Feeding Stuffs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

Regulation 12

SCHEDULE 7 Prescribed limits for undesirable substances

Part I Feeding Stuffs

Chapter A

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Substances	Feeding stuffs	Maximum content in mg/kg of feeding stuffs referred to a moisture content of 12%
Arsenic	Feed materials 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 feed materials obtained from the processing of fish or other marine animals	10
	Complete feeding stuffs except:	2
	— complete feeding stuffs for fish	4
	Complementary feeding stuffs except:	4
	—mineral feeding stuffs	12
Cadmium	Feed materials of vegetable origin	1
	Feed materials 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 stuffs for cattle, sheep and goats	0.5
Dioxin (sum of PCDD and PCDF), expressed in International Toxic Equivalents	Citrus pulp	500 pg I-TEQ/kg (upper bound detection limit) Note: Upper bound concentrations are calculated assuming that all values of the different congeners less than the limit of detection are equal to the limit of detection
Fluorine	Feed materials except:	150
	— feed materials 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	2000
	Other complementary feeding stuffs	125 (fluorine content per percentage point phosphorus in the feeding stuff)
Lead	Feed materials 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	Feed materials except:	0.1
	— feed materials 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	Feed materials 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:	0.05
	—dairy cattle	0.005
	—calves and lambs	0.01
	Complete feeding stuffs for pigs and poultry(except piglets and chicks)	0.02
	Other complete feeding stuffs	0.01
	Complementary feeding stuffs for cattle, sheep and goats (except complementary feeding stuffs for dairy animals, calves and lambs)	0.05
	Complementary feeding stuffs for pigs and poultry (except young animals)	0.03
	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 spp.	All feeding stuffs	100
Free Gossypol	Feed materials except:	20
	— cotton-seed cakes	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	Feed materials except:	50
	— linseed	250
	— linseed cakes	350
	— manioc products and almond cakes	100
	Complete feeding stuffs except:	50
	— complete feeding stuffs for chicks	10
Rye Ergot Claviceps purpurea	All feeding stuffs containing unground cereals	1000

Chapter C

Apricots— Prunus armeniaca L. Bitter almond— Prunus dulcis (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.) Cranz Mowrah, bassia, madhuca— Madhuca longifolia (L.) Macbr. (= Bassia longifolia L . = Illipe malabrorum Engl.) Madhuca indica Gmelin. (= Bassia latifolia (Roxb.) = Illipe latifolia (Roscb.) 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	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
A Braun Theobromine	Complete feeding stuffs except:	300
	— complete feeding stuffs for adult cattle	700
Vinylthiooxazolidone (Vinyl-oxyzolidine thione)	Complete feeding stuffs for poultry except:	1000
	— complete feeding stuffs for laying hens	500
Volatile mustard oil	Feed materials except:	100
	— rape-seed cakes	4000 (expressed as allyl isothiocyanate)
	Complete feeding stuffs except:	150 (expressed as allyl isothiocyanate)
	— complete feeding stuffs for cattle, sheep and goats (except calves, lambs and kids)	1000 (expressed as allyl isothiocyanate)
	—complete feeding stuffs for pigs (except piglets) and poultry	500 (expressed as allyl isothiocyanate)
Weed seeds and unground and uncrushed fruit containing alkaloids, glucosides or other toxic substances separately or in combination including:	All feeding stuffs	3000
(a) Lolium temulentum L.		1000
(b) Lolium remotum Schrank		1000
(c) Datura stramonium L.		1000

Chapter D

Aldrin, singly, or combined expressed as dieldrin	All feeding stuffs except fats	0.01
Dieldrin, singly, or combined expressed as dieldrin		0.2
Camphechlor (Toxaphene)	All feeding stuffs	0.1
Chlordane (sum of cis- and trans-isomers and of oxychlordane, expressed as Chlordane)	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 maize oilseeds complete feeding stuffs for fish	0.1 0.2 0.5 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) Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH)	All feeding stuffs except fats	0.01 0.2
— alpha-isomers	All feeding stuffs except fats	0.02 0.2
— beta-isomers	Feed materials except fats	0.01 0.1
	Compound feeding stuffs except compound feeding stuffs for dairy cattle	0.01 0.005
— gamma-isomers	All feeding stuffs except fats	0.2 2.0

Part II Feed Materials

Chapter A

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Substances	Feed materials	Maximum content in mg/kg of feed materials 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
Dioxin (sum of PCDD and PCDF), expressed in International Toxic Equivalents	Citrus pulp	500 pg I-TEQ/kg (upper bound detection limit)
		Note: Upper bound concentrations are calculated assuming that all values of the different congeners less than the limit of detection are equal to the limit of detection

Chapter B

Column 1	Column 2
Substances	Feed materials
Arsenic	All feed materials with the exception of: — phosphates
Lead	All feed materials
Fluorine	All feed materials
Mercury	All feed materials
Nitrites	Fish meal
Cadmium	All feed materials of vegetable origin All feed materials of animal origin with the exception of: — feed materials for pets
Aflatoxin B1	All feed materials with the exception of: — groundnut, copra, palm-kernel, cotton seed, babassu, maize and products derived from the processing thereof
Hydrocyanic acid	All feed materials
Free Gossypol	All feed materials
Volatile mustard oil	All feed materials
Rye Ergot (Claviceps purpurea)	Unground cereals
Weed seeds and unground and uncrushed fruits containing alkaloids, glucosides or other toxic substances separately or in combination including: (a) Lolium temulentum L., (b) Lolium remotum Schrank, (c) Datura stramonium L.	All feed materials
Castor oil plant— Rizinus communis L.	All feed materials
Crotalaria spp.	All feed materials
Aldrin, singly or combined expressed as dieldrin	All feed materials
Dieldrin, singly or combined expressed as dieldrin	All feed materials
Camphechlor (Toxaphene)	All feed materials
Chlordane (sum of cis- and trans-isomers and oxychlordane, expressed as chlordane)	All feed materials
DDT (sum of DDT-, TDE- and DDE-isomers, expressed as DDT)	All feed materials
Endosulfan (sum of alpha- and beta-isomers and endosulfan sulphate expressed as endosulfan)	All feed materials
Endrin (sum of endrin and of delta-ketoendrin, expressed as endrin)	All feed materials
Heptachlor (sum of heptachlor and of heptachlor-epoxide, expressed as heptachlor)	All feed materials
Hexachlorobenzene (HCB)	All feed materials
Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH)	All feed materials
alpha-isomer	All feed materials
beta-isomer	All feed materials
gamma-isomer	All feed materials
Apricots— Prunus armeniaca L.	All feed materials
Bitter almond— Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D. A. Webb var. amara (DC.) Focke (= Prunus amygdalus Batsch var. amara (DC.) Focke)	All feed materials
Unhusked beech mast— Fagus silvatica (L.)	All feed materials
Camelina— Camelina sativa (L.) Crantz	All feed materials
Mowrah, Bassia, Madhuca — Madhuca longifolia (L.) Macbr. (= Bassia longifolia L. = Illipe malabrorum Engl.) Madhuca indica Gmelin (= Bassia latifolia (Roscb.) = Illipe latifolia (Roscb.) F. Mueller)	All feed materials
Purghera— Jatropha curcas L.	All feed materials
Croton— Croton tiglium L.	All feed materials
Indian mustard— Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. Coss. ssp. integrifolia (West.) Thell.	All feed materials
Sareptian mustard— Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. and Coss. ssp. juncea
Chinese mustard— Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. and Coss. ssp. juncea var. lutea Batalin	All feed materials
Black mustard— Brassica nigra (L.) Koch	All feed materials
Ethiopian mustard— Brassica carinata A. Braun	All feed materials