Regulation 3 Amendment of the Feeding Stuffs Regulations 1991

for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following paragraph:

“(1)

No person shall sell, or have in possession with a view to sale for use as a feeding stuff, or use as a feeding stuff, any material containing any additive, or sell, or have in possession with a view to sale for incorporation in a feeding stuff, any additive unless—

(a)

where the additive is contained in any material, the material complies with the relevant provisions of Schedule 4;

(b)

where the additive is not so contained, it is referred to in the Table to Schedule 4; or

(c)

the additive, whether or not contained in any material or in a preparation is—

(i)

an enzyme (other than of a type referred to in Part X of that Table); or

(ii)

a micro-organism.”;

after paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the following paragraphs:

“(1A)

No person shall—

(a)

sell, or have in possession with a view to sale for use as a feeding stuff, or use as a feeding stuff, any material containing any additive which is an enzyme (other than of a type referred to in Part X of the Table to Schedule 4) or a micro-organism, whether or not the enzyme or micro-organism is contained in a preparation, or

(b)

sell, or have in possession with a view to sale, for incorporation in a feeding stuff, any such enzyme or micro-organism,

unless, in accordance with Article 3(a) of Council Directive 93/113/EC^f1, and before 15th October 1994—

(i)

an identification note in the form contained in Annex II to that Directive, relating to the enzyme, micro-organism or preparation in question, and prepared by the person responsible for selling or otherwise supplying the same, has been received by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food; and

(ii)

the enzyme or, as the case may be, micro-organism or preparation, is included in the list of authorised products referred to in that Article.

(1B)

No person shall, on or after 1st December 1995—

(a)

sell, or have in possession with a view to sale for use as a feeding stuff, or use as a feeding stuff, any material containing any additive which is an enzyme (other than of a type referred to in Part X of the Table to Schedule 4) or a micro-organism, whether or not the enzyme or micro-organism is contained in a preparation, or

(b)

sell, or have in possession with a view to sale for incorporation in a feeding stuff, any such enzyme or micro-organism,

unless, in accordance with Article 3(b) of Council Directive 93/113/EC, and before that date, a dossier relating to the enzyme, micro-organism or preparation in question, and prepared by the person who requested its inclusion in the list of authorised products referred to in paragraph (1A)(b)(ii) above, has been received by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.”;

in paragraph (2), for the words “Paragraph (1)” their shall be substituted the words “Paragraphs (1)—(1B)”.