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Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 May 2002 on undesirable substances in animal feed
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c Member States may also prescribe a maximum cadmium content of 0,5 mg per 1 % phosphorus. | |||
d Member States may also prescribe a maximum cadmium content of 0,75 mg per 1 % phosphorus. | |||
e [F2Upper-bound concentrations; upper-bound concentrations are calculated assuming that all values of the different congeners less than the limit of quantification are equal to the limit of quantification. | |||
f These maximum limits shall be reviewed for the first time before 31 December 2004 in the light of new data on the presence of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs, in particular with a view to the inclusion of dioxin-like PCBs in the levels to be set and will be further reviewed before 31 December 2006 with the aim of significantly reducing of the maximum levels. | |||
g Fresh fish directly delivered and used without intermediate processing for the production of feedingstuffs for fur animals is exempted from the maximum limit and a maximum level of 4,0 ng WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/kg product is applicable to fresh fish used for the direct feeding of pet animals, zoo and circus animals. The products, processed animal proteins produced from these animals (fur animals, pet animals, zoo and circus animals) cannot enter the food chain and the feeding thereof is prohibited to farmed animals which are kept, fattened or bred for the production of food.] | |||
h [F3The maximum levels refer to total arsenic. | |||
i Upon request of the competent authorities, the responsible operator must perform an analysis to demonstrate that the content of inorganic arsenic is lower than 2 ppm. This analysis is of particular importance for the seaweed species Hizikia fusiforme .] | |||
j [F4Green fodder includes products intended for animal feed such as hay, silage, fresh grass, etc …] | |||
Undesirable substances | Products intended for animal feed | Maximum content in mg/kg (ppm) relative to a feedingstuff with a moisture content of 12 % | |
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(1) | (2) | (3) | |
[F51. Arsenic h | Feed materials with the exception of: | 2 | |
— meal made from grass, from dried lucerne and from dried clover, and dried sugar beet pulp and dried molasses sugar beet pulp | 4 | ||
— palm kernel expeller | 4 i | ||
— phosphates and calcareous marine algae | 10 | ||
— calcium carbonate | 15 | ||
— magnesium oxide | 20 | ||
— feedingstuffs obtained from the processing of fish or other marine animals | 15 i | ||
— seaweed meal and feed materials derived from seaweed | 40 i | ||
Complete feedingstuffs with the exception of: | 2 | ||
— complete feedingstuffs for fish and complete feedingstuffs for fur animals | 6 i | ||
Complementary feedingstuffs with the exception of: | 4 | ||
— mineral feedingstuffs | 12 | ||
2. Lead | Feed materials with the exception of: | 10 | |
— green fodder j | 40 | ||
— phosphates and calcareous marine algae | 15 | ||
— calcium carbonate | 20 | ||
— yeasts | 5 | ||
Complete feedingstuffs | 5 | ||
Complementary feedingstuffs with the exception of: | 10 | ||
— mineral feedingstuffs | 15 | ||
3. Fluorine | Feed materials with the exception of: | 150 | |
— feedingstuffs of animal origin with the exception of marine crustaceans such as marine krill | 500 | ||
— phosphates and marine crustaceans such as marine krill | 2 000 | ||
— calcium carbonate | 350 | ||
— magnesium oxide | 600 | ||
— calcareous marine algae | 1 000 | ||
Complete feedingstuffs with the exception of: | 150 | ||
— complete feedingstuffs for cattle, sheep and goats | |||
— in lactation | 30 | ||
— other | 50 | ||
— complete feedingstuffs for pigs | 100 | ||
— complete feedingstuffs for poultry | 350 | ||
— complete feedingstuffs for chicks | 250 | ||
[F6Complementary feedingstuffs containing ≤ 4 % phosphorus] | [F6500] | ||
[F6Complementary feedingstuffs containing > 4 % phosphorus] | [F6125 per 1 % phosphorus] ] | ||
[F64. Mercury | Feed materials with the exception of: | 0,1 | |
— feedingstuffs produced by the processing of fish or other marine animals | 0,5 | ||
— calcium carbonate | 0,3 | ||
Complete feedingstuffs with the exception of: | 0,1 | ||
— complete feedingstuffs for dogs and cats | 0,4 | ||
Complementary feedingstuffs except
| 0,2] | ||
5. Nitrites | Fish meal | 60 (expressed as sodium nitrite) | |
Complete feedingstuffs excluding: | 15 (expressed as sodium nitrite) | ||
— feedingstuffs intended for pets except birds and aquarium fish | |||
6. Cadmium | Feed materials of vegetable origin | 1 | |
Feed materials of animal origin, except: | 2 | ||
— feedingstuffs for pets | |||
Phosphates | 10 c | ||
Complete feedingstuffs for cattle sheep and goats except: | 1 | ||
— complete feedingstuffs for calves, lambs and kids | |||
Other complete feedingstuffs except: | 0,5 | ||
— feedingstuffs for pets | |||
Mineral feedingstuffs | 5 d | ||
Other complementary feedingstuffs for cattle, sheep and goats | 0,5 | ||
[F57. Aflatoxin B1 | All feed materials | 0,02 | |
Complete feedingstuffs for cattle, sheep and goats with the exception of: | 0,02 | ||
— complete feedingstuffs for dairy animals | 0,005 | ||
— complete feedingstuffs for calves and lambs | 0,01 | ||
Complete feedingstuffs for pigs and poultry (except young animals) | 0,02 | ||
Other complete feedingstuffs | 0,01 | ||
Complementary feedingstuffs for cattle, sheep and goats (except complementary feedingstuffs for dairy animals, calves and lambs) | 0,02 | ||
Complementary feedingstuffs for pigs and poultry (except young animals) | 0,02 | ||
Other complementary feedingstuffs | 0,005] | ||
8. Hydrocyanic acid | Feed materials with the exception of: | 50 | |
— linseed | 250 | ||
— linseed cakes | 350 | ||
— manioc products and almond cakes | 100 | ||
Complete feedingstuffs with the exception of: | 50 | ||
— complete feedingstuffs for chicks | 10 | ||
[F59. Free gossypol | Feed materials with the exception of: | 20 | |
— cottonseed | 5 000 | ||
— cottonseed cakes and cottonseed meal | 1 200 | ||
Complete feedingstuffs with the exception of: | 20 | ||
— complete feedingstuffs for cattle, sheep and goats | 500 | ||
— complete feedingstuffs for poultry (except laying hens) and calves | 100 | ||
— complete feedingstuffs for rabbits and pigs (except piglets) | 60] | ||
10. Theobromine | Complete feedingstuffs with the exception of: | 300 | |
— complete feedingstuffs for adult cattle | 700 | ||
11. Volatile mustard oil | Feed materials with the exception of: | 100 | |
— rapeseed cakes | 4 000(expressed as allyl isothiocyanate) | ||
Complete feedingstuffs with the exception of: | 150 (expressed as allyl isothiocyanate) | ||
— complete feedingstuffs for cattle, sheep and goats (except young animals) | 1 000(expressed as allyl isothiocyanate) | ||
— complete feedingstuffs for pigs (except piglets) and poultry | 500 (expressed as allyl isothiocyanate) | ||
12. Vinal thiooxazolidone (Vinyloxazolidine thione) | Complete feedingstuffs for poultry with the exception of: | 1 000 | |
— complete feedingstuffs for laying hens | 500 | ||
13. Rye ergot (Claviceps purpurea) | All feedingstuffs containing unground cereals | 1 000 | |
14. Weed seeds and unground and uncrushed fruits containing alkaloids, glucosides or other toxic substances separately or in combination including | All feedingstuffs | 3 000 | |
(a)Lolium temulentumL., | 1 000 | ||
(b)Lolium remotumSchrank, | 1 000 | ||
(c)Dantura stramoniumL. | 1 000 | ||
15. Castor oil plant — Ricinus communis L. | All feedingstuffs | 10 (expressed in terms of castor-oil plants husks) | |
16. Crotalaria spp. | All feedingstuffs | 100 | |
17. Aldrin 18. Dieldrin | singly or combined expressed as dieldrin | All feedingstuffs with the exception of: — fats | 0,01 0,2 |
19. Camphechlor (toxaphene) | All feedingstuffs | 0,1 | |
20. Chlordane (sum of cis- and transisomers and of oxychlordane, expressed as chlordane) | All feedingstuffs with the exception of: | 0,02 | |
— fats | 0,05 | ||
21. DDT (sum of DDT-, TDE- and DDE-isomers, expressed as DDT) | All feedingstuffs with the exception of: | 0,05 | |
— fats | 0,5 | ||
[F522. Endosulfan (sum of alpha- and beta-isomers and of endosulfansulphate expressed as endosulfan) | All feedingstuffs with the exception of: | 0,1 | |
— maize and products derived from the processing thereof | 0,2 | ||
— oilseeds and products derived from the processing thereof | 0,5 | ||
— complete feedingstuffs for fish | 0,005] | ||
23. Endrin (sum of endrin and of delta-ketoi-endrin, expressed as endrin) | All feedingstuffs with the exception of: | 0,01 | |
— fats | 0,05 | ||
24. Heptachlor (sum of heptachlor and of heptachlorepoxide, expressed as heptachlor) | All feedingstuffs with the exception of: | 0,01 | |
— fats | 0,2 | ||
25. Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) | All feedingstuffs with the exception of: | 0,01 | |
— fats | 0,2 | ||
26. Hexachlorocyclo-hexane (HCH) | |||
26.1 alpha-isomers | All feedingstuffs with the exception of: | 0,02 | |
— fats | 0,2 | ||
26.2 beta-isomers | Compound feedingstuffs with the exception of: | 0,01 | |
— feedingstuffs for dairy cattle | 0,005 | ||
Feed materials with the exception of: | 0,01 | ||
— fats | 0,1 | ||
26.3 gamma-isomers | All feedingstuffs with the exception of: | 0,2 | |
— fats | 2,0 | ||
[F227. Dioxin (sum of polychlorinated dibenzo-para-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) expressed in World Health Organisation (WHO) toxic equivalents, using the WHO-TEFs (toxic equivalency factors, 1997)) | (a) All feed materials of plant origin including vegetable oils and by-products | 0,75 ng WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/kg e f | |
(b) Minerals in the meaning of the Annex to Council Directive 96/25/EC of 29 April 1996 on the circulation and use of feed materials | 1,0 ng WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/kg e f | ||
(c) Kaolinitic clay, calcium sulphate dihydrate, vermiculite, natrolite-phonolite, synthetic calcium aluminates and clinoptilolite of sedimentary origin belonging to the group ‘ binders, anti-caking agents and coagulants ’ authorised under Council Directive 70/524/EEC | 0,75 ng WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/kg e f | ||
(d) Animal fat, including milk fat and egg fat | 2,0 ng WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/kg e f | ||
(e) Other land animal products including milk and milk products and eggs and egg products | 0,75 ng WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/kg e f | ||
(f) Fish oil | 6 ng WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/kg e f | ||
(g) Fish, other aquatic animals, their products and by-products with the exception of fish oil and fish protein hydrolysates containing more than 20 % fat g | 1,25 ng WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/kg e f | ||
(h) Compound feedingstuffs, with the exception of feedingstuffs for fur animals, pet foods and feedingstuffs for fish | 0,75 ng WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/kg e f | ||
(i) Feedingstuffs for fish.Pet foods | 2,25 ng WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/kg e f | ||
(j) Fish protein hydrolysates containing more than 20 % fat | 2,25 ng WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/kg] e f | ||
28. Apricots — Prunus armeniaca L. | All feedingstuffs | Seeds and fruit of the plant species listed opposite as well as their processed derivates may only be present in feedingstuffs in trace amounts not quantitatively determinable | |
29. Bitter almond — Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D.A. Webb var. amara (DC.) Focke (= Prunus amygdalus Batsch var. amara (DC.) Focke) | |||
30. Unhusked beech mast — Fagus silvatica L. | |||
31. Camelina — Camelina sativa (L.) Crantz | |||
32. Mowrah, Bassia, Madhuca — Madhuca longifolia (L.) Macbr. (= Bassia longifolia L. = Illiped malabrorum Engl.) Madhuca indica Gmelin (= Bassia latifolia Roxb.) = Illipe latifolia (Roscb.) F. Mueller) | |||
33. Purghera — Jatropha curcas L. | |||
34. Croton — Croton tiglium L. | |||
35. Indian mustard — Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. And Coss. ssp. intergrifolia (West.) Thell. | |||
36. Sareptian mustard — Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. And Coss. ssp. juncea | |||
37. Chinese mustard — Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. And Coss. ssp. juncea var. lutea Batalin | |||
38. Black mustard — Brassica nigra (L.) Koch | |||
39. Ethiopian mustard — Brassica carinata A. Braun |
Textual Amendments
F1 Deleted by Commission Directive 2005/8/EC of 27 January 2005 amending Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on undesirable substances in animal feed (Text with EEA relevance).
F2 Substituted by Commission Directive 2003/57/EC of 17 June 2003 amending Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on undesirable substances in animal feed (Text with EEA relevance).
F3 Inserted by Commission Directive 2003/100/EC of 31 October 2003 amending Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on undesirable substances in animal feed (Text with EEA relevance).
F4 Inserted by Commission Directive 2005/8/EC of 27 January 2005 amending Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on undesirable substances in animal feed (Text with EEA relevance).
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