1998 No. 2072
The Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1998
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
Except in relation to regulation 3
In relation to regulation 3
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 66(1), 68(1), (1A) and (3), 69(1), (3), (6) and (7), 74A and 84 of the Agriculture Act 19701 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, after consultation in accordance with section 84(1) of the said Act with such persons or organisations as appear to them to represent the interests concerned, and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State, being Ministers designated2 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19723 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by the said section 2(2), and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:
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These Regulations may be cited as the Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on the following dates–
a
except in relation to regulation 3, on 26th August 1998, and
b
in relation to regulation 3, on 16th September 1998.
Amendment of the Feeding Stuffs Regulations 1995
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The Feeding Stuffs Regulations 19954 shall be amended in accordance with regulations 3 and 4 below.
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In the Table in Schedule 4 (permitted additives and provisions relating to their use)–
a
in Part III (permitted emulsifiers, stabilisers, thickeners and gelling agents)–
i
in Chapter A, the entries relating to the name or description “Furcellaran” shall be deleted;
ii
in Chapter B–
A
in the provisions relating to the name or description “Gellan Gum (Polytetrasaccharide containing glucose, glucuronic acid and rhamnose (2 : 1 : 1) produced by Pseudomonas elodea (ATCC 31466))”, for the expression in column 5 there shall be substituted the expression “Feeding stuffs with a moisture content exceeding 20%”;
B
in the provisions relating to the name or description “Cassia Gum”, for the expression in column 5 there shall be substituted the expression “Feeding stuffs with a moisture content exceeding 20%”; and
b
in Part VIII (permitted preservatives), in the provisions in Chapter B relating to the name or description “sodium nitrite”, for the expression in column 5 there shall be substituted the expression “100 (feeding stuffs with a moisture content exceeding 20% only)”.
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In Schedule 5 (prescribed limits for undesirable substances)–
a
in Part I (feeding stuffs), in Chapter A, after the provisions relating to the substance “Cadmium” there shall be inserted the following provisions:
Dioxin (sum of PCDD and PCDF), expressed in International Toxic Equivalents
Citrus pulp
500 pg I–TEQ/kg (upper bound detection limit)
Note: Upper bound concentrations are calculated assuming that all values of the different congeners less than the limit of detection are equal to the limit of detection
b
in Part II (ingredients), after the provisions relating to the substance “Arsenic” there shall be added the following provisions:
Dioxin (sum of PCDD and PCDF), expressed in International Toxic Equivalents
Citrus pulp
500 pg I–TEQ/kg (upper bound detection limit)
Note: Upper bound concentrations are calculated assuming that all values of the different congeners less than the limit of detection are equal to the limit of detection
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
(This note is not part of the Regulations)