{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1869/annex",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1869/annex.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2019/1869",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/1869 of 7 November 2019 amending and correcting Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum levels for certain undesirable substances in animal feed (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1869",
  "path": "annex",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC is amended as follows:\n(1) Row 1 of Section I, Arsenic, is replaced by the following:\nUndesirable substance\nProducts intended for animal feed\nMaximum content in mg/kg (ppm) relative to a feed with a moisture content of 12 %\n‘1. Arsenic (1)\nFeed materials\n2\nwith the exception of:\n—\nmeal made from grass, from dried lucerne and from dried clover, and dried sugar beet pulp and dried molasses sugar beet pulp;\n4\n—\npalm kernel expeller;\n4 (2)\n—\npeat; leonardite;\n5 (2)\n—\nphosphates, calcareous marine algae;\n10\n—\ncalcium carbonate; calcium and magnesium carbonate (10); calcareous marine shells;\n15\n—\nmagnesium oxide; magnesium carbonate;\n20\n—\nfish, other aquatic animals and products derived thereof;\n25 (2)\n—\nseaweed meal and feed materials derived from seaweed.\n40 (2)\nIron particles used as tracer.\n50\nFeed additives belonging to the functional group of compounds of trace elements\n30\nwith the exception of:\n—\ncupric sulphate pentahydrate; cupric carbonate; dicopper chloride trihydroxide; ferrous carbonate; dimanganese chloride trihydroxide\n50\n—\nzinc oxide; manganous oxide; cupric oxide.\n100\nComplementary feed\n4\nwith the exception of:\n—\nmineral feed;\n12\n—\ncomplementary feed for pet animals containing fish, other aquatic animals and products derived thereof and/or seaweed meal and feed materials derived from seaweed;\n10 (2)\n—\nlong-term supply formulations of feed for particular nutritional purposes with a concentration of trace elements higher than 100 times the established maximum content in complete feed;\n30\nComplete feed\n2\nwith the exception of:\n—\ncomplete feed for fish and fur animals;\n10 (2)\n—\ncomplete feed for pet animals containing fish, other aquatic animals and products derived thereof and/or seaweed meal and feed materials derived from seaweed.\n10 (2)’\n(2) In Row 3 of section I, fluorine, in the column ‘Maximum content in mg/kg (ppm) relative to a feed with a moisture content of 12 %’, the figure for the maximum level for calcareous marine algae is replaced by ‘1 250’;\n(3) Row 4 of Section I, Lead, is replaced by the following:\nUndesirable substance\nProducts intended for animal feed\nMaximum content in mg/kg (ppm) relative to a feed with a moisture content of 12 %\n‘4. Lead (12)\nFeed materials\n10\nwith the exception of:\n—\nforage (3);\n30\n—\nphosphates, calcareous marine algae and calcareous marine shells;\n15\n—\ncalcium carbonate; calcium and magnesium carbonate (10);\n20\n—\nyeasts.\n5\nFeed additives belonging to the functional group of compounds of trace elements\n100\nwith the exception of:\n—\nzinc oxide;\n400\n—\nmanganous oxide, ferrous carbonate, cupric carbonate, copper (I) oxide.\n200\nFeed additives belonging to the functional groups of binders and anti-caking agents\n30\nwith the exception of:\n—\nclinoptilolite of volcanic origin; natrolite-phonolite.\n60\nPremixtures (6)\n200\nComplementary feed\n10\nwith the exception of:\n—\nmineral feed;\n15\n—\nlong-term supply formulations of feed for particular nutritional purposes with a concentration of trace elements higher than 100 times the established maximum content in complete feed.\n60\nComplete feed.\n5’\n(4) Row 5 of Section I, Mercury, is replaced by the following:\nUndesirable substance\nProducts intended for animal feed\nMaximum content in mg/kg (ppm) relative to a feed with a moisture content of 12 %\n‘5. Mercury (4)\nFeed materials\n0,1\nwith the exception of:\n—\nfish, other aquatic animals and products derived thereof intended for the production of compound feed for food producing animals;\n0,5\n—\nfish, other aquatic animals and products derived thereof intended for the production of compound feed for dogs, cats, ornamental fish and fur animals;\n1,0 (13)\n—\nfish, other aquatic animals and products derived thereof as canned wet feed material for direct feeding of dogs and cats\n0,3\n—\ncalcium carbonate; calcium and magnesium carbonate (10).\n0,3\nCompound feed\n0,1\nwith the exception of:\n—\nmineral feed;\n0,2\n—\ncompound feed for fish;\n0,2\n—\ncompound feed for dogs, cats, ornamental fish and fur animals.\n0,3’\n(5) In row 1 of Section III, Free gossypol, in the column ‘Maximum content in mg/kg (ppm) relative to a feed with a moisture content of 12 %’, the figure for the maximum level for cottonseed is replaced by ‘6 000’;\n(6) In row 1 of Section V, Dioxins, in the column ‘Products intended for animal feed’, the fourth entry, concerning the feed additives kaolinitic clay, vermiculite, natrolite-phonolite, synthetic calcium aluminates and clinoptilolite of sedimentary origin belonging to the functional groups of binders and anti-caking agents, is replaced by the following:\n‘Feed additives belonging to the functional groups of binders and anti-caking agents.’;\n(7) In row 2 of Section V, Sum of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs, in the column ‘Products intended for animal feed’, the fourth entry, concerning the feed additives kaolinitic clay, vermiculite, natrolite-phonolite, synthetic calcium aluminates and clinoptilolite of sedimentary origin belonging to the functional groups of binders and anti-caking agents, is replaced by the following:\n‘Feed additives belonging to the functional groups of binders and anti-caking agents.’;\n(8) In row 3 of Section V, Non-dioxin-like PCBs, in the column ‘Products intended for animal feed’, the fourth entry, concerning the feed additives kaolinitic clay, vermiculite, natrolite-phonolite, synthetic calcium aluminates and clinoptilolite of sedimentary origin belonging to the functional groups of binders and anti-caking agents, is replaced by the following:\n‘Feed additives belonging to the functional groups of binders and anti-caking agents.’.",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The maximum level is also applicable to the feed additives belonging to the functional groups of substances for the control of radionuclide contamination and substances for reduction of the contamination of feed by mycotoxins which are also belonging to the functional groups of binders and anti-caking agents.’;"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "the maximum level is also applicable to the feed additives belonging to the functional groups of substances for the control of radionuclide contamination and substances for reduction of the contamination of feed by mycotoxins which are also belonging to the functional groups of binders and anti-caking agents.’;"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "The maximum level is also applicable to the feed additives belonging to the functional groups of substances for the control of radionuclide contamination and substances for reduction of the contamination of feed by mycotoxins which are also belonging to the functional groups of binders and anti-caking agents.’."
    }
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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