BREEDING

• Must be able to mate and give birth naturally.
• Parallel production is prohibited. Not permitted even if the animals are at separate production sites within the same company.
• Semen and genomic selection can be used.
• Transfer of embryos are not permitted.
• Synchronization of females coming into heat or to routinely evoke delivery with the help of artificial substances, hormone preparations is not permitted.
• Genetically modified animals are prohibited.

FEED

• Use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) as feed or to produce feed, additives, binding agents or feed preservatives is not allowed.
• Irradiation of raw materials or products are not allowed.
• Preservatives, pesticides and synthetic or colouring agents identical to natural colorings must not be added to substances that come in contact with feed.
• Filtering technology that leads to chemical changes at the molecular level is prohibited if the filtering equipment contains asbestos.
• Making of additives must not be made with the help of GMOs or chemical solvents.

Only following production processes are allowed for feed processing:

• Mechanical and physical processes, for example grinding
• Biological processes, for example fermentation and leavening (for example use of lactic acid cultures and fungus cultures)
• Enzyme processes that coagulate (for example rennet)
• Split substances (for example the enzyme amylase)
• Extraction with permitted solvents
• Sedimentation

FOR RUMINANTS

• Can contain whey, skim milk and other residual products from KRAV-certified milk production.
• Must not contain meat byproducts.
• Raw materials from fish must originate from sustainable fishing.
• Chemical solvents or additives of other chemical substances must not be use when producing or preparing feed.
• The level of self-sufficiency must be at least 60%.

FOR PIGS

• The level of self sufficiency must be at least 50%.
• A maximum of 5 % conventional protein feed of agricultural origin is allowed to be given as feed until 31 December 2014.
• Conventional fodder not of agricultural origin, e.g. fish meal, is allowed to be included in fodder rations. A maximum of 10% of this type of conventional fodder calculated from annual fodder intake can be used.

FOR POULTRY

• May be exempt from the self-sufficiency requirement of 50% and be allowed a lower level, though 20% at the lowest.
• A maximum of 5 % conventional protein feed of agricultural origin is allowed to be given as feed until 31 December 2014.
• Conventional fodder not of agricultural origin, e.g. fish meal, is allowed to be included in fodder rations. A maximum of 10% of this type of conventional fodder calculated from annual fodder intake can be used.

Permitted feed raw materials of animal origin:

• Milk and dairy products from KRAV-certified production
• Fish and other marine animals, products and by-products; only the following substances are included in this category: fish, non-refined fish oil or cod-liver oil; autolysates, hydrolysates and proteolysates from fish, molluscs or crustaceans that are obtained through an enzymatic process, in soluble or insoluble form
• Egg and egg products for feeding poultry from KRAV-certified production

Permitted raw materials for minerals:

• Unrefined sea salt, rock salt (unprocessed from the mine), sodium sulphate, sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate and sodium chloride
• Potassium chloride
• Marl, water animal shells (including octopus bones), calcium carbonate, calcium lactate and calcium gluconate
• Defluorinated dicalcium phosphate, defluorinated monosodium phosphate, monocalcium phosphate, calcium-magnesium phosphate and calcium-sodium phosphate
• Magnesium oxid (anhydrous magnesium), magnesium sulphate, magnesium chloride, magnesium carbonate and magnesium phosphate
• Sodium sulphate

Permitted raw materials for trace elements:

• Ferrous (II) carbonate, ferrous (II) sulphate (monohydrate and/or heptahydrate), ferric (III) oxide
• Anhydrous calcium iodate, calcium iodate (hexahydrate) and sodium iodine
• Cobaltous (II) sulphate (monohydrate or heptahydrate) and basic cobalt (II) carbonate (monohydrate)
• Copper (II)o xide, basic copper (II) carbonate (monohydrate) and copper (II) sulfphate (pentahydrate)
• Manganese (II) carbonate, manganese oxide and manganese (III) oxide and manganese (II) sulphate (mono and/or tetrahydrate)
• Zinc carbonate, zinc oxide and zinc sulphate (monohydrate or heptahydrate)
• Ammonium molybdate and sodium molybdate
• Sodium selenate and sodium selenite

Approved vitamins:

• Vitamins that originate from raw materials included in natural fodder
• Synthetic vitamins that are identical to natural vitamins,
• Synthetic vitamins A, D and E that are identical to natural vitamins, if natural vitamins are not available.

Permitted solvents

• Water
• Ethanol
• Fats

HEALTH AND MEDICAL CARE

• Vaccination can be use.
• Painkillers and anaesthetics can be use.
• Drugs or chemical pest control substances must be use if there is an obvious need.