• The products of hunting and fishing of wild animals shall not be considered as organic production.
• The application of animal husbandry practices, which enhance the immune system and strengthen the natural defence against diseases, in particular including regular exercise and access to open air areas and pastureland where appropriate.
• Organic livestock shall be kept separate from other livestock. However, grazing of common land by organic animals and of organic land by non-organic animals is permitted under certain restrictive conditions.
• Tethering or isolation of livestock shall be prohibited, unless for individual animals for a limited period of time, and in so far as this is justified for safety, welfare or veterinary reasons.
• Any suffering, including mutilation, shall be kept to a minimum during the entire life of the animal, including at the time of the slaughter.

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.
• 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 authorized for use in organic production under the legislation.
• Growth promoters and synthetic amino-acids shall not be used.

For Fish and Crustaceans:
Animals shall be fed with feed that meets the animal’s nutritional requirements at the various stages of its development.

• The plant fraction of feed shall originate from organic production and the feed fraction derived from aquatic animals shall originate from sustainable exploitation of fisheries.
• In the case of 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 authorized for use in organic production.
• Growth promoters and synthetic amino-acids shall not be used.

With regard to bivalve mollusks and other species which are not fed by man but feed on natural plankton:

• Such filter-feeding animals shall receive all their nutritional requirements from nature except in the case of juveniles reared in hatcheries and nurseries.
• They shall be grown in waters which meet the criteria for Class A or Class B areas as defined in the Regulation.
• Meat meal, blood meal and bone meal is allowed.
• Artificial insemination is allowed.