Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

Regulation 7

SCHEDULE 1 PROVISIONS SUBSTITUTED FOR PART IX OF THE TABLE TO SCHEDULE 3 TO THE FEEDING STUFFS REGULATIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2001

“PART IX EUROPEAN COMMUNITY REGULATIONS BY WHICH ADDITIVES ARE CONTROLLED(1)

• Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2316/98 concerning authorisation of new additives and amending the conditions for authorisation of a number of additives already authorised in feedingstuffs(2).

• Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1594/1999 amending the conditions for the authorisation of an additive in feedingstuffs(3).

• Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2439/1999 on the conditions for authorisation of additives belonging to the group “binders, anti-caking agents and coagulants” in feedingstuffs(4).

• Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1353/2000 concerning the permanent authorisation of an additive and the provisional authorisation of new additives, new additive uses and new preparations in feedingstuffs(5).

• Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2437/2000 concerning the permanent authorisation of an additive and the provisional authorisation of new additives in feedingstuffs(6).

• Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2013/2001 concerning the provisional authorisation of a new additive use and the permanent authorisation of an additive in feedingstuffs(7).

• Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2200/2001 concerning provisional authorisation of additives in feedingstuffs(8).

• Commission Regulation (EC) No. 256/2002 concerning the provisional authorisation of new additives, the prolongation of provisional authorisation of an additive and the permanent authorisation of an additive in feedingstuffs(9).

Regulation 8

SCHEDULE 2 PROVISIONS SUBSTITUTED IN PARTS I AND II OF SCHEDULE 7 TO THE FEEDING STUFFS REGULATIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2001

(1)	(2)	(3)
Notes:
(1) Upper-bound concentrations; upper-bound concentrations are calculated assuming that all values of the different congeners less than the limit of determination are equal to the limit of determination.
(2) Fresh fish directly delivered and used without intermediate processing for the production of feedingstuffs for fur animals is exempted from the maximum limit. The products, processed animal proteins produced from these fur animals cannot enter the food chain and the feeding thereof is prohibited to farmed animals which are kept, fattened or bred for the production of food.
Dioxin (sum of polychlorinated dibenzo-para-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) expressed in World Health Organisation (WHO) toxic equivalents, using the WHO-TEFs (toxic equivalency factors, 1997)) PCDD/F	All feed materials of plant origin including vegetable oils and by-products	0.75 ng WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/kg(1)
	Minerals	1.0 ng WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/kg(1)
	Animal fat, including milk fat and egg fat	2.0 ng WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/kg(1)
	Other land animal products including milk and milk products and eggs and egg products	0.75 ng WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/kg(1)
	Fish oil	6 ng WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/kg(1)
	Fish, other aquatic animals, their products and by-products with the exception of fish oil(2)	1.25 ng WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/kg(1)
	Compound feedingstuffs, with the exception of feedingstuffs for fur animals, pet foods and feedingstuffs for fish	0.75 ng WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/kg(1)
	Feedingstuffs for fish Pet foods	2.25 ng WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/kg(1)

Regulation 10

SCHEDULE 3 PROVISIONS SUBSTITUTED IN SCHEDULE 9 TO THE FEEDING STUFFS REGULATIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2001

2	3	4	5	6
High quality protein, moderate level of protein, high level of essential fatty acids and high level of highly digestive carbohyrates	Dogs	Protein source(s) Content of essential fatty acids Highly digestible carbohydrates including their treatment if appropriate Sodium Total copper	Initially up to 6 months	Indicate on the package. container or label: “It is recommended that a veterinarian’s opinion should be sought before use or before extending the period of use” Indicate in the instructions for use: “Water should be available at all times”
High quality protein, moderate level of protein and high level of essential fatty acids	Cats	Protein source(s) Content of essential fatty acids Sodium Total copper	Initially up to 6 months	Indicate on the package, container or label: “It is recommended that a veterinarian’s opinion be sought before use or before extending the period of use” Indicate in the instructions for use “Water should be available at all times”

(1)

Certain of the listed Regulations relate to categories of additive which also include additives controlled by the Additives Directive, and which are thus listed in the relevant Part of Parts I to VIII of the Table to this Schedule (e.g. the preservative formic acid is covered by Regulation (EC) No. 1594/1999 (above), whereas certain other preservatives are covered by Part VII of the Table)

(2)

O.J. No. L289, 28.10.98, p. 4

(3)

O.J. No. L188, 21.7.1999, p. 35

(4)

O.J. No. L297, 18.11.1999, p. 8. The Annex to this Regulation is now replaced by the Annex to Regulation (EC) No. 739/2000 (O.J. No. L87, 8.4.2000, p. 14)

(5)

O.J. No. L155, 28.6.2000, p. 15

(6)

O.J. No. L280, 4.11.2000, p. 28

(7)

O.J. No. L272, 13.10.2001, p. 24

(8)

O.J. No. L299, 15.11.2001, p. 1

(9)

O.J. No. L41, 13.2.2002, p. 6.”