The Feeding Stuffs (Scotland) Amendment and the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2006

Amendment of the Feeding Stuffs (Scotland) Regulations 2005

2.—(1) In Schedule 5 (prescribed limits for undesirable substances) to the Feeding Stuffs (Scotland) Regulations 2005(1), Chapter A is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

(2) In relation to the entries for fluorine–

(a) for “Mineral mixtures for cattle, sheep and goats” in column 2, substitute “Complementary feeding stuffs containing ≤ 4% phosphorus” and opposite that entry, in column 3, for “2000”, substitute “500”; and

(b) for “Other complementary feeding stuffs” in column 2, substitute “Complementary feeding stuffs containing > 4% phosphorus” and opposite that entry, in column 3, for “(fluorine content per percentage point phosphorus in the feeding stuff)”, substitute “per 1% phosphorus”.

(3) In relation to the entries for lead, for the exception “ – grass meal, lucerne meal or clover meal” in column 2, substitute “ – green fodder (including products such as hay, silage, fresh grass, etc.)”.

(4) In relation to the entries for mercury–

(a) for the exception “– feed materials produced by the processing of fish or other marine animals” in column 2, substitute “ – feeding stuffs produced by the processing of fish or other marine animals”; and

(b) after the exception substituted by paragraph (a) above, insert “ – calcium carbonate” and opposite that entry, in column 3, insert “0.3”.

(1)

S.S.I. 2005/605.