SCHEDULE 5Medicated feedingstuffs and specified feed additives
Sampling and analysis
22.
(1)
If any enforcement action is taken under this Schedule based on a sample, that sample must have been taken and analysed in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 152/2009 laying down methods of sampling and analysis for the official control of feedingstuffs50.
(2)
Unless otherwise specified in the marketing authorisation, it is a defence if the active ingredient in the medicated feedingstuff sample is within the following tolerances—
Tolerance table for medicated feedingstuff
Level of active ingredient specified on the label | Tolerance |
|---|---|
≤50 mg/kg | 50% |
>50 mg/kg ≤ 500 mg/kg | 40% |
>500 mg/kg ≤ 5g/kg | 30% |
>5g/kg ≤50g/kg | 20% |
>50g/kg | 10% |
(3)
Unless otherwise specified in the Commission Regulation authorising the specified feed additive in question, it is a defence if the active ingredient of a specified feed additive in a feedingstuff sample is within the tolerances set out in Articles 11(5) and paragraph 2(e) of Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council.