(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations, which extend to Scotland only, amend the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) Regulations 1999 (“the 1999 Regulations") and implement Commission Directive 2000/45/EC establishing Community methods of analysis for the determination of vitamin A, vitamin E and tryptophan in feedingstuffs.
The Regulations–
a
amend the 1999 Regulations by prescribing a revised method of analysis for the determination of vitamin A, and new methods for the determination of vitamin E and tryptophan, in feeding stuffs and, in the cases of vitamin A and E, in premixtures (regulations 3 and 4); and
b
make consequential amendments the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) Regulations 1999 (regulation 5).
A Regulatory Impact Assessment, which includes a compliance cost assessment of the effect that these Regulations would have on business costs, has been prepared and has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre. Copies may be obtained from the Food Standards Agency, 6th Floor, St Magnus House, 25 Guild Street, Aberdeen AB11 6NJ.