The Feeding Stuffs (Wales) Regulations 2001

2.  In relation to premixtures not excluded from application of the Additives Directive by Article 22 thereof, the following particulars shall be contained in the statutory statement — E+W

(a) in the case of any premixture —

(i) the description “premixture”;

(ii) directions for use, including any appropriate safety recommendation;

(iii) the species or category of animal for which the premixture is intended;

(iv) the name or business name, and the address or registered business address, of the person within the European [F1 Economic Area] responsible for the particulars referred to in this Part of this Schedule;

(v) the net weight of any non-liquid premixture;

(vi) either the net weight or the net volume of any liquid premixture; and

(vii) from 1st April 2001, the approval or registration number allocated, pursuant to Article 5 or, as the case may be, 10 of the Establishments Directive, to the establishment which produced or manufactured the premixture, or to the intermediary holding it;

(b) in the case of any antioxidant, colourant (including pigment), trace element or preservative, in a premixture, for which a maximum content in a complete feeding stuff is prescribed in the appropriate Part of the Table to Schedule 3, or in another authorisation —

(i) the name of the additive; and

(ii) the active substance level;

(c) in the case of vitamin E in a premixture —

(i) the name of the additive;

(ii) the alpha-tocopherol level as acetate; and

(iii) an indication of the period during which that level will remain present;

(d) subject to paragraph (4) below, in the case of any vitamin other than vitamin E, or any provitamin or substance having a similar effect, in a premixture —

(i) the name of the additive;

(ii) the active substance level; and

(iii) an indication of the period during which that level will remain present;

(e) in the case of any enzyme in a premixture —

(i) the names of the active constituents according to their enzymatic activities, as specified in the authorisation concerned;

(ii) the EC registration number;

(iii) the identification number allotted by the International Union of Biochemistry;

(iv) the activity units (expressed as activity units per gram or activity units per millilitre);

(v) an indication of the period during which the activity units will remain present;

(vi) the batch reference number and the date of manufacture;

(vii) the name or business name and address or registered business address of the manufacturer, if he is not responsible for the particulars referred to in this Part of this Schedule;

(viii) an indication of any significant characteristics of the enzyme arising during manufacture, as specified in the authorisation concerned; and

(ix) the recommended dosage or, where appropriate, range of dosages, expressed as a percentage by weight of target feed material per kilogram of the feeding stuff, as prescribed in the authorisation concerned;

(f) in the case of any micro-organism in a premixture —

(i) the identification of each strain, in accordance with the authorisation;

(ii) the file number of each strain;

(iii) the number of colony-forming units (expressed as CFU/g);

(iv) the EC registration number;

(v) the name or business name and the address or registered business address of the manufacturer, if he is not responsible for the particulars referred to in this Part of this Schedule;

(vi) an indication of the period during which the colony-forming units will remain present; and

(vii) an indication of any significant characteristics of the micro-organism arising during manufacture, specified in the authorisation concerned;

(g) in the case of any additive in a premixture —

(i) which is an additive of a type referred to in any of Parts I to VIII of Schedule 3, or which is otherwise authorised (other than any additive of a type referred to in sub-paragraphs (b) to (f) above), or which is an additive of a type referred to in any of those Parts, or in another authorisation, and in those sub-paragraphs, in respect of which no maximum level is laid down;

(ii) which fulfils a function in the feeding stuff as such; and

(iii) in respect of which the amount which is present in the premixture can be determined by using one of the methods of analysis specified in Annex I to Part II of Schedule 2 to the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) Regulations 1999 M1 or by some other valid scientific method, the name of the additive, and the active substance level.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 5 Pt. 2 para. 2(a)(iv) substituted (3.11.2001) by The Feeding Stuffs and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3461), regs. 1, 16(1)(2)

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 1999/1663, to which there is an amendment not relevant to these Regulations.