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| EEC No. | Name or Description | Chemical formula | Kind of Animal | Maximum content (mg/kg in complete feeding stuff) |
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| E222 | Sodium hydrogensulphite (sodium bisulphite) | } Not permitted in unprocessed meat and fish | NaHSO3 | Dogs and Cats | 500 alone or together expressed as SO22 |
| E223 | diSodium disulphite (sodium metabisulphite) | Na2S2O5 |
| E250 | Sodium nitrite | NaNO2 | Dogs and Cats | 100 (canned feeding stuffs only) |
| E214 | Ethyl 4-hydroxybenzoate | C9H10O3 } | Pet animals | No limit |
| E215 | Sodium ethyl 4-hydroxybenzoate | C9H9O3Na } |
| E216 | Propyl 4-hydroxybenzoate | C10H12O3 } |
| E217 | Sodium propyl 4-hydroxybenzoate | C10H11O3Na } |
| E218 | Methyl 4-hydroxybenzoate | C8H8O3 } |
| E219 | Sodium methyl 4-hydroxybenzoate | C8H7O3Na } |
| E490 | Propane-1,2-diol | C3H8O2 | Cats | 75,000 |
| | | Dogs | 53,000 |
| E240 | Formaldehyde | CH2O | All species of animal | No limit (for silage only) |
| | | Pigs up to the age of six months | 600 (in skimmed milk only) |