# Feeding Stuffs (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003, Regulation 4


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.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/306/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/feeding-stuffs-amendment-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/regulation-4
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