The Feedingstuffs (Sampling and Analysis) (Amendment) Regulations 1994

Title, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) The Regulations may be cited as the Feedingstuffs (Sampling and Analysis) (Amendment) Regulations 1994 and shall come into force on 11th July 1994.

(2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Feedingstuffs (Sampling and Analysis) Regulations 1982(1).

Amendment of the principal Regulations

2.  The principal Regulations are hereby further amended in accordance with regulation 3 below.

3.  In Schedule 2 (METHODS OF ANALYSIS)—

(a) in paragraph 3 (Methods of Analysis)—

(i) item 16 shall be deleted,

(ii) for item 26a there shall be substituted the following item:

“26a.   Aflatoxin B₁ — one-dimensional thin layer chromatographic method”, and

(iii) for item 26b there shall be substituted the following item:

“26b.   Aflatoxin B₁ — high performance liquid chromatographic method”;

(b) for the provisions relating to method 4: Protein, there shall be substituted the provisions set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations;

(c) for the provisions relating to method 9: Fibre, there shall be substituted the provisions set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations;

(d) the provisions contained in method 16: Copper — Diethyldithiocarbamate spectrophotometric method, shall be deleted;

(e) in method 26a: Aflatoxin B₁ — for certain straight feedingstuffs—

(i) for the heading and paragraph 1 there shall be substituted the following provisions:

“26a. AFLATOXIN B₁ — ONE-DIMENSIONAL THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHIC METHOD

Scope and field of application

1.   This method is for the determination of aflatoxin B₁ in raw materials and straight feedingstuffs. This method is not applicable to raw materials and straight feedingstuffs containing citrus pulp. The lower limit of determination is 0.01 mg/kg (10 ppb). In the presence of interfering substances it is necessary to repeat the analysis using method 26b (high performance liquid chromatography).”;

(ii) in paragraph 5.0 (Defatting) for the word “before” there shall be substituted the word “after”;

(f) for the provisions relating to method 26b: Aflatoxin B₁ — for all other feedingstuffs, there shall be substituted the provisions set out in Schedule 3 to these Regulations.

In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on

L.S.

Gillian Shephard

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

26th May 1994.

Hector Monro

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

6th June 1994

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales

Wyn Roberts

Minister of State, Welsh Office

31st May 1994