# 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), Annex

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC is amended as follows:
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 substances
Products intended for animal feed
Maximum content in mg/kg (ppm) relative to a feedingstuff with a moisture content of 12 %
(1)
(2)
(3)
‘4.
Mercury
Feed materials
0,1
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) feedingstuffs
0,1
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.. Row 5, Nitrites, is replaced by the following:
Undesirable substances
Products intended for animal feed
Maximum content in mg/kg (ppm) relative to a feedingstuff with a moisture content of 12 %
(1)
(2)
(3)
‘5.
Nitrites
Feed materials
15 (expressed as sodium nitrite)
with the exception of:
—
fishmeal,
30 (expressed as sodium nitrite)
—
silage.
—
Complete feedingstuffs
15 (expressed as sodium nitrite)
with the exception of:
—
complete feedingstuffs for dogs and cats with a moisture content exceeding 20 %.
—’
3.. Row 9, Free gossypol is replaced by the following:
Undesirable substances
Products intended for animal feed
Maximum content in mg/kg (ppm) relative to a feedingstuff with a moisture content of 12 %
(1)
(2)
(3)
‘9.
Free gossypol
Feed materials
20
with the exception of:
—
cottonseed,
5 000
—
cottonseed cakes and cottonseed meal.
1 200
Complete feedingstuffs
20
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.. 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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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2010/6/annex (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2010-6/annex
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