SCHEDULE 5PRESCRIBED LIMITS FOR UNDESIRABLE SUBSTANCES

PART IFEEDING STUFFS

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Column 2

Column 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 except:

2

— meal made from grass, from dried lucerne, or from dried clover

4

— dried sugar beet pulp or dried molassed sugarbeet pulp

4

— phosphates and feeding stuffs obtained fromthe processing of fish or other marine animals

10

Complete feeding stuffs except:

2

— complete feeding stuffs for fish

4

Complementary feeding stuffs except:

4

— 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, sheepand goats

0.5

Fluorine

Straight feeding stuffs except:

150

— feeding stuffs of animal origin

500

— phosphates

2000

Complete feeding stuffs

150

— complete feeding stuffs for cattle, sheep and goats

  • in milk

30

  • other

50

— complete feeding stuffs for pigs

100

— complete feeding stuff for poultry

350

— complete feeding stuff 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 except:

10

— grass meal, lucerne meal or clover meal

40

— phosphates

30

— yeast

5

Complete feeding stuffs

5

Complementary feeding stuffs except:

10

— mineral feeding stuffs

30

Mercury

Straight feeding stuffs except:

0.1

— 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 feedings 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 except:

0.05

— groundnut, copra, palm-kernel, cotton seed, babassu, maize and products derived from the processing thereof

0.02

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 andgoats (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 complimentary feeding stuff

0.005

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 except:

20

— cotton cake or meal

1200

Complete feeding stuffs except:

20

— complete feeding stuffs for cattle, sheep and goats

500

— complete feeding stuffs for poultry (exceptlaying hens and calves

100

— complete feeding stuffs for rabbits and pigs(except piglets)

60

Hydrocyanic acid

Straight feeding stuffs except:

50

— linseed

250

— linseed cake or meal

350

— manioc products and almond cakes

100

Complete feeding stuffs except:

50

— complete feeding stuffs for chicks

10

Rye Ergot Claviceps purpurea (Fr.) Tul

All feeding stuffs containing unground cereals

1000

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 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

Sareptianmustard–Brassica juncea 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–Brassicacarinata A Braun

Theobromine

Complete feeding stuffs except:

300

— complete feeding stuffs for adult cattle

700

Vinylthiooxazolidone

Complete feeding stuffs for poultry except:

1000

— complete feeding stuffs for laying hens

500

Volatile mustard oil

Straight feeding stuffs except:

100 (expressed as ally isothiocyanate)

— rape cake or meal

4000 (expressed as allyl isothiocyanate)

Complete feeding stuffs except:

150 (expressed as allyl isothiocyanate)

— complete feeding stuffs for cattle, sheep and goats (except calves, lambs and kids)

1000 (expressed as allyl isothiocyanate)

— complete feeding stuffs for pigs (exceptpiglets) 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

3000

a

Lolium temulentum L.

1000

b

Lolium remotum Schrank

1000

c

Datura stramonium L.

1000

CHAPTER D

Aldrin } singly, or combined expressed as dieldrin

Dieldrin } singly, or combined expressed as dieldrin

All feeding stuffs

0.01

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

0.5

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

Heptachlor (sum of heptachlor and of heptachlor epoxide, expressed as heptachlor)

All feeding stuffs

0.01

excepts 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

0.01

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