# The Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) Regulations 1989, Regulation 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
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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:
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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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/2014/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/feeding-stuffs-amendment-regulations-1989/regulation-4
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