The Feedingstuffs (Zootechnical Products) Regulations 1998

PART VII CONTROL OF ZOOTECHNICAL FEEDINGSTUFFS

Manufacture of zootechnical compound feedingstuffs

52.  No person shall manufacture a zootechnical compound feedingstuff with a view to putting it into circulation except on a U.K. approved or permitted Chapter I.3(M) establishment.

Duties on persons manufacturing zootechnical compound feedingstuffs

53.  A person manufacturing a zootechnical compound feedingstuff on a U.K. approved Chapter I.3(M) establishment, with a view to putting it into circulation, shall fulfil the essential conditions contained in Chapter I.3(b) of the Annex to the Establishments Directive.

Production of zootechnical compound feedingstuffs

54.  No person shall produce a zootechnical compound feedingstuff for the exclusive requirements of his holding except on a U.K. approved or permitted Chapter I.3(P) establishment.

Duties on persons producing zootechnical compound feedingstuffs

55.  A person producing a zootechnical compound feedingstuff for the exclusive requirements of his holding on a U.K. approved Chapter I.3(P) establishment shall fulfil the essential conditions contained in Chapter I.3(b) of the Annex to the Establishments Directive with the exception of point 7.

Level of zootechnical additives in complete feedingstuffs

56.—(1) No person shall put a complete feedingstuff containing a zootechnical additive into circulation unless the level of the additive in the feedingstuff is not less than any relevant minimum level, and not more than any relevant maximum level for the additive covered by Annex B to the Additives Directive as amended by Directive 96/51/EC.

(2) Where applicable, the zootechnical additive level in a complete feedingstuff shall be determined taking into account the provisions contained in Article 6.1 of the Additives Directive.

Level of zootechnical additives in supplementary feedingstuffs

57.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), no person shall market a supplementary feedingstuff containing a zootechnical additive unless the level of the additive in the feedingstuff is in accordance with the provisions of Article 12.1 of the Additives Directive.

(2) Nothing in paragraph (1) shall prohibit a person from marketing a supplementary feedingstuff containing a zootechnical additive at a level that is higher than that provided for in Article 12.1 of the Additives Directive if (in circumstances in which marketing is permissible under Article 12.2 thereof)—

(a) the zootechnical additive contained in the feedingstuff belongs to the antibiotics or growth promoters group of additives and the level of the additive in the feedingstuff is in accordance with the provisions of Article 12.2(a) of the Additives Directive;

(b) the zootechnical additive contained in the feedingstuff belongs to the antibiotics or growth promoters group of additives and the level of the additive in the feedingstuff is in accordance with the provisions of the first indent of Article 12.2(b) of the Additives Directive; or

(c) the zootechnical additive contained in the feedingstuff belongs to the coccidiostats and other medicinal substances group of additives and the level of the additive in the feedingstuff is in accordance with the provisions of the second indent of Article 12.2(b) of the Additives Directive;

and, in each case, the compositional characteristics of the feedingstuff comply with the provisions of Article 12.3 of the Additives Directive.

Labelling of zootechnical feedingstuffs

58.  No person shall put into circulation a zootechnical feedingstuff unless the labelling of the feedingstuff complies with the provisions of paragraphs 1(a), 2, 4, 5, 6 and 8 of Article 16 of the Additives Directive as amended by Directive 96/51/EC.

Labelling of supplementary zootechnical feedingstuffs

59.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), no person shall place a supplementary feedingstuff on the market which contains a zootechnical additive at a level in excess of the maximum additive level fixed for a complete feedingstuff containing the additive unless the directions for use relating to the supplementary feedingstuff are in accordance with the provisions of the first and second paragraphs of Article 17.1, and Article 17.2, of the Additives Directive.

(2) The provisions of paragraph (1) shall not apply in the circumstances specified in the third paragraph of Article 17.1 of the Additives Directive.

Export of zootechnical feedingstuffs to E.E.A. States

60.  No person shall export a zootechnical feedingstuff for marketing in an E.E.A. State unless the details given on the package or container of, or label attached to, the feedingstuff and covered by Article 18 of the Additives Directive comply with that Article.

Import of zootechnical feedingstuffs

61.  No person shall import from an E.E.A. State a zootechnical feedingstuff for marketing in the United Kingdom unless the details given on the package or container of, or label attached to, the feedingstuff and covered by Article 18 of the Additives Directive comply with that Article.

Putting zootechnical compound feedingstuffs into circulation

62.  No person shall put a zootechnical compound feedingstuff into circulation unless it has been manufactured on—

(a) a U.K. or E.C. approved or permitted Chapter I.3(M) establishment, or

(b) on an establishment located in a third country:

(i) if it is listed in relation to zootechnical compound feedingstuffs under arrangements to implement the second indent of the second paragraph of Article 15(a) of the Establishments Directive, or

(ii) pending the making of those arrangements, if it is reasonable to conclude that it would have been so listed if those arrangements had been made.