Editorial, sourcing and review standards
What we publish, how it is checked, what it cannot be used for, and who is accountable. Content owner: FeedMatch Group procurement editorial team. Corrections: info@feedmatchgroup.com. Last material update: 21 August 2026.
Editorial policy
Content is produced by the FeedMatch Group procurement editorial team and is written for commercial buyers, mills, integrators and project teams. Pages state a conclusion first, then the working detail, then the limits of what the page can support.
We do not invent authors, nutritionists, veterinarians, feed scientists, laboratory specialists, certifications or project history. Where a page has not been reviewed by an external qualified professional, it says so instead of implying review.
Animal-nutrition claims policy
No page on this site issues a final commercial formulation, and no page promises growth, feed conversion, yield, health or any other animal-performance outcome. Nutrient values published for reference are generic and must not be used as guaranteed lot values.
Formulation, inclusion levels and diet changes require approval by a qualified animal nutritionist for the specific species, life stage, production system and ingredient set involved. Nutrient assumptions are never transferred between species or life stages.
Feed-safety content policy
Feed-safety material describes procurement practice — what to specify, what to request, what to verify and who is accountable. It does not determine whether a product, lot or shipment is safe or admissible.
Contaminant limits, authorisations and import requirements differ by jurisdiction and change. We point to the responsible authority rather than restating a limit as if it were universal.
Ingredient specification policy
Every published value is labelled by its origin: generic reference, supplier declaration, certificate-of-analysis value, laboratory result, regulatory limit or user-entered value.
We do not publish universal inclusion rates, and we do not present a reference composition as the composition of a lot on offer.
Certification verification policy
Certification claims (for example GMP+, FAMI-QS, ISO 22000) are treated as claims until verified with the scheme owner. FeedMatch does not certify suppliers or products and does not issue certificates.
Buyers should confirm certificate scope, site coverage and validity date directly with the issuing scheme before relying on it.
Fact-checking policy
Substantive procurement claims are checked against primary institutional sources — international bodies, national authorities, scheme owners and recognised technical references — and each canonical answer records its fact-check date and confidence level.
Supplier marketing material is never used as independent evidence of animal performance. Copyrighted nutrient standards and paid publications are cited, not reproduced.
Corrections policy
If a page contains an error, write to info@feedmatchgroup.com with the URL and the correction. Substantive corrections are made to the page and the material-update date is changed.
Where a correction changes the meaning of guidance a buyer may have acted on, the change is described on the page rather than made silently.
Supplier review methodology
Suppliers are approached against a buyer's written specification. Review covers company existence and registration, stated production or trading capability, documentation and certification claims, and responsiveness to the specification as written.
Review is not an audit, an endorsement or a guarantee of performance, solvency or compliance. Placement in a shortlist is never sold, and shortlisting is not affected by whether a supplier compensates FeedMatch on a completed transaction.
Calculator and formulation methodology
Calculators and the least-cost solver operate on user-entered quantities and prices plus generic reference nutrient values. Their output is a scenario model that indicates cost direction and comparative value.
Outputs are not quotations, valuations, nutritional recommendations or investment advice, and they carry no performance expectation. Reference values must be replaced by lot data, and any resulting diet approved by a nutritionist, before production use.
Financing disclosure
FeedMatch Group is not a bank, lender, credit intermediary or financial adviser. It provides no credit, guarantee, or financing commitment, and no indication here should be read as finance being available for a buyer or transaction.
Where a buyer asks, FeedMatch can help organise the documentation a regulated financial institution would typically request. Eligibility, pricing and approval are decided by that institution alone.
Commercial disclosure
Sourcing support is free for buyers. FeedMatch may be compensated by a supplier on a completed transaction. That compensation does not affect which suppliers are shortlisted or how offers are presented.
FeedMatch does not take title to goods. The commercial contract is between the buyer and the supplier, and the supplier is responsible for the product, its specification, its documentation and its contractual undertakings.
Source register
Primary references used across procurement, safety, trade and certification content. Each entry records the publisher, jurisdiction, scope, classification and the date our team last accessed it.
- FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) — Animal feed safety and quality Feed safety principles, good practices for the feed sector, contaminants · International · primary source · accessed 2026-08-21
- Codex Alimentarius — Code of Practice on Good Animal Feeding (CXC 54-2004) Good animal feeding practice, traceability, undesirable substances · International · primary source · accessed 2026-08-21
- EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) — Animal feed — scientific opinions and additive evaluations Feed additive safety/efficacy evaluation, undesirable substances · European Union · primary source · accessed 2026-08-21
- European Commission — DG SANTE — EU Register of Feed Additives Authorised feed additives, conditions of use, holders of authorisation · European Union · primary source · accessed 2026-08-21
- US FDA — Center for Veterinary Medicine — Animal Food & Feeds Feed ingredient status, medicated feed, contaminant guidance · United States · primary source · accessed 2026-08-21
- AAFCO (Association of American Feed Control Officials) — Feed ingredient definitions and model regulations Ingredient definitions, labelling conventions · United States · primary source · accessed 2026-08-21
- WOAH (World Organisation for Animal Health) — Terrestrial Animal Health Code — animal feeding chapters Animal health standards relevant to feed and feed ingredients · International · primary source · accessed 2026-08-21
- GMP+ International — GMP+ Feed Certification scheme documents Feed safety assurance requirements, undesirable substance limits · International (scheme owner) · primary source · accessed 2026-08-21
- FAMI-QS — FAMI-QS Code of Practice for specialty feed ingredients Additives, premixtures and specialty feed ingredient certification · International (scheme owner) · primary source · accessed 2026-08-21
- ISO — ISO 22000 — Food safety management systems Food/feed chain safety management system requirements · International · primary source · accessed 2026-08-21
- International Chamber of Commerce — Incoterms® rules Delivery terms, cost and risk transfer in international trade · International · primary source · accessed 2026-08-21
- World Customs Organization — Harmonized System (HS) nomenclature Tariff classification of feed and feed ingredients · International · primary source · accessed 2026-08-21
- International Chamber of Commerce — UCP 600 — Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits Documentary credit practice used in feed and grain trade finance · International · primary source · accessed 2026-08-21
- Feedipedia (INRAE, CIRAD, AFZ, FAO) — Animal feed resources information system Generic reference composition and variability of feed materials · International · secondary source · accessed 2026-08-21