EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
1. These Regulations make further amendments to the Feeding Stuffs (England) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3281 as already amended by S.I. 2006/113, S.I. 2006/2808, S.I. 2006/3120, 2007/3008, S.I. 2008/1523 and S.I. 2009/28) (“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).
4. A full regulatory impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available from the Animal Feed Branch of the Food Standards Agency, Aviation House, 125 Kingsway, London WC2B 6NH and is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available alongside the instrument on the OPSI website.