# The Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) Regulations 1989, Chapter 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 — --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/2014/schedule/part/I/chapter/1 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/feeding-stuffs-amendment-regulations-1989/schedule/part-I/chapter-1 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.