The Feeding Stuffs Regulations 1988

Control of added substances contained in feeding stuffs

15.—(1) No person shall sell or have in possession with a view to sale for use as a feeding stuff, or use as a feeding stuff, or import into Great Britain for such use any material containing any additive, unless the material complies with the relevant provisions of Schedule 4, and it shall be proof of an offence under section 74A(3) if a sampled portion of the material is shown by an analysis of the sample taken from it not to comply with a relevant provision of the said Schedule.

(2) Paragraph (1) of this regulation shall not apply to any substance which is—

(a) for use in accordance with a written direction given by a veterinary surgeon or veterinary practitioner for the treatment of a particular animal or particular animals under his care;

(b) a medicinal product or for use for a medicinal purpose in a feeding stuff.

(3) No person shall use as a feeding stuff or import into Great Britain for such use any material containing any added substance, not being a substance of a name or description specified in the Table in Schedule 4, which is deleterious to animals of any description specified in regulation 3, to pet animals, to human beings or to the environment, and it shall be proof of an offence under section 74A(3) if a sampled portion of the material is shown by an analysis of the sample taken from it to contain an added substance which is deleterious as aforesaid.

(4) No person shall sell, or have in possession with a view to sale, for use as a feeding stuff, or import into Great Britain for such use, any complementary feeding stuff, which, when diluted as specified by the manufacturer for feeding to animals, contains levels of additives which exceed those specified in Schedule 4 in relation to complete feeding stuffs.