PART 4Undesirable substances
Amendment of the Feeding Stuffs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005
24.—(1) The Feeding Stuffs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005(1) are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) In paragraph (8) of regulation 14 (control of products intended for animal feed containing undesirable substances), for the expression “is within the limit specified in the relevant entry in column 3 of Schedule 5” substitute “is less than 2 parts per million”.
(3) In Schedule 5 (prescribed limits for undesirable substances) —
(a)in Chapter A, for the entries relating to arsenic substitute the entries set out in Schedule 2; and
(b)in Chapter B, for the entries relating to castor oil plant (Ricinus communis L.) substitute the following —
Column 1 Undesirable substances | Column 2 Products intended for animal feed | Column 3 Maximum content in mg/kg of feeding stuffs referred to a moisture content of 12% |
|---|---|---|
| Seeds and husks from Ricinus communis L., Croton tiglium L. and Abrus precatorius L. as well as their process derivatives (in so far as determinable by analytical microscopy), separately or in combination. | All feeding stuffs | 10 |
(c)in Chapter C —
(i)for the entries relating to theobromine substitute the following —
Column 1 Undesirable substances | Column 2 Products intended for animal feed | Column 3 Maximum content in mg/kg of feeding stuffs referred to a moisture content of 12% |
|---|---|---|
| Theobromine | Complete feeding stuffs | 300 |
| except: | ||
| – complete feeding stuffs for pigs | 200 | |
| – complete feeding stuffs for dogs, rabbits, horses and fur-producing animals | 50 |
(ii)omit the expression “Croton – Croton tiglium L.”, and
(iii)for the expression “Datura stramonium L.” substitute “Datura sp.”.
S.R. 2005 No. 545; relevant amending rules are S.R. 2006 No. 18, S.R. 2006 No. 471, S.R. 2007 No. 450, S.R. 2009 No. 27 and S.R. 2009 No. 348