# The Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) Regulations 1991

S.I. 1991/1475 · made 26 June 1991

These Regulations further amend the Feeding Stuffs Regulations 1988. Regulation 3 amends Schedules 4 and 7 to the principal Regulations, which relate respectively 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Section 68, Section 69, Section 70, Section 73, Section 74, Section 74A, Section 84); European Communities Act 1972 (repealed)

## Introductory text

AGRICULTURE
Made 26th June 1991
Laid before Parliament 9th July 1991
Coming into force 30th July 1991
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 1991, and shall come into force on 30th July 1991.

## 2 Further amendment of the Feeding Stuffs Regulations 1988

The Feeding Stuffs Regulations 1988 are hereby further amended in accordance with regulation 3.

## 3 Further amendment of the Feeding Stuffs Regulations 1988

(1) In Schedule 4, for paragraph 8 there shall be substituted the following paragraph:
“8 No material shall contain any added aromatic or appetising substance other than one named or described in column 2 of Part VII, or any such substance specified which, taking account of any such substance which is naturally present, exceeds the maximum content (if any) specified in relation thereto in column 5 of that Part. No material shall contain any substance specified in column 2 of Part VII unless the material is for an animal listed opposite the substance in question in column 4 of that Part.”
(2) In Part II of the table in Schedule 4 (“PERMITTED COLOURANTS”), in the provision relating to astaxanthin for trout and salmon in column 1 (“EEC No”) there shall be inserted “E161j”.
(3) In Part IV of the table in Schedule 4 (“PERMITTED BINDERS, ANTI-CAKING AGENTS AND COAGULANTS”), in CHAPTER B before the provisions relating to bentonite and montmorillonite there shall be inserted the following provisions:
“
E553
Sepiolite
Hydrated magnesium silicate of sedimentary origin, containing at least 60% sepiolite and maximum 30% montmorillonite.
Asbestos free
All species of animals
20,000
All feeding stuffs
”
(4) In Schedule 4 (“AROMATIC AND APPETISING SUBSTANCES”), for Part VII of the table there shall be substituted the contents of Part I of the Schedule to these Regulations.
(5) In Schedule 7—
(a) after item 1.4 (“Lower fungi”) there shall be inserted the contents of Part II of the Schedule to these Regulations;
(b) after the provisions relating to the product itemised at 3.1.3 in column 2 there shall be inserted the following provisions:
“
3.1.4
Concentrated liquid sodium DL-methionine technically pure
(CH3S(CH2)2—CH(NH2)—COO)Na
—
DL-methionine minimum 40.0% Sodium: minimum 6.2%
All animal species
Declarations to be made on the label or packaging of the product:—the name “concentrated liquid sodium DL-methionine”——methionine content —moisture content.
”
(c) after the provisions relating to the product itemised at 3.2.5 in column 2 there shall be inserted the following provisions:
“
3.2.6
L-lysine phospate and its by-products produced by fermentation with Brevibacterium lactofermentum
[NH2—(CH2)4—CH(NH2)—COOH]H3PO4
Sucrose ammonia and fish solubles
L-lysine minimum 35% Phosphorus: minimum 4.3%
Poultry, pigs
Declaration to be made on the label or packaging of the product:— the name “L-lysine phosphate and its by products from fermentation”—L-lysine and moisture content
”
(d) for the provisions relating to item 4 (“Hydroxy-analogues of amino acids”) there shall be substituted the contents of Part III 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 20th June 1991.
L.S.
John Selwyn Gummer
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Strathclyde
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
25th June 1991
Nicholas Bennett
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office
26th June 1991

## I 

“PART VII
AROMATIC AND APPETISING SUBSTANCES
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
EEC Number
Name or description
Chemical formula
Kind of animal
Maximum content (mg/kg in complete feeding stuff)
1. All natural products and corresponding synthetic products
—
All animals
No limit
E954 (i)
2. Artificial substances: saccharin
C7H3NO3S
Piglets up to the age of four months )
150
E954 (ii)
Calcium saccharin
C7H3NCa03S
Piglets up to the age of four months )
150
E954 (iii)
Sodium saccharin
C7H4NNaO3S
Piglets up to the age of four months )
150
”

## II 

“
1.4.1. Products from production of antibiotics by fermentation
1.4.1.1. Mycelium, wet by-product from the production of penicillin, ensiled by means of lactobacillus brevis, plantarum, sake, collenoid and streptococcus lactis to inactivate the penicillin and heat treated
Nitrogenous compound Penicillium chrysogenum ATCC 48271
Different sources of carbohydrates and their hydrolysates
Nitrogen expressed as crude protein: minimum 7%
Ruminants pigs
Declaration to be made on the label or packaging of the product:
the name: “Mycelium silage from the production of penicillin”
Nitrogen expressed as crude protein
crude ash
moisture
animal species or category
Declaration to be made on the label or packaging of the compound fedingstuff: the name: “Mycelium silage from the production of penicillin”
”

## III 

“
4. Hydroxy-analogues of amino acids
4.1 Hydroxy-analogue of methionine and its salts
4.1.1. DL-2-hydroxy-4-methylmercapto-butyric acid
CH3-S-(CH2)2-CH(OH)-COOH
Total acids: minimum 85% Monomer acid: minimum 65%
All animal species except ruminants
Declaration to be made on the label or packaging of the product:
name (column 2)
monomer and total acids content in the case of 4.1.1, monomer content in the case of 4.1.2
moisture content
animal species or categories
4.1.2. Calcium salt of DL-2-hydroxy-4-methylmercapto-butyric acid
(CH3-S-(CH2)2-CH(OH)-COO)2Ca
Monomer acid: minimum 83% Calcium: minimum 12%
All animal species except ruminants
Declarations to be made on the label or packaging of compound feedingstuffs:
name (column 2)
monomer and total acids content in the case of 4.1.1, monomer content in the case of 4.1.2
the amount of the product contained in the feedingstuff
”

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations further amend the Feeding Stuffs Regulations 1988. Regulation 3 amends Schedules 4 and 7 to the principal Regulations, which relate respectively to permitted additives in feeding stuffs and to the control of certain protein sources.
The Regulations implement the following four directives of the European Economic Community save insofar as they relate to medicinal products:—
1 Commission Directive 89/23/EEC (OJ No. L11, 14.1.89, p.34) amending Annex 1 to Directive 70/524/EEC (OJ No. L270, 14.12.70, p.1) concerning additives in feeding stuffs (regulation 3(1) and (4) and Part I of the Schedule);
2 Commission Directive 89/520/EEC (OJ No. L270, 19.9.89, p.13) amending the Annex to Directive 82/471/EEC (OJ No. L213, 21.7.82, p.8) concerning certain products used in animal nutrition (regulation 3(5)(b), (d) and Part III of the Schedule);
3 Commission Directive 90/110/EEC (OJ No. L67, 15.3.90, p.44; see also corrigenda in OJ No. L83, 30.3.90, p.128 and OJ No. L96, 12.4.90, p.92) amending Annex 1 to Directive 70/524/EEC concerning additives in feeding stuffs (regulation 3(2) and (3));
4 Commission Directive 90/439/EEC (OJ No. L227, 21.8.90, p.33) amending the Annex to Directive 82/471/EEC concerning certain products used in animal nutrition (regulation 3(5)(a) and (c) and Part II of the Schedule).

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