The Feeding Stuffs (Wales) Regulations 2001

CHAPTER BE+W

[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. 1594/1999 M1 and one by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1252/2002 M2.]

Column 1Column 2Column 3Column 4Column 5Column 6Column 7
EEC No.Name or DescriptionChemical formulaKind of animal permittedMaximum content (mg/kg in complete feeding stuffs)Minimum content (mg/kg in complete feeding stuffs)Conditions
E222Sodium hydrogensulphite (sodium bisulphate)NaHSO3Dogs and Cats500 alone or together expressed as SO2All feeding stuffs except unprocessed meat and fish
E223Disodium disulphite (Sodium metabisulphate)Na2S2O5Dogs and Cats500 alone or togther expressed as SO2All feeding stuffs except unprocessed meat and fish
E250Sodium nitrateNaNO2Dogs and Cats100 (feeding stuffs with a moisture content exceeding 20% only)
E214Ethyl 4-hydroxybenzoateC9H10O3Pet animalsNo limit }
E215Sodium ethyl 4-hydroxybenzoateC9H9O3NaPet animalsNo limit }
All feeding stuffs
E216Propyl 4-hydroxybenzoateC10H12O3Pet animalsNo limit }
E217Sodium propyl 4-hydroxybenzoateC10H11O3NaPet animalsNo limit }
E218Methyl 4-hydroxybenzoateC8H8O3Pet animalsNo limit }
E219Sodium methyl 4-hydroxybenzoateC8H7O3NaPet animalsNo limit }All feeding stuffs
E490Propan-1,2-diolC3H8O2Dogs53000 }
E240FormaldehydeCH2OAll species of animalsNo limit (For silage only)
Pigs up to the age of six months600 (skimmed milk only)
E285Methylpropionic acidC4H8O2Ruminants at the beginning of rumination4,0001000

Textual Amendments

Marginal Citations

M1 OJ No. L188, 21.7.1999, p.35.

M2 OJ No. L183, 12.7.2002, p.10.