{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/feeding-stuffs-regulations-1991/schedule-5/part-I",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/feeding-stuffs-regulations-1991/schedule-5/part-I.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/2840",
  "legislation_title": "The Feeding Stuffs Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/feeding-stuffs-regulations-1991",
  "path": "schedule/5/part/I",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "I",
  "heading": "Feeding Stuffs",
  "text": "Column 1\nColumn 2\nColumn 3\nSubstances\nFeeding stuffs\nMaximum content in mg/kg of feeding stuffs, referred to a moisture content of 12%\nChapter A\nArsenic\nStraight feeding stuffs except:\n2\n—meal made from grass, from dried lucerne, or from dried clover\n4\n—dried sugar beet pulp or dried molassed sugar beet pulp\n4\n—phosphates and feeding stuffs obtained from the processing of fish or other marine animals\n10\nComplete feeding stuffs\n2\nComplementary feeding stuffs except:\n4\n—mineral feeding stuffs\n12\nCadmium\nStraight feeding stuffs of vegetable origin\n1\nStraight feeding stuffs of animal origin (with the exception of feeding stuffs for pets)\n2\nPhosphates\n10\nComplete feeding stuffs for cattle, sheep and goats (with the exception of complete feeding stuffs for calves, lambs and kids)\n1\nOther complete feeding stuffs (with the exception of feeding stuffs for pets)\n0.5\nMineral feeding stuffs\n5\nOther complementary feeding stuffs for cattle, sheep and goats\n0.5\nFluorine\nStraight feeding stuffs except:\n150\n—feeding stuffs of animal origin\n500\n—phosphates\n2000\nComplete feeding stuffs except:\n150\n—complete feeding stuffs for cattle, sheep and goats\n—in milk\n30\n—other\n50\n—complete feeding stuffs for pigs\n100\n—complete feeding stuffs for poultry\n350\n—complete feeding stuffs for chicks\n250\nMineral mixtures for cattle, sheep and goats\n2000\nOther complementary feeding stuffs\n125 (fluorine content per percentage point phosphorus in the feeding stuff)\nLead\nStraight feeding stuffs except:\n10\n—grass meal, lucerne meal or clover meal\n40\n—phosphates\n30\n—yeast\n5\nComplete feeding stuffs\n5\nComplementary feeding stuffs except:\n10\n—mineral feeding stuffs\n30\nMercury\nStraight feeding stuffs except:\n0.1\n—feeding stuffs produced by the processing of fish or other marine animals\n0.5\nComplete feeding stuffs except:\n0.1\n—complete feeding stuffs for dogs or cats\n0.4\nComplementary feeding stuffs (with the exception of complementary feeding stuffs for dogs and cats)\n0.2\nNitrites\nFish meal\n60 (expressed as sodium nitrite)\nComplete feeding stuffs except feeding stuffs intended for pets other than birds and aquarium fish\n15 (expressed as sodium nitrite)\nChapter B\nAflatoxin B1\nStraight feeding stuffs except:\n0.05\n—groundnut, copra, palm-kernel, cotton seed, babassu, maize and products derived from the processing thereof.\n0.02\nComplete feeding stuffs for cattle, sheep and goats (except dairy animals, calves, lambs and kids)\n0.05\nComplete feeding stuffs for pigs and poultry (except piglets and chicks)\n0.02\nOther complete feeding stuffs\n0.01\nComplementary feeding stuffs for cattle, sheep and goats (except complementary feeding stuffs for dairy animals, calves and lambs)\n0.05\nComplementary feeding stuffs for pigs and poultry (except young animals)\n0.03\nOther complementary feeding stuffs\n0.005\nCastor oil plant Ricinus communis L.\nAll feeding stuffs\n10 (expressed in terms of castor oil plant husks)\nCrotalaria L. spp\nAll unmilled materials\n100\nFree Gossypol\nStraight feeding stuffs except:\n20\n—cotton cake or meal\n1200\nComplete feeding stuffs except:\n20\n—complete feeding stuffs for cattle, sheep and goats\n500\n—complete feeding stuffs for poultry (except laying hens) and calves\n100\n—complete feeding stuffs for rabbits and pigs (except piglets)\n60\nHydrocyanic acid\nStraight feeding stuffs except:\n50\n—linseed\n250\n—linseed cake or meal—manioc products\n350\nand almond cakes\n100\nComplete feeding stuffs except:\n50\n—complete feeding stuffs for chicks\n10\nRye Ergot Claviceps purpurea (Fr.) Tul\nAll feeding stuffs containing unground cereals\n1000\nChapter C\nApricot—Prunus armeniaca L.\nAll feeding stuffs\nSeeds 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\nBitter almond—Prunus dulcis (Mill.)\nAll feeding stuffs\nSeeds 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\nD A Webb var. amara (DC.) Focke (= Prunus amygdalus Batsch var. amara (DC.) Focke)\nAll feeding stuffs\nSeeds 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\nUnhusked beech mast—Fagus silvatica L. Camelina—Camelina sativa (L) Crantz\nAll feeding stuffs\nSeeds 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\nMowrah, bassia, madhuca—Madhuca longifolia (L) Macbr. (= Bassia longifolia L. = Illipe Madhuca longifolia L. = Illipe malabrorum Engl.) Madhuca indica Gmeln. (= Bassa latifolia (Roxb.) F. Mueller)\nAll feeding stuffs\nSeeds 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\nPurghera—Jatropha curcas L.\nAll feeding stuffs\nSeeds 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\nCroton—Croton tiglium L.\nAll feeding stuffs\nSeeds 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\nIndian mustard—Brassica juncea (L.)\nAll feeding stuffs\nSeeds 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\nCzern. and Coss. ssp. integrifolia (West.) Thell\nAll feeding stuffs\nSeeds 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\nSareptian mustard—Brassica juncea (L.)\nAll feeding stuffs\nSeeds 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\nCzern. and Coss. ssp. juncea\nAll feeding stuffs\nSeeds 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\nChinese mustard—Brassica juncea (L.)\nAll feeding stuffs\nSeeds 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\nCzern. and Coss. ssp. juncea var. lutea Batalin\nAll feeding stuffs\nSeeds 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\nBlack mustard—Brassica nigra (L.) Koch\nAll feeding stuffs\nSeeds 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\nEthiopian mustard—Brassica carinata A Braun\nAll feeding stuffs\nSeeds 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\nTheobromine\nComplete feeding stuffs except:\n300\n—complete feeding stuffs for adult cattle\n700\nVinylthiooxazolidone\nComplete feeding stuffs for poultry except:\n1000\n—complete feeding stuffs for laying hens\n500\nVolatile mustard oil\nStraight feeding stuffs except:\n100 (expressed as allyl isothiocyanate)\n—rape cake or meal\n4000 (expressed as allyl isothiocyanate)\nComplete feeding stuffs except:\n150 (expressed as allyl isothiocyanate)\n—complete feeding stuffs for cattle, sheep and goats (except calves, lambs and kids)\n1000 (expressed as allyl isothiocyanate)\n—complete feeding stuffs for pigs (except piglets) and poultry\n500 (expressed as allyl isothiocyanate)\nWeed seeds and unground and uncrushed fruit containing alkaloids, glucoside or other toxic substances separately or in combination including:\nAll feeding stuffs\n3000\n(a) Lolium temulentum L.\n1000\n(b) Lolium remotum Schrank\n1000\n(c) Datura stramonium L.\n1000\nChapter D\nAldrin singly, or combined expressed as dieldrin\nDieldrin singly, or combined expressed as dieldrin\nAll feeding stuffs\n0.01\nexcept fats\n0.2\nCamphechlor (Toxaphene)\nAll feeding stuffs\n0.1\nChlordane (sum of cis and trans isomers and of oxychlordane)\nAll feeding stuffs\n0.02\nexcept fats\n0.05\nDDT (sum of DDT, TDE and DDE isomers, expressed as DDT)\nAll feeding stuffs\n0.05\nexcept fats\n0.5\nEndosulphan (sum of alpha and beta isomers and of endosulphan sulphate, expressed as endosulphan)\nAll feeding stuffs except\n0.1\n—maize\n0.2\n—oilseeds\n0.5\n—complete feeding stuffs for fish\n0.005\nEndrin (sum of endrin and delta, keto-endrin, expressed as endrin)\nAll feeding stuffs\n0.01\nexcept fats\n0.05\nHeptachlor (sum of heptachlor and of heptachlor epoxide, expressed as heptachlor)\nAll feeding stuffs\n0.01\nexcept fats\n0.2\nHexachlorobenzene (HCB)\nAll feeding stuffs\n0.01\nexcept fats\n0.2\nHexachlorocyclohexane (HCH)\n—alpha isomer\nAll feeding stuffs\n0.02\nexcept fats\n0.2\n—beta isomer\nStraight feeding stuffs\n0.01\nexcept fats\n0.1\nCompound feeding stuffs\n0.01\nexcept compound feeding stuffs for dairy cattle\n0.005\n—gamma isomer\nAll feeding stuffs\n0.2\nexcept fats\n2.0",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1994/2510",
      "affecting_title": "The Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1994"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1993/1442",
      "affecting_title": "The Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) Regulations 1993"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1993/1442",
      "affecting_title": "The Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) Regulations 1993"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1993/1442",
      "affecting_title": "The Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) Regulations 1993"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/2840/schedule/5/part/I",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:32:26.913984+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}