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The Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) Regulations 1989

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PART VITRACE ELEMENTS

EEC NoElementAdditiveChemical formulaMaximum content of the element in mg/kg of the complete feedingstuffOther provisions
E 1Iron-Fe1 250 (total)
Ferrous carbonateFeCO3
Ferrous chloride, tetrahydrateFeCl2.4H2O
Ferric chloride, hexahydrateFeCl3.6H2O
Ferrous citrate, hexahydrateFe3(C6H5O7)2.6H2O
Ferrous fumarateFeC4H2O4
Ferrous lactate, trihydrateFe(C3H5O1)2.3H2O
Ferric oxideFe2O3
Ferrous sulphate monohydrateFeSO4.H2O

} Permitted only for denaturing:

  • in skimmed-milk powder and

  • in compound feedingstuffs manufactured from denatured skimmed-milk powder

Subject to the relevant provisions of Commission Regulations (EEC) No 368/77 and (EEC) No 443/77

Declaration of the amount of iron added, expressed as the element, on the label or package or container of denatured skimmed-milk powder

Ferrous sulphate, heptahydrateFeSO4.7H2O

} Permitted:

(i)

in denatured skimmed-milk powder and in compound feedingstuffs manufactured from denatured skimmed-milk powder

  • Subject to the mandatory provisions of Commission Regulations (EEC) No 368/77 and (EEC) No 443/77

  • Declarations of the amount of iron added, expressed as the element, on the label or package or container of denatured skimmed-milk powder

(ii)

in compound feedingstuffs other than tose those listed under (i)

E 2Iodine—I40 (total)
Calcium iodate, hexahydrateCa(IO3)2.6H2O
Calcium iodate, anhydrousCa(IO3)2
Sodium iodideNaI
Potassium iodideKI
E 3Cobalt-Co10 (total)
Cobaltous acetae, tetrahydrateCo(CH3COO)2.4H2O
Basic cobaltous carbonate2CoCO3.3Co(OH)2.H2O
Cobaltous chloride, hexahydrateCoCl2.6H2O
Cobaltous sulphate, heptahydrateCoSO47H2O
Cobaltous sulphate, monohydrateCoSo4.H2O
Cobaltous nitrate, hexahydrateCo(NO3)2.6H2O
E 4Copper-CuCupric acetate, monohydrateCu(CH3COO)2.H2O

} Pigs for fattening:

  • In Member states where the mean density of the porcine population is equal to or higher than 175 pigs per 100 ha of utilizable agricultural land

    • up to 16 weeks: 175 (total)

    • from 17th week up to slaughter: 35 (total)

  • In Member States where the mean density of the porcine population is lower than 175 pigs per 100 ha of utilizable agricultural land

    • up to 16 weeks: 175 (total)

    • from 17th week up to six months: (100 total)

    • over six months up to slaughter: 35 (total)

Breeding pigs: 35 (total)

Calves:

  • milk replacers: 30 (total)

  • other complete feedingstuffs: 50 total

Ovines: 15 (total)

Others' species or categories of animals: 35 (total)

Basic cupric carbonate, monohydrateCuCo3.Cu(OH)2.H2O
Cupric chloride, dihydrateCuCl2.2H2O
Cupric methionateCu(C3H10NO2S)2
Cupric oxideCuO
Cupric sulphate, pentahydrateCuSO4.5H2O
Cupric sulphate, monohydrateCuSo4.H2O

} Pigs for fattening:

  • In Member States where the mean density of the porcine population is equal to or higher than 175 pigs per 100 ha of utilizable agricultural land

    • up to 16 weeks: 175 (total)

    • from 17th week up to slaughter: 35 (total)

  • In Member States where the mean density of the porcine population is lower than 175 pigs per 100 ha of utilizable agricultural land

    • up to 16 weeks: 175 (total)

    • from 17th week up to six months: 100 (total)

    • over six months up to slaughter: 35 (total)

Breeding pigs: 35 (total)

Ovines: 15 (total)

Other species or categories of animals with the exception of calves: 35 (total)

Denatured skimmed-milk powder and compound feedingstuffs manufactured from denatured skimmed-milk powder

  • Subject to the relevant provisions of Commission Regulations (EEC) No 368/77 and (EEC) No 443/77

  • Declaration of the amount of copper added, expressed as the element, on the label or package or the container of denatured skimmed-milk powder

Cupric sulphate, pentahydrateCuSO4.5H2O
E 5Manganese—Mn250 (total)
Manganous carbonateMnCO3
Manganous chloride, tetrahydrateMnCl2.4H2O
Manganous hydrogen phosphate, trihydrateMnHPO4.3H2O
Manganous oxideMnO
Manganic oxideMn2O3
Manganous sulphate, tetrahydrateMnSO4.4H2O
Manganous sulphate monohydrateMnSO4.H2O
E 6Zinc—Zn250 (total)
Zinc lactate, trihydrateZn(C3H5O3)2.3H2O
Zinc acetate, dihydrateZn(CH3.COO)2.2H2O
Zinc carbonateZnCO3
Zinc chloride, monohydrateZnCl2.H2O
Zinc oxideZnO
Zinc sulphate, heptahydrateZnSO4.7H2O
Zinc sulphate, monohydrateZnSO4.H2O
E 7Molybdenum—Mo2,5 (total)
Ammonium molybdate(NH4)4Mo7O24.4 H2O
Sodium molybdateNa2MoO4.2 H2O
E 8Selenium-Se0,5 (total)
Sodium seleniteNa2Se O3
Sodium selenateNa2Se O4

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