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Schedule 2 PROVISIONS SUBSTITUTED IN PARTS I AND II OF SCHEDULE 7 TO THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS

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Notes:

(1)

Upper–bound concentrations; upper–bound concentrations are calculated assuming that all values of the different congeners less than the limit of determination are equal to the limit of determination.

(2)

Fresh fish directly delivered and used without intermediate processing for the production of feedingstuffs for fur animals is exempted from the maximum limit. The products, processed animal proteins produced from these fur animals cannot enter the food chain and the feeding thereof is prohibited to farmed animals which are kept, fattened or bred for the production of food.

Dioxin (sum of polychlorinated dibenzo-para-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) expressed in World Health Organisation (WHO) toxic equivalents, using the WHO – TEFs (toxic equivalency factors, 1997)) PCDD/F

All feed materials of plant origin including vegetable oils and by-products

Minerals

Animal fat, including milk fat and egg fat

Other land animal products including milk and milk products and eggs and egg products

0.75 ng WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/kgf1

1.0 ng WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/kg

2.0 ng WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/kg

0.75 ng WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/kg

Fish oil6 ng WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/kg
Fish, other aquatic animals, their products and by-products with the exception of fish oilf21.25 ng WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/kg
Compound feedingstuffs, with the exception of feedingstuffs for fur animals, pet foods and feedingstuffs for fish0.75 ng WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/kg

Feedingstuffs for fish

Pet foods

2.25 ng WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/kg

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Footnotes

f1

(1)

Upper–bound concentrations; upper–bound concentrations are calculated assuming that all values of the different congeners less than the limit of determination are equal to the limit of determination.

f2

(2)

Fresh fish directly delivered and used without intermediate processing for the production of feedingstuffs for fur animals is exempted from the maximum limit. The products, processed animal proteins produced from these fur animals cannot enter the food chain and the feeding thereof is prohibited to farmed animals which are kept, fattened or bred for the production of food.