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Annex

United Kingdom

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Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC is amended as follows:

  1. 1..

    Row 4, Mercury, is replaced by the following:

    The maximum levels refer to total mercury.

    Maximum levels refer to an analytical determination of mercury, whereby extraction is performed in nitric acid (5 % w/w) for 30 minutes at boiling temperature. Equivalent extraction procedures can be applied for which it can be demonstrated that the used extraction procedure has an equal extraction efficiency.’

    Undesirable substancesProducts intended for animal feedMaximum content in mg/kg (ppm) relative to a feedingstuff with a moisture content of 12 %
    (1)(2)(3)

    ‘4.

    Mercuryf1 f2

    Feed materials0,1
    with the exception of:

    —

    feedingstuffs produced from fish or by the processing of fish or other aquatic animals,

    0,5

    —

    calcium carbonate.

    0,3
    Compound (complementary and complete) feedingstuffs0,1
    with the exception of:

    —

    mineral feed,

    0,2

    —

    compound feedingstuffs for fish,

    0,2

    —

    compound feedingstuffs for dogs, cats and fur animals.

    0,3
  2. 2..

    Row 5, Nitrites, is replaced by the following:

    Undesirable substancesProducts intended for animal feedMaximum content in mg/kg (ppm) relative to a feedingstuff with a moisture content of 12 %
    (1)(2)(3)

    ‘5.

    Nitrites

    Feed materials15 (expressed as sodium nitrite)
    with the exception of:

    —

    fishmeal,

    30 (expressed as sodium nitrite)

    —

    silage.

    —
    Complete feedingstuffs15 (expressed as sodium nitrite)
    with the exception of:

    —

    complete feedingstuffs for dogs and cats with a moisture content exceeding 20 %.

    —’
  3. 3..

    Row 9, Free gossypol is replaced by the following:

    Undesirable substancesProducts intended for animal feedMaximum content in mg/kg (ppm) relative to a feedingstuff with a moisture content of 12 %
    (1)(2)(3)

    ‘9.

    Free gossypol

    Feed materials20
    with the exception of:

    —

    cottonseed,

    5 000

    —

    cottonseed cakes and cottonseed meal.

    1 200
    Complete feedingstuffs20
    with the exception of:

    —

    complete feedingstuffs for adult cattle,

    500

    —

    complete feedingstuffs for sheep (except lambs and goats (except kids),

    300

    —

    complete feedingstuffs for poultry (except laying hens) and calves,

    100

    —

    complete feedingstuffs for rabbits, lambs, kids and pigs (except piglets).

    60’
  4. 4..

    Row 32, ‘Mowrah, Bassia, Madhuca – Madhuca longifolia (L.) Macbr. (= Bassia longifolia L. = Illiped malabrorum Engl.) Madhuca indica Gmelin (= Bassia latifolia Roxb.) = Illipe latifolia (Roscb.) F. Mueller)’ is deleted.

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Footnotes

f1

The maximum levels refer to total mercury.

f2

Maximum levels refer to an analytical determination of mercury, whereby extraction is performed in nitric acid (5 % w/w) for 30 minutes at boiling temperature. Equivalent extraction procedures can be applied for which it can be demonstrated that the used extraction procedure has an equal extraction efficiency.’