Feeding Stuffs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

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)