{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-52/annex-III",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-52/annex-III.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2016/52",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (Euratom) 2016/52 of 15 January 2016 laying down maximum permitted levels of radioactive contamination of food and feed following a nuclear accident or any other case of radiological emergency, and repealing Regulation (Euratom) No 3954/87 and Commission Regulations (Euratom) No 944/89 and (Euratom) No 770/90",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-52",
  "path": "annex/III",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "III",
  "heading": "MAXIMUM PERMITTED LEVELS OF RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION OF FEED",
  "text": "The maximum permitted levels for the sum of caesium-134 and caesium-137 shall not exceed the following:\nThese levels are intended to contribute to the observance of the maximum permitted levels for food; they do not alone guarantee such observance in all circumstances and do not lessen the requirement for monitoring contamination levels in animal products destined for human consumption.\nThese levels apply to feed as ready for consumption.\nFeed for\nBq/kg\nPigs\n1 250\nPoultry, lambs, calves\n2 500\nOther\n5 000",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "These levels are intended to contribute to the observance of the maximum permitted levels for food; they do not alone guarantee such observance in all circumstances and do not lessen the requirement for monitoring contamination levels in animal products destined for human consumption."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "These levels apply to feed as ready for consumption."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/52/annex/III",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:46:07.953864+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."
}