Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

1.  These Regulations consolidate with amendments the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1982 as amended and implement in Northern Ireland—

(a) in full, the following European Community Directives—

• First Commission Directive 71/250/EEC (O.J. No. L155, 12.7.71, p. 13) (O.J./S.E. 1971(II), p. 480) establishing Community methods of analysis for the official control of feeding stuffs;

• Second Commission Directive 71/393/EEC (O.J. No. L279, 12.12.71, p. 7) (O.J./S.E. 1971 (III), p. 987) establishing Community methods of analysis for the official control of feeding stuffs;

• Fourth Commission Directive 73/46/EEC (O.J. No. L83, 30.3.73, p. 21) establishing Community methods of analysis for the official control of feeding stuffs;

• Commission Directive 73/47/EEC (O.J. No. L83, 30.3.73, p. 35) amending the second Commission Directive of 18 November 1971 establishing Community methods of analysis for the official control of feeding stuffs;

• Seventh Commission Directive 76/372/EEC (O.J. No. L102, 15.4.76, p. 8) establishing Community methods of analysis for the official control of feeding stuffs;

• Commission Directive 92/89/EEC (O.J. No. L344, 26.11.92, p. 35) amending Annex I to Fourth Directive 73/46/EEC establishing Community methods of analysis for the official control of feeding stuffs;

• Commission Directive 92/95/EEC (O.J. No. L327, 13.11.92, p. 54) amending the Annex to the Seventh Directive 76/372/EEC establishing Community methods of analysis for the official control of feeding stuffs;

• Commission Directive 93/28/EEC (O.J. No. L179, 22.7.93, p. 8) amending Annex I to the Third Directive 72/119/EEC establishing Community methods of analysis for the official control of feeding stuffs;

• Commission Directive 94/14/EC (O.J. No. L94, 13.4.94, p. 30) amending Seventh Directive 76/372/EEC establishing Community methods of analysis for the official control of feeding stuffs;

• Commission Directive 98/88/EC (O.J. No. L318, 27.11.98, p. 45) establishing guidelines for the microscopic identification and estimation of constituents of animal origin for the official control of feeding stuffs;

(b) save insofar as they relate to the determination of zootechnical additives in feeding stuffs, the following European Community Directives—

• Third Commission Directive 72/199/EEC (O.J. No. L123, 29.5.72, p. 6) establishing Community methods of analysis for the official control of feeding stuffs;

• Fifth Commission Directive 74/203/EEC (O.J. No. L108, 22.4.74, p. 7) establishing Community methods of analysis for the official control of feeding stuffs;

• First Commission Directive 76/371/EEC (O.J. No. L102, 15.4.76, p. 1) establishing Community methods of sampling for the official control of feeding stuffs;

• Eighth Commission Directive 78/633/EEC (O.J. No. L206, 29.7.78, p. 43) establishing Community methods of analysis for the official control of feeding stuffs;

• Commission Directive 81/680/EEC (O.J. No. L246, 29.8.81, p. 32) amending Directives 71/250/EEC, 71/393/EEC, 72/199/EEC, 73/46/EEC, 74/203/EEC, 75/84/EEC, 76/372/EEC and 78/633/EEC establishing Community methods of analysis for the official control of feeding stuffs;

• Commission Directive 84/4/EEC (O.J. No. L15, 18.1.84, p. 28) amending Directives 71/393/EEC, 72/199/EEC and 78/633/EEC establishing Community methods of analysis for the official control of feeding stuffs;

• Article 18.3 of Council Directive 95/53/EC (O.J. No. L265, 8.11.95, p. 17) fixing the principles governing the organisation of official inspections in the field of animal nutrition;

• Commission Directive 98/54/EC (O.J. No. L208, 24.7.98, p. 49) amending Directives 71/250/EEC, 72/199/EEC, 73/46/EEC and repealing Directive 75/84/EEC;

• Commission Directive 98/64/EC (O.J. No. L257, 19.9.98, p. 14) establishing Community methods of analysis for the determination of amino acids, crude oils and fats, and olaquindox in feeding stuffs and amending Directive 71/393/EEC;

• Commission Directive 1999/27/EC (O.J. No. L118, 6.5.1999, p. 36) establishing Community methods of analysis for the determination of amprolium, diclazuril and carbadox in feeding stuffs and amending Directives 71/250/EEC, 73/46/EEC and repealing Directive 74/203/EEC.

2.  The principal changes made by the Regulations are as follows—

(a) certain provisions in Directive 76/371/EEC on sampling of feeding stuffs are now fully implemented (regulation 3 and Schedule 1);

(b) EC requirements as to sampling of feeding stuffs contained in Article 18.3 of Directive 95/53/EC are implemented (regulation 3 and Schedule 1);

(c) parallel EC requirements as to analysis of feeding stuffs contained in that Article are implemented (regulation 5 and Schedule 2);

(d) in accordance with new EC requirements—

(i) previous EC methods of analysis relating to the detection of lupin alkaloids and the determination of thiamine, ascorbic acid and dehydroascorbic acid are excluded, as are (with effect from 1st November 1999) EC methods for starch (pancreatic method), volatile mustard oil, theobromine, vitamin A and vitamin K3 (menadione),

(ii) a new method of analysis for the determination of amino acids is added and a revised method for oils and fats substituted for the existing one, and

(iii) procedures on the detection and estimation of animal constituents in feeding stuffs are introduced,

(regulation 5 and Schedule 2);

(e) particular national methods of analysis relating to magnesium (gravimetric method) and calcium (atomic absorption method) are no longer covered (regulation 5 and Schedule 2).

3.  The Regulations also revoke the previous Regulations (regulation 9) and include minor and drafting changes.