apart from the details provided on the application form.
Costs
Registration is free of charge.
Miscellaneous
none
Detailed information
Further information on official feed monitoring
Legal basis
Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 January 2005 laying down requirements for feed hygiene
Release note
machine generated, based on the German release by: Regierungspräsidium Stuttgart, 27.10.2026