ANNEX U.K.

1. Information to be provided for the purposes of the acceptance of a physical detoxification process, as referred to in Article 3(2) U.K.

The following elements shall be provided to the Commission per matrix (feed material, compound feed, any other product intended for animal feeding):

(a)

data on the efficiency of the physical detoxification process to remove the contamination from the batch of feed, so that the batch of feed complies with the requirements of Directive 2002/32/EC;

(b)

evidence that the physical detoxification process does not adversely affect the characteristics and the nature of the feed; and

(c)

guarantees for safe disposal of the removed part of the feed.

2. Information to be provided for the purposes of the acceptance of a chemical detoxification process, as referred to in Article 4(2) U.K.

The following elements shall be provided to the Commission per matrix (feed material, compound feed, any other product intended for animal feeding):

(a)

evidence that the detoxification process is effective, in the sense that the detoxified feed complies with the requirements of Directive 2002/32/EC, and irreversible;

(b)

evidence that the detoxification process does not result in harmful residues of the chemical substance used for the detoxification (as parent compound or as reaction product) in the detoxified product;

(c)

detailed information on the chemical substance, the mode of action of the chemical substance as regards the detoxification process and the fate of the chemical substance;

(d)

evidence that the reaction products of the contaminant, formed after the performance of the detoxification process, do not endanger animal and public health and the environment;

(e)

evidence that the detoxification process does not adversely affect the characteristics and the nature of the feed to be detoxified.

3. Information to be provided for the purposes of the acceptance of a (micro)biological detoxification process, as referred to in Article 5(2) U.K.

The following elements shall be provided to the Commission per matrix (feed material, compound feed, any other product intended for animal feeding):

(a)

evidence that the detoxification process is effective in the sense that the detoxified feed complies with the requirements of Directive 2002/32/EC, and irreversible;

(b)

evidence that the detoxification process does not result in harmful residues of the (micro)biological agent used for the detoxification (as parent compound or as metabolite) in the detoxified product;

(c)

evidence that the detoxification process does not result in surviving microorganisms with decreased susceptibility to the detoxification process;

(d)

detailed information on the mode of action of the (micro)biological agent as regards the detoxification process and the fate of the (micro)biological agent;

(e)

evidence that the metabolites of the contaminant, formed after the performance of the detoxification process, do not endanger animal and public health and the environment;

(f)

evidence that the detoxification process does not adversely affect the characteristics and the nature of the feed to be detoxified.