# The Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) Regulations 1991, Regulation 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1475/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/feeding-stuffs-amendment-regulations-1991/regulation-3
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