Regulation 4 I1

For regulation 12 (control of feeding stuffs and feed materials containing undesirable substances) there shall be substituted the following regulation –

“Control of products intended for animal feed containing undesirable substances

12

(1)

A person shall not –

(a)

put into circulation any product intended for animal feed which is specified in column 2 of Part I of Schedule 7; or

(b)

use any such product for animal feed,

if it contains any undesirable substance specified in column 1 of that Part in excess of the level specified for it in column 3 of that Part.

(2)

A person shall not put into circulation, or use as a feeding stuff, any complementary feeding stuff if –

(a)

having regard to the quantity of it recommended for use in a daily ration, it contains any undesirable substance specified in column 1 of Part I of Schedule 7 in excess of the level specified for it in column 3 of that Part in relation to complete feeding stuffs; and

(b)

there is no provision relating to any complementary feeding stuff in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that Part.

(3)

A person shall not mix any product intended for animal feed which is specified in column 2 of Part I of Schedule 7 and which contains any undesirable substance specified in column 1 of that Part in excess of the level specified for it in column 3 of that Part for the purpose of dilution with any product intended for animal feed.

(4)

A person shall not put into circulation any product intended for animal feed or use any such product for animal feed unless it is –

(a)

sound and genuine; and

(b)

of merchantable quality.

(5)

For the purposes of paragraph (4), a product intended for animal feed which is specified in column 2 of Part I of Schedule 7 is not sound, genuine and of merchantable quality if it contains any undesirable substance specified in column 1 of that Part in excess of the level specified in relation to it in column 3 of that Part.

(6)

For the purposes of paragraph (2), “feeding stuff” means –

(a)

a product of vegetable origin in its natural state (whether fresh or preserved);

(b)

a product derived from the industrial processing of such a product; or

(c)

an organic or inorganic substance, used singly or in a mixture;

whether or not containing additives, for oral feeding to pet animals, to farmed creatures or to animals living freely in the wild.”.