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

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

1.  These Regulations, which apply in relation to Scotland only, amend the Feeding Stuffs (Scotland) Regulations 2005 (“the 2005 Regulations”) and the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) Regulations 1999 (“the 1999 Regulations”).

2.  The Regulations implement the following Community measures–

(a) Commission Directive 2005/6/EC (O.J. No. L 24, 27.1.2005, p.33) amending Directive 71/250/EEC as regards reporting and interpretation of analytical results required under Directive 2002/32/EC;

(b) Commission Directive 2005/7/EC (O.J. No. L 27, 29.1.2005, p.41) amending Directive 2002/70/EC establishing requirements for the determination of levels of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs in feedingstuffs; and

(c) Commission Directive 2005/8/EC (O.J. No. L 27, 29.1.2005, p.44) amending Annex 1 to Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on undesirable substances in animal feed.

3.  The Regulations also make consequential amendments to the 1999 Regulations to reflect the fact that as from 1.1.2006 the general obligation on Member States, formerly contained in Council Directive 95/53/EC, to ensure that sampling and analysis carried out in pursuit of official controls follows prescribed Community methods, is now given effect by Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules (O.J. No. L 191, 28.5.2004, p.1).

4.  Regulation 2 of these Regulations implements Commission Directive 2005/8/EC by amending Schedule 5 to the 2005 Regulations in respect of certain entries for lead, fluorine and mercury.

5.  In regulation 3 of these Regulations–

(a) paragraphs (2) and (5) implement Commission Directive 2005/7/EC in transposing by reference the amendments made by that Directive to Commission Directive 2002/70/EC;

(b) paragraph (3) makes the consequential amendments referred to in paragraph 3 above;

(c) paragraphs (4) and (6) implement Commission Directive 2005/6/EC by introducing new requirements regarding expanded measurement uncertainty and correction for recovery when analysing and reporting on the analysis of animal feed to determine the levels of undesirable substances.

6.  A full regulatory impact assessment, which includes a compliance cost assessment of the effect which these Regulations will have on business costs, has been prepared and placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre. Copies may be obtained from the Food Standards Agency (Scotland), 6th Floor, St Magnus House, 25 Guild Street, Aberdeen AB11 6NJ.