Feeding Stuffs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995

Regulation 15

SCHEDULE 5 PRESCRIBED LIMITS FOR UNDESIRABLE SUBSTANCES

PART I FEEDING STUFFS

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Substances	Feeding stuffs	Maximum content in mg/kg of feeding stuffs, referred to a moisture content of 12%
CHAPTER A
Arsenic	Straight feeding stuffs except:	2
	— meal made from grass, from dried lucerne, or from dried clover	4
	— dried sugar beet pulp or dried molassed sugar beet pulp	4
	— phosphates and feeding stuffs obtained from the processing of fish or other marine animals	10
	Complete feeding stuffs except:
	— complete feeding stuffs for fish	4
	Complementary feeding stuffs except:	4
	— mineral feeding stuffs	12
Cadmium	Straight feeding stuffs of vegetable origin	1
	Straight feeding stuffs of animal origin (with the exception of feeding stuffs for pets)	2
	Phosphates	10
	Complete feeding stuffs for cattle, sheep and goats (with the exception of complete feeding stuffs for calves, lambs and kids)	1
	Other complete feeding stuffs (with the exception of feeding stuffs for pets)	0.5
	Mineral feeding stuffs	5
	Other complementary feeding stuff for cattle, sheep and goats	0.5
Fluorine	Straight reeding stuffs except:	150
	— feeding stuffs of animal origin	500
	— phosphates	2000
	Complete feeding stuffs except:	150
	— complete feeding stuffs for cattle, sheep and goats
	— in milk	30
	—other	50
	—complete feeding stuffs for pigs	100
	—complete feeding stuffs for poultry	350
	—complete feeding stuffs for chicks	250
	Mineral mixtures for cattle, sheep and goats Other complementary feeding stuffs	125 (fluorine content per percentage point phosphorus in the feeding stuff)
Lead	Straight feeding stuffs except:	10
	— grass meal, lucerne meal or clover meal	40
	— phosphates	30
	— yeast	5
	Complete feeding stuffs	5
	Complementary feeding stuffs except:	10
	— mineral feeding stuffs	30
Mercury	Straight feeding stuffs except:	0.1
	— feeding stuffs produced by the processing of fish or other marine animals	0.5
	Complete feeding stuffs except:	0.1
	— complete feeding stuffs for dogs or cats	0.4
	Complementary feeding stuffs (with the exception of complementary feeding stuffs for dogs and cats)	0.2
Nitrites	Fish meal	60 (expressed as sodium nitrite)
	Complete feeding stuffs except feeding stuffs Intended for pets other than birds and aquarium fish	15 (expressed as sodium nitrite)
CHAPTER B
Aflatoxin B1	Straight feeding stuffs except:	0.05
	— groundnut, copra, palm-kernel, cotton seed. babassu, maize and products derived from the processing thereof	0.02
	Complete feeding stuffs for cattle, sheep and goats (except dairy animals, calves, lambs and kids)	0.05
	Complete feeding stuffs for pigs and poultry	0.02
	(except piglets and chicks)	0.01
	Other complete feeding stuffs	0.05
	Complementary feeding stuffs for cattle, sheer and goats (except complementary feeding stuffs for dairy animals, calves and lambs)	0.03
	Complementary feeding stuffs for pigs and poultry (except young animals) Other complementary feeding stuffs	0.005
Castor oil plant Ricinus communis L.	All feeding stuffs	10 (expressed in terms of castor oil plant husks)
Crotalaria L spp	All unmilled materials	100
Free Gossypol	Straight feeding stuffs except:	20
	— cotton cake or meal	1200
	Complete feeding stuffs except:	20
	— complete feeding stuffs for cattle, sheep and goats	500
	— complete feeding stuffs for poultry (except laying hens) and calves	100
	— complete feeding stuffs for rabbits and pigs (except piglets)	60
Hydrocyanic acid	Straight feeding stuffs except:	50
	— linseed	250
	— linseed cake or meal	350
	— manioc products and almond cakes	100
	Complete feeding stuffs except:	50
	— complete feeding stuffs for chicks	10
Rye Ergot Claviceps purpurea (Fr.) Tul	All feeding stuffs containing unground cereals	1000
CHAPTER C
Apricot — Prunus armeniaca L. Bitter almond — Prunus dulci (Mill.) D A Webb var. amara (DC.) Focke (= Prunus amygdalus Batsch var. amara (DC.) Focke) Unhusked beech mast — Fagus silvatica L. Camelina — Camelina sativa (L) Crantz Mowrah, bassia, madhuca — Madhuca longifalia (L) Macbr. (= Bassia longifolia L.= Illipe malabrorum Engl.) Madhuca indica Gmelin. (= Bassia latifolia (Roxb.) F. Mueller) Purghera — Jatropha curcas L. Croton — Croton tiglium L. Indian mustard — Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. and Coss. ssp. integrifolia (West.) Thell Sareptian mustard — Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. and Coss. ssp. juncea Chinese mustard — Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. and Coss. ssp. juncea var. lutea Batalin Black mustard — Brassica nigra (L.) Koch Ethiopian mustard — Brassica carinata A Braun	} All feeding stuffs	] Seeds and fruits of the plant species listed opposite as well as their processed derivatives may only be present in feeding stuffs in trace amounts not quantitatively determinable
Theobromine	Complete feeding stuff except:	300
	—complete feeding stuffs for adult cattle	700
Vinylthiooxazolidone	Complete feeding stuffs for poultry except:	1000
	— complete feeding stuffs for laying hens	500
Volatile mustard oil	Straight feeding stuffs except:	100 (expressed as ally1 isothiocyanate)
	— rape cake or meal	4000 (expressed as ally1 isothiocyanate)
	Complete feeding stuffs except:	150 (expressed as ally1 isothiocyanate)
	— complete feeding stuffs for cattle, sheep and goats (except calves, lambs and kids:	1000 (expressed as ally1 isothiocyanate)
	— complete feeding stuffs for pigs (except piglets) and poultry	500 (expressed as ally1 isothiocyanate)
Weed seeds and unground and uncrushed fruit containing alkaloids, glucoside or other toxic substances separately or in combination including: (a) Lolium temulentum L. (b) Lolium remotum Schrank (c) Datura stramorlium L.	All feeding stuffs	3000 1000 1000 1000
CHAPTER D
Aldrin, Dieldrin } singly, or combined expressed as dieldril	All feeding stuffs except fats	0.01 0.2
Camphechlor (Toxaphene)	All feeding stuffs	0.1
Chlordane (sum of cis and trans isomers and of oxychlordane)	All feeding stuffs except fats	0.02 0.05
DDT (sum of DDT, TDE and DDE isomers, expressed as DDT)	All feeding stuffs except fats	0.05 0.5
Endosulphan (sum of alpha and beta isomers and of endosulphan sulphate, expressed as endosulphan)	All feeding stuffs except	0.1
	— maize	0.2
	— oilseeds	0.5
	— complete feeding stuff: for fish	0.005
Endrin (sum of endrin and delta-keto-endrin, expressed as endrin)	All feeding stuffs except fats	0.01 0.05
Heptachlor (sum of heptachlor and of heptachlor epoxide, expressed as heptachlor)	All feeding stuffs except fats	0.01 0.2
Hexachlorobenzene (HCB)	All feeding stuffs except fats	0.01 0.2
Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH)	All feeding stuffs except fats	0.02 0.2
— alpha isomer	Straight feeding stuffs except fats	0.01 0.1
— beta isomer	Compound feeding stuffs except compound feeding stuffs for dairy cattle	0.01 0.005
— gamma isomer	All feeding stuffs except fats	0.2 2.0

PART II INGREDIENTS

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Substances	Ingredients	Maximum content in mg/kg of ingredients referred to a moisture content of 12%
Aflatoxin B1	Groundnut, copra, palm-kernel, cotton seed, babassu, maize and products derived from the processing thereof	0.2
Cadmium	Phosphates	10
Arsenic	Phosphates	20