DIN EN 16967:2017-10

DIN EN 16967 specifies predictive formulae for the determination of metabolizable energy (ME) in - products of vegetable or animal origin, in their natural state, fresh or preserved, such as meat, offal, milk products, cooked starch sources; highly digestible special products such as milk substitutes or diets for enteral nutrition; - complete or complementary products derived from the industrial processing for cats and dogs. The predictive formulae in this standard will constitute simple tools to be used by control authorities and manufacturers to calculate ME by using values of dietary components determined by validated official methods (Commission regulation (EC) No 152/2009). This represents a good and robust compromise between accuracy and practicability to overcome the difficulties of feeding trials, which would be otherwise required to obtain the most accurate value of ME. The final European draft has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 327 "Animal feeding stuffs - Methods of sampling and analysis", the secretariat of which is held by NEN (Netherlands). The responsible German standardization committee is Working Committee NA 057-03-03 AA "Futtermittel" ("Animal feeding stuffs") at DIN Standards Committee Food and Agricultural Products (NAL).