Welsh Statutory Instruments
AGRICULTURE, WALES
Made
27 October 2009
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales
29 October 2009
Coming into force
23 November 2009
The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 66(1), 74A and 84 of the Agriculture Act 1970(1).
There has been consultation during the preparation of these Regulations in accordance with the requirements of section 84(1) of the Agriculture Act 1970 or as appropriate of Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council(2) laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety.
1. The title of these Regulations is the Feed (Specified Undesirable Substances) (Wales) Regulations 2009 and they come into force on 23 November 2009.
2. After Chapter D of Schedule 5 (prescribed limits for undesirable substances) to the Feeding Stuffs (Wales) Regulations 2006(3), as Chapter E add the entries set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
Gwenda Thomas
Deputy Minister for Social Services, under authority of the Minister for Health and Social Services, one of the Welsh Ministers
27 October 2009
Regulation 2
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Undesirable substances | Products intended for animal feed | Maximum content in mg/kg of feeding stuffs referred to a moisture content of 12% |
| (1) The maximum level of the substance in the premixture is the concentration which shall not result in a level of the substance higher than 50% of the maximum levels established in the feed when the instructions for use of the premixture are followed. | ||
| CHAPTER E | ||
| Lasalocid sodium | Feed materials | 1.25 |
| Compound feeding stuffs for: | ||
| – dogs, calves, rabbits, equine species, dairy animals, laying birds, turkeys (> 12 weeks old) and chickens reared for laying (> 16 weeks old) | 1.25 | |
| – chickens for fattening, chickens reared for laying (< 16 weeks old) and turkeys (< 12 weeks old) for the period before slaughter in which the use of lasalocid sodium is prohibited | 1.25 | |
| – other animal species | 3.75 | |
| Premixtures for use in feed in which the use of lasalocid sodium is not authorised | (1) | |
| Narasin | Feed materials | 0.7 |
| Compound feeding stuffs for: | ||
| – turkeys, rabbits, equine species, laying birds and chickens reared for laying (> 16 weeks old) | 0.7 | |
| – chickens for fattening for the period before slaughter in which the use of narasin is prohibited | 0.7 | |
| – other animal species | 2.1 | |
| Premixtures for use in feed in which the use of narasin is not authorised | (1) | |
| Salinomycin sodium | Feed materials | 0.7 |
| Compound feeding stuffs for: | ||
| – equine species, turkeys, laying birds and chickens reared for laying (> 12 weeks old) | 0.7 | |
| – chickens for fattening, chickens reared for laying (< 12 weeks old) and rabbits for fattening for the period before slaughter in which the use of salinomycin sodium is prohibited | 0.7 | |
| – other animal species | 2.1 | |
| Premixtures for use in feed in which the use of salinomycin sodium is not authorised | (1) | |
| Monensin sodium | Feed materials | 1.25 |
| Compound feeding stuffs for: | ||
| – equine species, dogs, small ruminants (sheep and goats), ducks, dairy cattle and other bovines, laying birds, chickens reared for laying (> 16 weeks old) and turkeys (>16 weeks old) | 1.25 | |
| – chickens for fattening, chickens reared for laying (< 16 weeks old) and turkeys (< 16 weeks old) for the period before slaughter in which the use of monensin sodium is prohibited | 1.25 | |
| – other animal species | 3.75 | |
| Premixtures for use in feed in which the use of monensin sodium is not authorised | (1) | |
| Semduramicin sodium | Feed materials | 0.25 |
| Compound feeding stuffs for: | ||
| – laying birds and chickens reared for laying (> 16 weeks old) | 0.25 | |
| – chickens for fattening for the period before slaughter in which the use of semduramicin sodium is prohibited | 0.25 | |
| – other animal species | 0.75 | |
| Premixtures for use in feed in which the use of semduramicin sodium is not authorised | (1) | |
| Maduramicin ammonium alpha | Feed materials | 0.05 |
| Compound feeding stuffs for: | ||
| – equine species, rabbits, turkeys (> 16 weeks old), laying birds and chickens reared for laying (> 16 weeks old) | 0.05 | |
| – chickens for fattening and turkeys ( < 16 weeks old) for the period before slaughter in which the use of maduramicin ammonium alpha is prohibited | 0.05 | |
| – other animal speceis | 0.15 | |
| Premixtures for use in feed in which the use of maduramicin ammonium alpha is not authorised | (1) | |
| Robenidine hydrochloride | Feed materials | 0.7 |
| Compound feeding stuffs for: | ||
| – laying birds and chickens reared for laying (> 16 weeks old) | 0.7 | |
| – chickens for fattening, rabbits for fattening and breeding and turkeys for the period before slaughter in which the use of robenidine hydrochloride is prohibited | 0.7 | |
| – other animal species | 2.1 | |
| Premixtures for use in feed in which the use of robenidine hydrochloride is not authorised | (1) | |
| Decoquinate | Feed materials | 0.4 |
| Compound feeding stuffs for: | ||
| – laying birds and chickens reared for laying (> 16 weeks old) | 0.4 | |
| – chickens for fattening for the period before slaughter in which the use of decoquinate is prohibited | 0.4 | |
| – other animal species | 1.2 | |
| Premixtures for use in feed in which the use of decoquinate is not authorised | (1) | |
| Halofuginone hydrobromide | Feed materials | 0.03 |
| Compound feeding stuffs for: | ||
| – laying birds and chickens reared for laying (> 16 weeks old) and turkeys (> 12 weeks old) | 0.03 | |
| – chickens for fattening and turkeys (< 12 weeks old) for the period before slaughter in which the use of halofuginone hydrobromide is prohibited | 0.03 | |
| – other animal species other than chickens reared for laying (< 16 weeks old) | 0.09 | |
| Premixtures for use in feed in which the use of halofuginone hydrobromide is not authorised | (1) | |
| Nicarbazin | Feed materials | 0.5 |
| Compound feeding stuffs for: | ||
| – equine species, laying birds and chickens reared for laying (> 16 weeks old) | 0.5 | |
| – chickens for fattening for the period before slaughter in which the use of nicarbazin (in combination with narasin) is prohibited | 0.5 | |
| – other animal species | 1.5 | |
| Premixtures for use in feed in which the use of nicarbazin (in combination with narasin) is not authorised | (1) | |
| Diclazuril | Feed materials | 0.01 |
| Compound feeding stuffs for: | ||
| – laying birds, chickens reared for laying (> 16 weeks old) and turkeys for fattening (> 12 weeks old) | 0.01 | |
| – rabbits for fattening and breeding for the period before slaughter in which the use of diclazuril is prohibited | 0.01 | |
| – other animal species other than chickens reared for laying (< 16 weeks old), chickens for fattening and turkeys for fattening (< 12 weeks old) | 0.03 | |
| Premixtures for use in feed in which the use of diclazuril is not authorised | (1) | |
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
1. These Regulations make further amendments to the Feeding Stuffs (Wales) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/116 (W.14) as already amended by S.I. 2006/617 (W.69), S.I. 2006/2928 (W.263), S.I. 2006/3256 (W.296), S.I. 2007/3171 (W.277), S.I. 2008/1806 (W.174) and S.I. 2009/106 (W.20)) (“the Feeding Stuffs Regulations”).
2. These Regulations provide for the implementation of Commission Directive 2009/8/EC amending Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum levels of unavoidable carry-over of coccidiostats or histomonostats in non-target feed (OJ No. L40, 11.2.2009, p.19).
3. The Regulations amend Schedule 5 to the Feeding Stuffs Regulations by the addition of a Chapter E setting specified limits in relation to the carry-over into non-target feeding stuffs of certain zootechnical feed additives, (regulation 2 and the Schedule).
1970 c. 40. Section 66(1) contains definitions of the expressions “the Ministers”, “prescribed” and “regulations”. The definition of “the Ministers” was amended by the Transfer of Functions (Wales) (No. 1) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/272), Schedule 5, paragraph 1. Functions of “the Ministers”, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by S.I. 1999/672 and thereafter transferred to the Welsh Ministers by paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (2006 c. 32). Section 74A was inserted by the European Communities Act 1972 (1972 c. 68), Schedule 4, paragraph 6.
OJ No. L31, 1.2.2002, p.1, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 596/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468 with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny: Adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny – Part Four (OJ No. L188, 18.7.2009, p.14).
S.I. 2006/116 (W.14) as amended by S.I. 2006/617 (W.69), S.I. 2006/2928 (W.263), S.I. 2006/3256 (W.296), S.I. 2007/3171 (W.277), S.I. 2008/1806 (W.174) and S.I. 2009/106 (W.20).