F1“feeding stuff" means—

1. a

   a product of vegetable or animal origin in its natural state (whether fresh or preserved);

2. b

   a product derived from the industrial processing of such a product; or

3. c

   an organic or inorganic substance, used singly or in a mixture (and whether or not containing additives);

for oral feeding to pet animals and such desciptions of animals as may be prescribed being animals which, or kinds of which, are commonly kept for the production of food, wool, skins or fur or for the purpose of their use in the farming of land;

• “fertiliser” means a fertiliser used for the cultivation of crops or plants of any description, including trees;

• F6“final sample” has the meaning that it bears in Annex I to Regulation 152/2009;

• “fish” includes shellfish;

• “inspector” means an inspector appointed under section 67 of this Act;

• “the Minister” means, in relation to England and Wales, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and, in relation to Scotland, the Secretary of State;

• “the Ministers” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and F2the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales acting jointly;

• “ F3 pet animal ” means any animal belonging to a species normally kept and nourished but not consumed by man, not being an animal which has been or may be prescribed for the purpose of the definition of “feeding stuff";

• “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations;

• “prescribed metric substitution”, in relation to a quantity specified in any provision of this Part of this Act in terms of tons, pounds, or gallons, means any quantity expressed in terms of metric units of measurement which regulations may direct to be substituted in that provision, either generally or in prescribed circumstances, for the quantity so specified, being a quantity so expressed appearing to the Ministers appropriate to be so substituted having regard to the convenience of persons likely to be affected and with a view to the effective execution of this Part of this Act;

• F5 “Regulation ( EC ) No. 178/2002 ” means Regulation ( EC ) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety.

• F6“Regulation 152/2009” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 152/2009 laying down the methods of sampling and analysis for the official control of feed;

• “regulations” means regulations made as provided in section 84 of this Act;

• “sampled portion”, in relation to any material, means a prescribed amount of that material from which a sample has been taken by an inspector in the prescribed manner, being an amount—

1. a

   consisting either—

   1. i

      entirely of material packed in one or more containers; or

   2. ii

      entirely of material not so packed; and

2. b

   not exceeding, in the case of an amount consisting of material so packed, the requisite quantity, that is to say, five tons or 1,000 gallons or the prescribed metric substitution, except where—

   1. i

      it consists of material packed in a single container; or

   2. ii

      it consists of material packed in two or more containers each of which holds less than the requisite quantity, in which case the prescribed amount may be the contents of the lowest number of those containers which together hold the requisite quantity;