{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/feeding-stuffs-amendment-regulations-1991/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/feeding-stuffs-amendment-regulations-1991/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1475",
  "legislation_title": "The Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/feeding-stuffs-amendment-regulations-1991",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Further amendment of the Feeding Stuffs Regulations 1988",
  "text": "(1) In Schedule 4, for paragraph 8 there shall be substituted the following paragraph:\n“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.”\n(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”.\n(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:\n“\nE553\nSepiolite\nHydrated magnesium silicate of sedimentary origin, containing at least 60% sepiolite and maximum 30% montmorillonite.\nAsbestos free\nAll species of animals\n20,000\nAll feeding stuffs\n”\n(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.\n(5) In Schedule 7—\n(a) after item 1.4 (“Lower fungi”) there shall be inserted the contents of Part II of the Schedule to these Regulations;\n(b) after the provisions relating to the product itemised at 3.1.3 in column 2 there shall be inserted the following provisions:\n“\n3.1.4\nConcentrated liquid sodium DL-methionine technically pure\n(CH3S(CH2)2—CH(NH2)—COO)Na\n—\nDL-methionine minimum 40.0% Sodium: minimum 6.2%\nAll animal species\nDeclarations to be made on the label or packaging of the product:—the name “concentrated liquid sodium DL-methionine”——methionine content —moisture content.\n”\n(c) after the provisions relating to the product itemised at 3.2.5 in column 2 there shall be inserted the following provisions:\n“\n3.2.6\nL-lysine phospate and its by-products produced by fermentation with Brevibacterium lactofermentum\n[NH2—(CH2)4—CH(NH2)—COOH]H3PO4\nSucrose ammonia and fish solubles\nL-lysine minimum 35% Phosphorus: minimum 4.3%\nPoultry, pigs\nDeclaration 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\n”\n(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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1475/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:42:17.088284+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}