# The Feeding Stuffs Regulations 1988, Part I: FEEDING STUFFS


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Substances
Feeding stuffs
Maximum content in mg/kg of feeding stuffs referred to a moisture content of 12%
CHAPTER A
Arsenic
Straight feeding stuffs
2
except:
— meal made from grass, from dried lucerne, or from dried clover
4
— dried sugar beet pulp or dried molassed sugar beet pulp
4
— phosphates and feeding stuffs obtained from the processing of fish or other marine animals
10
Complete feeding stuffs
2
Complementary feeding stuffs
4
except:
— mineral feeding stuffs
12
Cadmium
Straight feeding stuffs of vegetable origin
1
Straight feeding stuffs of animal origin (with the exception of feeding stuffs for pets)
2
Phosphates
10
Complete feeding stuffs for cattle, sheep and goats (with the exception of complete feeding stuffs for calves, lambs and kids)
1
Other complete feeding stuffs (with the exception of feeding stuffs for pets)
0.5
Mineral feeding stuffs
5
Other complementary feeding stuffs for cattle, sheep and goats
0.5
Fluorine
Straight feeding stuffs
150
except:
— feeding stuffs of animal origin
500
— phosphates
2000
Complete feeding stuffs
150
except:
— complete feeding stuffs for cattle, sheep and goats
in milk
30
other
50
— complete feeding stuffs for pigs
100
— complete feeding stuffs for poultry
350
— complete feeding stuffs for chicks
250
Mineral mixtures for cattle, sheep and goats
2000
Other complementary feeding stuffs
125 (fluorine content per percentage point phosphorus in the feeding stuff)
Lead
Straight feeding stuffs
10
except:
— grass meal, lucerne meal or clover meal
40
— phosphates
30
— yeast
5
Complete feeding stuffs
5
Complementary feeding stuffs
10
except:
— mineral feeding stuffs
30
Mercury
Straight feeding stuffs
0.1
except:
— feeding stuffs produced by the processing of fish or other marine animals
0.5
Complete feeding stuffs except:
0.1
— complete feeding stuffs for dogs or cats
0.4
Complementary feeding stuffs (with the exception of complementary feeding stuffs for dogs and cats)
0.2
Nitrites
Fish meal
60 (expressed as sodium nitrite)
Complete feeding stuffs except feeding stuffs intended for pets other than birds and aquarium fish
15 (expressed as sodium nitrite)
CHAPTER B
Aflatoxin B1
Straight feeding stuffs
0.05
Complete feeding stuffs for cattle, sheep and goats (except dairy animals, calves, lambs and kids)
0.05
Complete feeding stuffs for pigs and poultry (except piglets and chicks)
0.02
Other complete feeding stuffs
0.01
Complementary feeding stuffs for cattle, sheep and goats (except complementary feeding stuffs for dairy animals, calves and lambs)
0.05
Complementary feeding stuffs for pigs and poultry (except young animals)
0.03
Other complementary feeding stuffs
0.01
Castor oil plant Ricinus communis L.
All feeding stuffs
10 (expressed in terms of castor oil plant husks)
Crotalaria L. spp
All unmilled materials
100
Free Gossypol
Straight feeding stuffs
20
except:
— cotton cake or meal
1200
Complete feeding stuffs
20
except:
— complete feeding stuffs for cattle, sheep and goats
500
— complete feeding stuffs for poultry (except laying hens) and calves
100
— complete feeding stuffs for rabbits and pigs (except piglets)
60
Hydrocyanic acid
Straight feeding stuffs
50
except:
— linseed
250
— linseed cake or meal
350
— manioc products and almond cakes
100
Complete feeding stuffs
50
except:
— complete feeding stuffs for chicks
10
Rye Ergot Claviceps purpurea(Fr.) Tul
All feeding stuffs containing unground cereals
1000
Theobromine
Complete feeding stuffs
300
except:
— complete feeding stuffs for adult cattle
700
Vinylthiooxazolidone
Complete feeding stuffs for poultry
1,000
except:
— complete feeding stuffs for laying hens
500
Volatile mustard oil
Straight feeding stuffs
100 (expressed as allyl isothiocyanate)
except:
— rape cake or meal
4,000 (expressed as allyl isothiocyanate)
Complete feeding stuffs
150 (expressed as allyl isothiocyanate)
except:
— complete feeding stuffs for cattle, sheep and goats, (except calves, lambs and kids)
1,000 (expressed as allyl isothiocyanate)
— complete feeding stuffs for pigs (except piglets) and poultry
500 (expressed as allyl isothiocyanate)
Weed seeds and unground and uncrushed fruit containing alkaloids, glucoside or other toxic substances separately or in combination including:—
All feeding stuffs
3,000
(a) Lolium temulentum L.
1,000
(b) Lolium remotum Schrank
1,000
(c) Datura stramonium L.
1,000
CHAPTER C
Apricot — Prunus armeniaca L.
} All feeding stuffs
} Seeds and fruits of the plant species listed opposite as well as their processed derivatives may only be present in feeding stuffs in trace amounts not quantitatively determinable
Bitter almond — Prunus dulcis(Mill.) D A Webb var. amara(DC.) Focke (= Prunus amygdalus Batsch var. amara(DC.) Focke)
Unhusked beech mast — Fagus silvatica L. Camelina — Camelina sativa(L) Crantz
Mowrah, bassia, madhuca — Madhuca longifolia(L) Macbr. (= Bassia longifolia L. = Illipe Madhuca longifolia L. = Illipe malabrorum Engl.) Madhuca indica Gmelin. (= Bassia latifolia(Roxb.) F. Mueller)
Purghera — Jatropha curcas L.
Croton — Croton tiglium L.
Indian mustard — Brassica juncea(L.) Czern. and Coss. ssp. integrifolia(West.) Thell
Sareptian mustard — Brassica juncea(L.) Czern. and Coss. ssp. juncea
Chinese mustard — Brassica juncea(L.) Czern. and Coss. ssp. juncea var. lutea Batalin
Black mustard — Brassica nigra(L.) Koch
Ethiopian mustard — Brassica carinata A Braun.
CHAPTER D
Aldrin
} singly or Dieldrin combined expressed as dieldrin
All feeding stuffs
0.01
Dieldrin
except fats
0.2
Camphechlor (Toxaphene)
All feeding stuffs
0.1
Chlordane (sum of cis and trans isomers and of oxychlordane)
All feeding stuffs
0.02
except fats
0.05
DDT (sum of DDT, TDE and DDE isomers, expressed as DDT)
All feeding stuffs
0.05
except fats
0.05
Endosulphan (sum of alpha and beta isomers and of endosulphan sulphate, expressed as endosulphan)
All feeding stuffs
0.1
except — maize
0.2
— oilseeds
0.5
— complete feeding stuffs for fish
0.005
Endrin (sum of endrin and delta, keto endrin, expressed as endrin)
All feeding stuffs
0.01
except fats
0.05
Heptachlor (sum of heptachlor and of heptachlor epoxide, expressed as heptachlor)
All feeding stuffs
0.01
except fats
0.2
Hexachlorobenzene (HCB)
All feeding stuffs
0.01
except fats
0.2
Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH)
— alpha isomer
All feeding stuffs
0.02
except fats
0.2
— beta isomer
Straight feeding stuffs
0.02
except fats
0.1
Compound feeding stuffs
0.01
except compound feeding stuffs for dairy cattle
0.005
— gamma isomer
All feeding stuffs
0.2
except fats
2.0

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/396/schedule/5/part/I (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/feeding-stuffs-regulations-1988/schedule-5/part-I
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.

