Feeding Stuffs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995

1.  The label or mark shall give—

(a) in the case of any premixture:

(i) the description “premixture”;

(ii) directions for use, including any appropriate safety recommendation;

(iii) the species or category of animal for which the premixture is intended;

(iv) the name or business name and the address or registered business address of the person responsible within the European Community for the particulars referred to in this Part;

(v) the net weight of any non-liquid premixture; and

(vi) either the net weight or the net volume of any liquid premixture;

(b) in the case of any antioxidant, colourant (including pigment), trace element or preservative in a premixture, for which a maximum content in a complete feeding stuff is provided for by the appropriate Part of the Table to Schedule 4:

(i) the name of the additive; and

(ii) the active substance level;

(c) in the case of vitamin E in a premixture:

(i) the name of the additive;

(ii) the alpha-tocopherol level as acetate; and

(iii) an indication of the period during which that level will remain present;

(d) in the case of any vitamin other than vitamin E, or any provitamin or substance having a similar effect in a premixture:

(i) the name of the additive;

(ii) the active substance level; and

(iii) an indication of the period during which that level will remain present;

(e) in the case of any enzyme in a premixture:

(i) the names of the active constituents according to their enzymatic activities (in the case of an enzyme of a type referred to in Part X of the Table to Schedule 4, as specified in column 3 of that Part);

(ii) the identification number allotted by the International Union of Biochemistry;

(iii) the activity units (expressed as activity units per gram or activity units per millilitre);

(iv) an indication of the period during which the activity units will remain present;

(v) the name or business name and address or registered business address of the manufacturer if he is not responsible for the particulars referred to in the label or mark; and

(vi) in the case of an enzyme of a type referred to in Part X of the Table to Schedule 4, an indication of any significant characteristics of the enzyme arising during manufacture, specified in column 8 of that Part:

(f) in the case of any micro-organism in a premixture:

(i) the identification of the strain(s) according to a recognised international

(ii) code of nomenclature;

(iii) the deposit number of the strain(s);

(iv) the number of colony-forming units (expressed as CFU/g); an indication of the period during which the colony-forming units will remain present;

(v) the name or business name and address or registered business address of the manufacturer if he is not responsible for the particulars referred to in the label or mark; and

(vi) an indication of any significant characteristics of the micro-organism arising during manufacture;

(g) in the case of any additive in a premixture;

(i) which is an additive of a type referred to in Schedule 4 (other than any additive of a type referred to in sub-paragraphs (b) to (e) or an additive of a type referred to in that Schedule and in those sub-paragraphs in respect of which no maximum level is laid down;

(ii) which fulfils a function in the feeding stuff as such; and

(iii) in respect of which the amount which is present in the premixture can be determined by using one of the methods of analysis specified in Schedule 2 to the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1982(1) or by some other valid scientific method—

(A) the name of the additive; and

(B) the active substance level.

(1)

S.R. 1982 No. 338 amended by S.R. 1984 No. 26, 1985 No. 194 and 1994 No. 309