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SCHEDULE 8LABELLING AND MARKING OF ADDITIVES AND PREMIXTURES

PART IIPREMIXTURES

1.  The label or mark shall give—

(a)in the case of any premixture,

(i)the description “premixture”;

(ii)directions for use, including any appropriate safety recommendation;

(iii)the species or category of animal for which the premixture is intended;

(iv)the name or business name and the address or registered business address of the person responsible within the European Community for the particulars referred to in this Part of this Schedule;

(v)the net weight of any non-liquid premixture; and

(vi)either the net weight or the net volume of any liquid premixture;

(b)in the case of any antioxidant, colourant (including pigment), trace element or preservative in a premixture, for which a maximum content in a complete feeding stuff is provided for by the appropriate Part of the Table to Schedule 4,

(i)the name of the additive; and

(ii)the active substance level;

(c)in the case of vitamin E in a premixture,

(i)the name of the additive;

(ii)the alpha-tocopherol level as acetate; and

(iii)an indication of the period during which that level will remain present;

(d)in the case of any vitamin other than vitamin E, or any provitamin or substance having a similar effect in a premixture,

(i)the name of the additive;

(ii)the active substance level; and

(iii)an indication of the period during which that level will remain present;

(e)in the case of any enzyme in a premixture:

(i)the names of the active constituents according to their enzymatic activities (in the case of an enzyme of a type referred to in Part X of the Table to Schedule 4, as specified in column 3 of that Part);

(ii)the identification number allotted by the International Union of Biochemistry;

(iii)the activity units (expressed as activity units per gram or activity units per millilitre);

(iv)an indication of the period during which the activity units will remain present;

(v)the name or business name and address or registered business address of the manufacturer if he is not responsible for the particulars referred to in the label or mark; and

(f)in the case of any micro-organism in a premixture:

(i)the identification of the strain(s) according to a recognised international code of nomenclature;

(ii)the deposit number of the strain(s);

(iii)the number of colony-forming units (expressed as CFU/g);

(iv)an indication of the period during which the colony-forming units will remain present;

(v)the name or business name and address or registered business address of the manufacturer if he is not responsible for the particulars referred to in the label or mark; and

(vi)an indication of any significant characteristics of the micro-organism arising during manufacture;

(g)in the case of any additive in a premixture—

(i)which is an additive of a type referred to in Schedule 4 (other than any additive ofa type referred to in sub-paragraphs (b)–(e) above) or an additive of a type referredto in that Schedule and in those subparagraphs in respect of which no maximum levelis laid down;

(ii)which fulfills a function in the feeding stuff as such, and

(iii)in respect of which the amount which is present in the premixture can be determinedby using one of the methods of analysis specified in Schedule 2 to the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) Regulations 1982(1), or by some other valid scientific method—

(A)the name of the additive, and

(B)the active substance level.

(1)

S.I. 1982/1144, amended by S.I. 1984/52, 1985/1119 and 1994/1610.