PART 2Presentation and Composition of Feeding Stuffs

Control of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid in compound feeding stuffs18

1

No person shall put into circulation—

a

any compound feeding stuff composed mainly of rice by-products in which the level of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid exceeds 3.3% of its dry matter; or

b

subject to paragraph (2), any other compound feeding stuff in which the level of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid exceeds 2.2% of its dry matter.

2

Paragraph (1)(b) shall not apply to the putting into circulation of any compound feeding stuff which—

a

contains permitted mineral binders named or described in the Annex to Commission Directive 2003/57/EC30;

b

is a mineral feeding stuff;

c

contains more than 50% of sugar beet chips or sugar beet pulp; or

d

is intended for farmed fish and has a fish meal content of more than 15%,

if the level of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid is declared in the statutory statement as a percentage of the feeding stuff as such.