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The Feeding Stuffs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

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Control of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid in compound feeding stuffs

18.—(1) No person shall put into circulation—

(a)any compound feeding stuff composed mainly of rice by-products in which the level of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid exceeds 3.3% of its dry matter; or

(b)subject to paragraph (2), any other compound feeding stuff in which the level of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid exceeds 2.2% of its dry matter.

(2) Paragraph (1)(b) shall not apply to the putting into circulation of any compound feeding stuff which—

(a)contains permitted mineral binders named or described in the Annex to Commission Directive 2003/57/EC(1);

(b)is a mineral feeding stuff;

(c)contains more than 50% of sugar beet chips or sugar beet pulp; or

(d)is intended for farmed fish and has a fish meal content of more than 15%,

if the level of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid is declared in the statutory statement as a percentage of the feeding stuff as such.

(1)

O.J. No. L151, 19.6.2003, p. 38, amending by Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on undesirable substances in animal feed (O.J. No. L140, 30.5.2002, p. 10)

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