Regulation 3 Further amendment of the Feeding Stuffs Regulations 1988
In Schedule 4, for paragraph 8 there shall be substituted the following paragraph:
“8No 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.”
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”.
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:
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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 ”
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.
In Schedule 7—
after item 1.4 (“Lower fungi”) there shall be inserted the contents of Part II of the Schedule to these Regulations;
after the provisions relating to the product itemised at 3.1.3 in column 2 there shall be inserted the following provisions:
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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. ”
after the provisions relating to the product itemised at 3.2.5 in column 2 there shall be inserted the following provisions:
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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 ”
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.