# The Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) Regulations 1989

S.I. 1989/2014 · made 18 October 1989

These Regulations amend the Feeding Stuffs Regulations 1988. Regulation 3 makes a number of minor amendments to the body of the principal Regulations, and regulation 4 amends Schedules 1, 4 and 7 thereto, which relate respectively to the contents of the statutory statement to be given by the seller to the purchaser on the sale of any feeding stuff, to permitted additives in feeding stuffs and to the control of certain protein sources.

Made under: Agriculture Act 1970 (Section 66, Section 68, Section 69, Section 70, Section 73, Section 74, Section 74A, Section 84); European Communities Act 1972 (repealed)

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## Introductory text

AGRICULTURE
Made 18th October 1989
Laid before Parliament 10th November 1989
Coming into force 1st December 1989
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 66(1), 68(1), (1A) and (3), 69(1), (3), (6) and (7), 70(1), 73(3), 74(1), 74A and 84 of the Agriculture Act 1970 and now vested in them and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, after consultation in accordance with section 84(1) of the said Act with such persons or organisations as appear to them to represent the interests concerned, and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State, being Ministers designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Economic Community, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by the said section 2(2), and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:–

## 1 Title and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) Regulations 1989, and shall come into force on 1st December 1989.

## 2 Amendment of the Feeding Stuffs Regulations 1988

The Feeding Stuffs Regulations 1988 are hereby amended as prescribed in regulations 3 and 4.

## 3 Amendment of the Feeding Stuffs Regulations 1988

(1) In regulation 6, after paragraph (3), there shall be inserted the following paragraph:
“(4) In this regulation “a prescribed description” means a description prescribed by regulation 4.”
(2) In regulation 9(1) the words “of a prescribed description” shall be deleted.
(3) In regulation 15(1) and (3) the words from “and it shall be proof of an offence” to the end of each paragraph shall be deleted.
(4) In regulation 16(1), after the words “for use as a feeding stuff” there shall be inserted the words “or use as a feeding stuff”.
(5) Regulations 1(2) and 17 shall be deleted.

## 4 Amendment of the Feeding Stuffs Regulations 1988

(1) In Schedule 1, for paragraph 15 there shall be substituted the following paragraph:
“15 In the particulars required or permitted to be contained in the statutory statement by paragraphs 8 to 13 above–
(a) unless the paragraph in question specifies some other method of expression, the amounts shown shall be expressed in each case as a definite percentage by weight of the feeding stuff as such, and not as a range of percentages, and
(b) phosphorus shall be expressed as “phosphorus P”.
(2) In Part II of Schedule 4 “PERMITTED COLOURANTS”), in the provision relating to canthaxanthin for trout and salmon in column 5 (“maximum content”), for the expression “100: alone or together with astaxanthin” there shall be substituted the figure “80”.
(3) In Part IV of Schedule 4 (“PERMITTED BINDERS, ANTI-CAKING AGENTS AND COAGULANTS”), in CHAPTER B–
(a) in the provisions relating to bentonite and montmorillonite, to the list of antibiotic growth promoters and coccidiostats permitted by the conditions in column 5 to be mixed with feeding stuffs and ingredients in the presence of these additives there shall be added nicarbazine and robenidine, and
(b) after the provisions relating to calcium sulphate dihydrate there shall be inserted the following provisions:
E599
Perlite
All species of animals
—
All feeding stuffs
(4) In Part V of Schedule 4 (“VITAMINS, PRO-VITAMINS AND SUBSTANCES HAVING A SIMILAR EFFECT”), at the head of CHAPTER A there shal be inserted the following provisions:
E672
Vitamin A
Chickens for fattening
20,000
Other species or categories of animals
No limit
(5) Part VI of Schedule 4 (“TRACE ELEMENTS”) shall be deleted and there shall be substituted therefor the contents of Part I of the Schedule to these Regulations.
(6) Item 3 of Schedule 7 (“Amino acids and their salts”) shall be deleted and there shall be substituted therefor the contents of Part II of the Schedule to these Regulations.

## Signature

In Witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 16th October 1989.
L.S.
John Gummer
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Sanderson of Bowden
Minister of State, Scottish Office
11th October 1989
Peter Walker
Secretary of State for Wales
18th October 1989

## PART VI TRACE ELEMENTS

EEC No
Element
Additive
Chemical formula
Maximum content of the element in mg/kg of the complete feedingstuff
Other provisions
E 1
Iron-Fe
1 250 (total)
Ferrous carbonate
FeCO3
—
Ferrous chloride, tetrahydrate
FeCl2.4H2O
—
Ferric chloride, hexahydrate
FeCl3.6H2O
—
Ferrous citrate, hexahydrate
Fe3(C6H5O7)2.6H2O
—
Ferrous fumarate
FeC4H2O4
—
Ferrous lactate, trihydrate
Fe(C3H5O1)2.3H2O
—
Ferric oxide
Fe2O3
—
Ferrous sulphate monohydrate
FeSO4.H2O
} Permitted only for denaturing:
in skimmed-milk powder and
in compound feedingstuffs manufactured from denatured skimmed-milk powder
Subject to the relevant provisions of Commission Regulations (EEC) No 368/77 and (EEC) No 443/77
Declaration of the amount of iron added, expressed as the element, on the label or package or container of denatured skimmed-milk powder
Ferrous sulphate, heptahydrate
FeSO4.7H2O
} Permitted:
(i) in denatured skimmed-milk powder and in compound feedingstuffs manufactured from denatured skimmed-milk powder
Subject to the mandatory provisions of Commission Regulations (EEC) No 368/77 and (EEC) No 443/77
Declarations of the amount of iron added, expressed as the element, on the label or package or container of denatured skimmed-milk powder
(ii) in compound feedingstuffs other than tose those listed under (i)
E 2
Iodine—I
40 (total)
Calcium iodate, hexahydrate
Ca(IO3)2.6H2O
—
Calcium iodate, anhydrous
Ca(IO3)2
—
Sodium iodide
NaI
—
Potassium iodide
KI
—
E 3
Cobalt-Co
10 (total)
Cobaltous acetae, tetrahydrate
Co(CH3COO)2.4H2O
—
Basic cobaltous carbonate
2CoCO3.3Co(OH)2.H2O
—
Cobaltous chloride, hexahydrate
CoCl2.6H2O
—
Cobaltous sulphate, heptahydrate
CoSO47H2O
—
Cobaltous sulphate, monohydrate
CoSo4.H2O
—
Cobaltous nitrate, hexahydrate
Co(NO3)2.6H2O
—
E 4
Copper-Cu
Cupric acetate, monohydrate
Cu(CH3COO)2.H2O
} Pigs for fattening:
In Member states where the mean density of the porcine population is equal to or higher than 175 pigs per 100 ha of utilizable agricultural land
up to 16 weeks: 175 (total)
from 17th week up to slaughter: 35 (total)
In Member States where the mean density of the porcine population is lower than 175 pigs per 100 ha of utilizable agricultural land
up to 16 weeks: 175 (total)
from 17th week up to six months: (100 total)
over six months up to slaughter: 35 (total)
Breeding pigs: 35 (total)
Calves:
milk replacers: 30 (total)
other complete feedingstuffs: 50 total
Ovines: 15 (total)
Others' species or categories of animals: 35 (total)
—
Basic cupric carbonate, monohydrate
CuCo3.Cu(OH)2.H2O
—
Cupric chloride, dihydrate
CuCl2.2H2O
—
Cupric methionate
Cu(C3H10NO2S)2
—
Cupric oxide
CuO
—
Cupric sulphate, pentahydrate
CuSO4.5H2O
—
Cupric sulphate, monohydrate
CuSo4.H2O
} Pigs for fattening:
In Member States where the mean density of the porcine population is equal to or higher than 175 pigs per 100 ha of utilizable agricultural land
up to 16 weeks: 175 (total)
from 17th week up to slaughter: 35 (total)
In Member States where the mean density of the porcine population is lower than 175 pigs per 100 ha of utilizable agricultural land
up to 16 weeks: 175 (total)
from 17th week up to six months: 100 (total)
over six months up to slaughter: 35 (total)
Breeding pigs: 35 (total)
Ovines: 15 (total)
Other species or categories of animals with the exception of calves: 35 (total)
Denatured skimmed-milk powder and compound feedingstuffs manufactured from denatured skimmed-milk powder
Subject to the relevant provisions of Commission Regulations (EEC) No 368/77 and (EEC) No 443/77
Declaration of the amount of copper added, expressed as the element, on the label or package or the container of denatured skimmed-milk powder
Cupric sulphate, pentahydrate
CuSO4.5H2O
E 5
Manganese—Mn
250 (total)
Manganous carbonate
MnCO3
—
Manganous chloride, tetrahydrate
MnCl2.4H2O
—
Manganous hydrogen phosphate, trihydrate
MnHPO4.3H2O
—
Manganous oxide
MnO
—
Manganic oxide
Mn2O3
—
Manganous sulphate, tetrahydrate
MnSO4.4H2O
—
Manganous sulphate monohydrate
MnSO4.H2O
—
E 6
Zinc—Zn
250 (total)
Zinc lactate, trihydrate
Zn(C3H5O3)2.3H2O
—
Zinc acetate, dihydrate
Zn(CH3.COO)2.2H2O
—
Zinc carbonate
ZnCO3
—
Zinc chloride, monohydrate
ZnCl2.H2O
—
Zinc oxide
ZnO
—
Zinc sulphate, heptahydrate
ZnSO4.7H2O
—
Zinc sulphate, monohydrate
ZnSO4.H2O
—
E 7
Molybdenum—Mo
2,5 (total)
Ammonium molybdate
(NH4)4Mo7O24.4 H2O
—
Sodium molybdate
Na2MoO4.2 H2O
—
E 8
Selenium-Se
0,5 (total)
Sodium selenite
Na2Se O3
—
Sodium selenate
Na2Se O4
—

## II 

(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
Name of product group
Name of product
Designation of nutritive principle or identity of micro organism
Culture substrate (specifications if any)
Composition characteristics of product
Animal species
Special provisions
3 Amino acids and their salts
3.1. Methionine
3.1.1 DL-Methionine, technically pure
CH3S(CH2)2-CH(NH2)-COOH
—
DL-Methionine: minimum 98%
All animal species
3.1.2 Dihydrated calcium salt of N-hydroxy-methyl-DL-methionine, technically pure
[CH3S(CH2)2-CH(NH-CH2OH)-COO]2Ca.2H2O
—
DL-Methionine: minimum 67%
Formaldehyde: maximum 14%
Calcium: minimum 9%
} Ruminants from the beginning of rumination
3.1.3 Methionine-zinc, technically pure
[CH3S(CH2)2-CH(NH2)-COO]2Zn
—
DL-Methionine: minimum 80%
Zn: maximum 18,5%
} Declarations to be made on the label or packaging of the product:
the name “DL-methionine”, in the case of products 3.1.1, “Dihydrated calcium salt of N-hydroxy-methyl-DL-methionine” in the case of product 3.1.2, “Zinc-methionine”, in the case of product 3.1.3,
DL-methionine and moisture contents,
animal species or category in the case of products 3.1.2 and 3.1.3,
3.2 Lysine
3.2.1 L-Lysine, technically pure
NH2-(CH2)4-CH(NH2)-COOH
—
L-Lysine: minimum 98%
All animal species
} Declarations to be made on the label or packaging of the product:
the name “L-lysine” in the case of product 3.2.1, “Concentrated liquid L-lysine base” in the case of product 3.2.2, “L-lysine-monohydrochloride” in the case of product 3.2.3, “Concentrated liquid L-lysine monohydrochloride” in the case of product 3.2.4, “L-lysine sulphate and its by-products from fermentation” in the case of product 3.2.5,
L-lysine and moisture contents
3.2.2 Concentrated liquid L-lysine (base)
NH2-(CH2)4-CH(NH2)-COOH
Saccharose, molasses, starch products and their hydrolysates
L-Lysine: minimum 60%
3.2.3 L-Lysine-monohydrochloride, technically pure
NH2-(CH2)4-CH(NH2)-COOH.HCl
—
L-Lysine: minimum 78%
3.2.4 Concentrated liquid L-lysine-monohydro-chloride
NH2-(CH2)4-CH(NH2)-COOH.HCl
Saccharose, molasses, starch products and their hydrolysates
L-Lysine: minimum 22,4%
3.2.5 L-Lysine-sulphate produced by fermentation with Coryne-bacterium glutamicum
[NH2-(CH2)4-CH(NH2)-COOH]2-H2SO4
Sugar syrup, molasses, cereals, starch products and their hydrolysates
L-Lysine: minimum 40%
3.3. Threonine
3.3.1 L-Threonine, technically pure
CH3-CH(OH)-CH(NH2)-COOH
—
L-Threonine: minimum 98%
All animal species
Declarations to be made on the label or packaging of the product:
the name “L-threonine”.
L-threonine and moisture contents
3.4 Tryptoplan
3.4.1 L-Tryptophan, technically pure
(C8H5NH)-CH2-CH(NH2)-COOH
—
L-Tryptophan: minimum 98%
All animal species
Declarations to be made on the label or packaging of the product:
the name: “L-tryptophan”,
L-tryptophan and moisture contents
3.4.2 DL-Tryptophan, technically pure
(C8H5NH)-CH2-CH(NH2)-COOH
—
DL-Tryptophan: minimum 98%
All animal species
Declarations to be made on the label or packaging of the product:
the name: “DL-tryptophan”,
DL-tryptophan and moisture contents

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Feeding Stuffs Regulations 1988. Regulation 3 makes a number of minor amendments to the body of the principal Regulations, and regulation 4 amends Schedules 1, 4 and 7 thereto, which relate respectively to the contents of the statutory statement to be given by the seller to the purchaser on the sale of any feeding stuff, to permitted additives in feeding stuffs and to the control of certain protein sources.
The amendments to Schedules 4 and 7 to the principal Regulations implement three directives of the European Economic Community:–
1 Commission Directive 88/228/EEC (OJ No L101, 20.4.88, p.30) amending the Annexes to Council Directive 70/524/EEC concerning additives in feeding stuffs, (regulation 4(2) and (4));
2 Commission Directive 88/483/EEC (OJ No L237, 27.8.88, p.39) amending the Annexes to Council Directive 70/524/EEC concerning additives in feeding stuffs, (regulation 4(3) and (5));
3 Commission Directive 88/485/EEC (OJ No L239, 30.8.88, p.36) amending the Annex to Council Directive 82/471/EEC concerning certain products used in animal nutrition, (regulation 4(6)).

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