SCHEDULE 3PERMITTED ADDITIVES AND PROVISIONS RELATING TO THEIR USE
TABLE ADDITIVES CONTROLLED BY THE ADDITIVES DIRECTIVE
PART VIIPERMITTED PRESERVATIVES1
CHAPTER B
OJNo. L188, 21.7.1999, p.35.
OJNo. L183, 12.7.2002, p.10.
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 | Column 6 | Column 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
EEC No. | Name or Description | Chemical formula | Kind of animal permitted | Maximum content (mg/kg in complete feeding stuffs) | Minimum content (mg/kg in complete feeding stuffs) | Conditions |
E222 | Sodium hydrogensulphite (sodium bisulphate) | NaHSO3 | Dogs and Cats | 500 alone or together expressed as SO2 | All feeding stuffs except unprocessed meat and fish | |
E223 | Disodium disulphite (Sodium metabisulphate) | Na2S2O5 | Dogs and Cats | 500 alone or togther expressed as SO2 | All feeding stuffs except unprocessed meat and fish | |
E250 | Sodium nitrate | NaNO2 | Dogs and Cats | 100 (feeding stuffs with a moisture content exceeding 20% only) | ||
E214 | Ethyl 4-hydroxybenzoate | C9H10O3 | Pet animals | No limit | } | |
E215 | Sodium ethyl 4-hydroxybenzoate | C9H9O3Na | Pet animals | No limit | } | |
All feeding stuffs | ||||||
E216 | Propyl 4-hydroxybenzoate | C10H12O3 | Pet animals | No limit | } | |
E217 | Sodium propyl 4-hydroxybenzoate | C10H11O3Na | Pet animals | No limit | } | |
E218 | Methyl 4-hydroxybenzoate | C8H8O3 | Pet animals | No limit | } | |
E219 | Sodium methyl 4-hydroxybenzoate | C8H7O3Na | Pet animals | No limit | } | All feeding stuffs |
E490 | Propan-1,2-diol | C3H8O2 | Dogs | 53000 | } | |
E240 | Formaldehyde | CH2O | All species of animals | No limit (For silage only) | ||
Pigs up to the age of six months | 600 (skimmed milk only) | |||||
E285 | Methylpropionic acid | C4H8O2 | Ruminants at the beginning of rumination | 4,000 | 1000 | |
F1(1) Note also that (as referred to in Part IX of this Table) one preservative is permitted by virtue of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1594/1999M1 and one by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1252/2002M2. | ||||||
Sch. 3 Pt. 7 footnote substituted (1.5.2003) by The Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/989), regs. 1(1), 6(a)