Regulation 9 Control of animal feeds containing undesirable substances

Any person who—

Any person who places on the market or uses any complementary feed is guilty of an offence if—

Any person who for the purpose of dilution mixes any feed with a feed that is specified in column 2 of F5a table in schedule 4 and which contains any undesirable substance listed in column 1 of that F6table in excess of the maximum content specified for it in column 3 is guilty of an offence.

Any person who places on the market or uses any feed which is not sound and genuine and of merchantable quality is guilty of an offence.

For the purposes of paragraph (4) a feed listed in column 2 of F7a table in schedule 4 is not sound, genuine and of merchantable quality if it contains any undesirable substance specified in column 1 of that F8table in excess of the maximum content specified in relation to it in column 3.

Any person who has, for the purpose of a trade or business, possession or control of any of the feeds specified in paragraph (7) shall, if required by an inspector, procure and produce to the inspector an analysis in order to demonstrate that the content of inorganic arsenic in the feed specified in that paragraph is less than 2 parts per million.

The feeds are—

Any person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a requirement made under paragraph (6) is guilty of an offence.

In order to reduce or eliminate sources of undesirable substances in products intended for animal feed, the feed authority must, in cooperation with feed business operators, carry out investigations to identify the sources of undesirable substances, in cases where the maximum levels are exceeded and in cases where increased levels of such substances are detected, taking into account background levels; for the purpose of ensuring a uniform approach in cases of increased levels, action thresholds to trigger investigations are set out in table in schedule 5.