SCHEDULE 8CATEGORIES OF FEED MATERIALS FOR USE IN RELATION TO COMPOUND FEEDING STUFFS FOR PET ANIMALS

Regulation 8 and Schedule 3 Part I, paragraph 18

Description of the Category

Definition

1.

Meat and animal derivatives

All the fleshy parts of slaughtered warm-blooded land animals fresh or preserved by appropriate treatment, and all products and derivatives of the processing of the carcase or parts of the carcase of such animals

2.

Milk and milk derivatives

All milk products, fresh or preserved by appropriate treatment and derivatives from the processing thereof

3.

Eggs and egg derivatives

All egg products fresh or preserved by appropriate treatment, and derivatives from the processing thereof

4.

Oils and fats

All animal and vegetable oils and fats

5.

Yeasts

All yeasts, the cells of which have been killed and dried

6.

Fish and fish derivatives

Fish or parts of fish, fresh or preserved by appropriate treatment, and derivatives from the processing thereof

7.

Cereals

All types of cereal, regardless of their presentation, or products made from the starchy endosperm

8.

Vegetables

All types of vegetables and legumes, fresh or preserved by appropriate treatment

9.

Derivatives of vegetable origin

Derivatives resulting from the treatment of vegetable products in particular cereals, vegetables, legumes and oil seeds

10.

Vegetable protein extracts

All products of vegetable origin in which the proteins have been concentrated by an adequate process to contain at least 50% protein, as related to the dry matter, and which may be restructured or textured

11.

Minerals

All inorganic substances suitable for animal feed

12.

Various sugars

All types of sugar

13.

Fruit

All types of fruit, fresh or preserved by appropriate treatment

14.

Nuts

All kernels from shells

15.

Seeds

All types of seeds as such or roughly crushed

16.

Algae

Algae, fresh or preserved by appropriate treatment

17.

Molluscs and crustaceans

All types of molluscs, crustaceans, shellfish, fresh or preserved by appropriate treatment, and their processing derivatives

18.

Insects

All types of insects in any stage of development

19.

Bakery products

All bread, cakes, biscuits and pasta products