PART 4Undesirable substances

Amendment of the Feeding Stuffs (England) Regulations 2005

25.—(1) The Feeding Stuffs (England) Regulations 2005(1) are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) In paragraph (8) of regulation 14 (control of products intended for animal feed containing undesirable substances), for the expression “is within the limit specified in the relevant entry in column 3 of Schedule 5” substitute “is less than 2 parts per million”.

(3) In Schedule 5 (prescribed limits for undesirable substances) —

(a)in Chapter A, for the entries relating to arsenic substitute the entries set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations; and

(b)in Chapter B, for the entries relating to castor oil plant (Ricinus communis L.) substitute the following —

Column 1

Undesirable substances

Column 2

Products intended for animal feed

Column 3

Maximum content in mg/kg of feeding stuffs referred to a moisture content of 12%

Seeds and husks from Ricinus communis L., Croton tiglium L. and Abrus precatorius L. as well as their process derivatives (in so far as determinable by analytical microscopy), separately or in combination.All feeding stuffs10

(c)in Chapter C —

(i)for the entries relating to theobromine substitute the following —

Column 1

Undesirable substances

Column 2

Products intended for animal feed

Column 3

Maximum content in mg/kg of feeding stuffs referred to a moisture content of 12%

TheobromineComplete feeding stuffs300
except:
– complete feeding stuffs for pigs200
– complete feeding stuffs for dogs, rabbits, horses and fur-producing animals50

(ii)omit the expression “Croton – Croton tiglium L.”, and

(iii)for the expression “Datura stramonium L.” substitute “Datura sp.”.