# The Feeding Stuffs Regulations 1988, 


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EEC No.
Name or Description
Chemical formula
Kind of Animal
Maximum content (mg/kg in complete feeding stuff)
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)

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/396/schedule/4/part/VIII/crossheading/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/feeding-stuffs-regulations-1988/schedule-4/part-VIII/crossheading-2
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