{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2010-6/annex",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2010-6/annex.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2010/6",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Directive 2010/6/EU of 9 February 2010 amending Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards mercury, free gossypol, nitrites and Mowrah, Bassia, Madhuca (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2010-6",
  "path": "annex",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": null,
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC is amended as follows:\n1.. Row 4, Mercury, is replaced by the following:\nThe maximum levels refer to total mercury.\nMaximum 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.’\nUndesirable substances\nProducts intended for animal feed\nMaximum content in mg/kg (ppm) relative to a feedingstuff with a moisture content of 12 %\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\n‘4.\nMercury\nFeed materials\n0,1\nwith the exception of:\n—\nfeedingstuffs produced from fish or by the processing of fish or other aquatic animals,\n0,5\n—\ncalcium carbonate.\n0,3\nCompound (complementary and complete) feedingstuffs\n0,1\nwith the exception of:\n—\nmineral feed,\n0,2\n—\ncompound feedingstuffs for fish,\n0,2\n—\ncompound feedingstuffs for dogs, cats and fur animals.\n0,3\n2.. Row 5, Nitrites, is replaced by the following:\nUndesirable substances\nProducts intended for animal feed\nMaximum content in mg/kg (ppm) relative to a feedingstuff with a moisture content of 12 %\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\n‘5.\nNitrites\nFeed materials\n15 (expressed as sodium nitrite)\nwith the exception of:\n—\nfishmeal,\n30 (expressed as sodium nitrite)\n—\nsilage.\n—\nComplete feedingstuffs\n15 (expressed as sodium nitrite)\nwith the exception of:\n—\ncomplete feedingstuffs for dogs and cats with a moisture content exceeding 20 %.\n—’\n3.. Row 9, Free gossypol is replaced by the following:\nUndesirable substances\nProducts intended for animal feed\nMaximum content in mg/kg (ppm) relative to a feedingstuff with a moisture content of 12 %\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\n‘9.\nFree gossypol\nFeed materials\n20\nwith the exception of:\n—\ncottonseed,\n5 000\n—\ncottonseed cakes and cottonseed meal.\n1 200\nComplete feedingstuffs\n20\nwith the exception of:\n—\ncomplete feedingstuffs for adult cattle,\n500\n—\ncomplete feedingstuffs for sheep (except lambs and goats (except kids),\n300\n—\ncomplete feedingstuffs for poultry (except laying hens) and calves,\n100\n—\ncomplete feedingstuffs for rabbits, lambs, kids and pigs (except piglets).\n60’\n4.. 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.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The maximum levels refer to total mercury."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "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.’"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2010/6/annex",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:42:09.627207+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}