{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-767/annex-IV/part-1/division-2",
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  "legislation": "eur/2009/767",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the placing on the market and use of feed, amending European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 and repealing Council Directive 79/373/EEC, Commission Directive 80/511/EEC, Council Directives 82/471/EEC, 83/228/EEC, 93/74/EEC, 93/113/EC and 96/25/EC and Commission Decision 2004/217/EC (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-767",
  "path": "annex/IV/part/1/division/2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "(2)",
  "heading": "Where the composition of a feed material or compound feed is found to deviate from the labelled value of the analytical constituents set out in Annexes I, V, VI and VII the following tolerances shall apply:",
  "text": "The tolerances are given either as an absolute percentage value (this value must be subtracted from/added to the declared content) or as a relative value marked with ‘ % ’ after the value (this percentage must be applied to the declared content to calculate the acceptable deviation).\nThe tolerances are applicable where no tolerance has been laid down in accordance with an EU method or in accordance with an official national method in the Member State in which the feed is placed on the market or in accordance with an method adopted by the European Committee for Standardisation (https://standards.cen.eu/dyn/www/f?p=204:32:0::::FSP_ORG_ID,FSP_LANG_ID:6308,25&cs=1C252307F473504B6354F4EE56B99E235).\nConstituent\nDeclared content of the constituent\nTolerance\n[%]\nBelow the labelled value\nAbove the labelled value\ncrude fat\n< 8\n1\n2\n8 - 24\n12,5 %\n25 %\n> 24\n3\n6\ncrude fat, feed for non-food producing animals\n< 16\n2\n4\n16 - 24\n12,5 %\n25 %\n> 24\n3\n6\ncrude protein\n< 8\n1\n1\n8 - 24\n12,5 %\n12,5 %\n> 24\n3\n3\ncrude protein, feed for non-food producing animals\n< 16\n2\n2\n16 - 24\n12,5 %\n12,5 %\n> 24\n3\n3\ncrude ash\n< 8\n2\n1\n8 - 32\n25 %\n12,5 %\n> 32\n8\n4\ncrude fibre\n< 10\n1,75\n1,75\n10 - 20\n17,5 %\n17,5 %\n> 20\n3,5\n3,5\nsugar\n< 10\n1,75\n3,5\n10 - 20\n17,5 %\n35 %\n> 20\n3,5\n7\nstarch\n< 10\n3,5\n3,5\n10 - 20\n35 %\n35 %\n> 20\n7\n7\ncalcium\n< 1\n0,3\n0,6\n1 - 5\n30 %\n60 %\n> 5\n1,5\n3\nmagnesium\n< 1\n0,3\n0,6\n1 - 5\n30 %\n60 %\n> 5\n1,5\n3\nsodium\n< 1\n0,3\n0,6\n1 - 5\n30 %\n60 %\n> 5\n1,5\n3\ntotal phosphorus\n< 1\n0,3\n0,3\n1 - 5\n30 %\n30 %\n> 5\n1,5\n1,5\nash insoluble in hydrochloric acid\n< 1\nno limits are set\n0,3\n1 - 5\n30 %\n> 5\n1,5\npotassium\n< 1\n0,2\n0,4\n1 - 5\n20 %\n40 %\n> 5\n1\n2\nmoisture\n< 2\nno limits are set\n0,4\n2 - < 5\n20 %\n5 - 12,5\n1\n> 12,5\n8 %\nenergy value\n5 %\n10 %\nprotein value\n10 %\n20 %",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 939/2010 of 20 October 2010 amending Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 on permitted tolerances for the compositional labelling of feed materials or compound feed as referred to in Article 11(5) (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/2279 of 11 December 2017 amending Annexes II, IV, VI, VII and VIII to Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the placing on the market and use of feed (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/1903 of 5 December 2018 correcting Annexes IV, VI and VII to Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the placing on the market and use of feed, and correcting certain language versions of Annexes II, IV, V and VI to that Regulation (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The tolerances are given either as an absolute percentage value (this value must be subtracted from/added to the declared content) or as a relative value marked with ‘ % ’ after the value (this percentage must be applied to the declared content to calculate the acceptable deviation)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The tolerances are applicable where no tolerance has been laid down in accordance with an EU method or in accordance with an official national method in the Member State in which the feed is placed on the market or in accordance with an method adopted by the European Committee for Standardisation (https://standards.cen.eu/dyn/www/f?p=204:32:0::::FSP_ORG_ID,FSP_LANG_ID:6308,25&cs=1C252307F473504B6354F4EE56B99E235)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/767/annex/IV/part/1/division/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:51:19.286515+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."
}