The Feeding Stuffs Regulations 1988

PART I FEEDING STUFFS

(1)		(2)	(3)
Substances		Feeding stuffs	Maximum content in mg/kg of feeding stuffs referred to a moisture content of 12%
CHAPTER A
Arsenic		Straight feeding stuffs	2
		except:
		— meal made from grass, from dried lucerne, or from dried clover	4
		— dried sugar beet pulp or dried molassed sugar beet pulp	4
		— phosphates and feeding stuffs obtained from the processing of fish or other marine animals	10
		Complete feeding stuffs	2
		Complementary feeding stuffs	4
		except:
		— mineral feeding stuffs	12
Cadmium		Straight feeding stuffs of vegetable origin	1
		Straight feeding stuffs of animal origin (with the exception of feeding stuffs for pets)	2
		Phosphates	10
		Complete feeding stuffs for cattle, sheep and goats (with the exception of complete feeding stuffs for calves, lambs and kids)	1
		Other complete feeding stuffs (with the exception of feeding stuffs for pets)	0.5
		Mineral feeding stuffs	5
		Other complementary feeding stuffs for cattle, sheep and goats	0.5
Fluorine		Straight feeding stuffs	150
		except:
		— feeding stuffs of animal origin	500
		— phosphates	2000
		Complete feeding stuffs	150
		except:
		— complete feeding stuffs for cattle, sheep and goats
		in milk	30
		other	50
		— complete feeding stuffs for pigs	100
		— complete feeding stuffs for poultry	350
		— complete feeding stuffs for chicks	250
		Mineral mixtures for cattle, sheep and goats	2000
		Other complementary feeding stuffs	125 (fluorine content per percentage point phosphorus in the feeding stuff)
Lead		Straight feeding stuffs	10
		except:
		— grass meal, lucerne meal or clover meal	40
		— phosphates	30
		— yeast	5
		Complete feeding stuffs	5
		Complementary feeding stuffs	10
		except:
		— mineral feeding stuffs	30
Mercury		Straight feeding stuffs	0.1
		except:
		— feeding stuffs produced by the processing of fish or other marine animals	0.5
		Complete feeding stuffs except:	0.1
		— complete feeding stuffs for dogs or cats	0.4
		Complementary feeding stuffs (with the exception of complementary feeding stuffs for dogs and cats)	0.2
Nitrites		Fish meal	60 (expressed as sodium nitrite)
		Complete feeding stuffs except feeding stuffs intended for pets other than birds and aquarium fish	15 (expressed as sodium nitrite)
CHAPTER B
Aflatoxin B1		Straight feeding stuffs	0.05
		Complete feeding stuffs for cattle, sheep and goats (except dairy animals, calves, lambs and kids)	0.05
		Complete feeding stuffs for pigs and poultry (except piglets and chicks)	0.02
		Other complete feeding stuffs	0.01
		Complementary feeding stuffs for cattle, sheep and goats (except complementary feeding stuffs for dairy animals, calves and lambs)	0.05
		Complementary feeding stuffs for pigs and poultry (except young animals)	0.03
		Other complementary feeding stuffs	0.01
Castor oil plant Ricinus communis L.		All feeding stuffs	10 (expressed in terms of castor oil plant husks)
Crotalaria L. spp		All unmilled materials	100
Free Gossypol		Straight feeding stuffs	20
		except:
		— cotton cake or meal	1200
		Complete feeding stuffs	20
		except:
		— complete feeding stuffs for cattle, sheep and goats	500
		— complete feeding stuffs for poultry (except laying hens) and calves	100
		— complete feeding stuffs for rabbits and pigs (except piglets)	60
Hydrocyanic acid		Straight feeding stuffs	50
		except:
		— linseed	250
		— linseed cake or meal	350
		— manioc products and almond cakes	100
		Complete feeding stuffs	50
		except:
		— complete feeding stuffs for chicks	10
Rye Ergot Claviceps purpurea(Fr.) Tul		All feeding stuffs containing unground cereals	1000
Theobromine		Complete feeding stuffs	300
		except:
		— complete feeding stuffs for adult cattle	700
Vinylthiooxazolidone		Complete feeding stuffs for poultry	1,000
		except:
		— complete feeding stuffs for laying hens	500
Volatile mustard oil		Straight feeding stuffs	100 (expressed as allyl isothiocyanate)
		except:
		— rape cake or meal	4,000 (expressed as allyl isothiocyanate)
		Complete feeding stuffs	150 (expressed as allyl isothiocyanate)
		except:
		— complete feeding stuffs for cattle, sheep and goats, (except calves, lambs and kids)	1,000 (expressed as allyl isothiocyanate)
		— complete feeding stuffs for pigs (except piglets) and poultry	500 (expressed as allyl isothiocyanate)
Weed seeds and unground and uncrushed fruit containing alkaloids, glucoside or other toxic substances separately or in combination including:—		All feeding stuffs	3,000
(a) Lolium temulentum L.			1,000
(b) Lolium remotum Schrank			1,000
(c) Datura stramonium L.			1,000
CHAPTER C
Apricot — Prunus armeniaca L.		} All feeding stuffs	} Seeds and fruits of the plant species listed opposite as well as their processed derivatives may only be present in feeding stuffs in trace amounts not quantitatively determinable
Bitter almond — Prunus dulcis(Mill.) D A Webb var. amara(DC.) Focke (= Prunus amygdalus Batsch var. amara(DC.) Focke)
Unhusked beech mast — Fagus silvatica L. Camelina — Camelina sativa(L) Crantz
Mowrah, bassia, madhuca — Madhuca longifolia(L) Macbr. (= Bassia longifolia L. = Illipe Madhuca longifolia L. = Illipe malabrorum Engl.) Madhuca indica Gmelin. (= Bassia latifolia(Roxb.) F. Mueller)
Purghera — Jatropha curcas L.
Croton — Croton tiglium L.
Indian mustard — Brassica juncea(L.) Czern. and Coss. ssp. integrifolia(West.) Thell
Sareptian mustard — Brassica juncea(L.) Czern. and Coss. ssp. juncea
Chinese mustard — Brassica juncea(L.) Czern. and Coss. ssp. juncea var. lutea Batalin
Black mustard — Brassica nigra(L.) Koch
Ethiopian mustard — Brassica carinata A Braun.
CHAPTER D
Aldrin	} singly or Dieldrin combined expressed as dieldrin	All feeding stuffs	0.01
Dieldrin		except fats	0.2
Camphechlor (Toxaphene)		All feeding stuffs	0.1
Chlordane (sum of cis and trans isomers and of oxychlordane)		All feeding stuffs	0.02
		except fats	0.05
DDT (sum of DDT, TDE and DDE isomers, expressed as DDT)		All feeding stuffs	0.05
		except fats	0.05
Endosulphan (sum of alpha and beta isomers and of endosulphan sulphate, expressed as endosulphan)		All feeding stuffs	0.1
		except — maize	0.2
		— oilseeds	0.5
		— complete feeding stuffs for fish	0.005
Endrin (sum of endrin and delta, keto endrin, expressed as endrin)		All feeding stuffs	0.01
		except fats	0.05
Heptachlor (sum of heptachlor and of heptachlor epoxide, expressed as heptachlor)		All feeding stuffs	0.01
		except fats	0.2
Hexachlorobenzene (HCB)		All feeding stuffs	0.01
		except fats	0.2
Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH)
— alpha isomer		All feeding stuffs	0.02
		except fats	0.2
— beta isomer		Straight feeding stuffs	0.02
		except fats	0.1
		Compound feeding stuffs	0.01
		except compound feeding stuffs for dairy cattle	0.005
— gamma isomer		All feeding stuffs	0.2
		except fats	2.0