{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/feeding-stuffs-regulations-1995/schedule-6/part-II",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/feeding-stuffs-regulations-1995/schedule-6/part-II.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/1412",
  "legislation_title": "The Feeding Stuffs Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/feeding-stuffs-regulations-1995",
  "path": "schedule/6/part/II",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "II",
  "heading": "CATEGORIES OF INGREDIENTS FOR USE IN RELATION TO COMPOUND FEEDING STUFFS FOR ANIMALS OTHER THAN PETS",
  "text": "Description of the Category\nDefinition\n1 Cereal grains\nThe whole of the grain from allcereal types (includingbuck-wheat) regardless of their presentation, but from which nofraction other than hulls has been removed\n2 Cereal grain products and by-products\nFractional products and by-products of cereal grains otherthan oils included in category 15\nThese products and by-products shall contain not more than 25%fibre in the dry matter\n3 Oil seeds\nThe whole of the seed or fruit from all types of oil seeds and oil fruits regardless of their presentation, but from which no fractions other than hulls or shells have been removed\n4 Oil seed products and by-products\nFractional products and by-products of oil seeds and oilfruits other than oils and fats included in category 15\nThese products and by-products shall contain not more than 25%fibre in the dry matter unless they contain more than 5% oils andfats in the dry matter, or more than 15% protein in the dry matter\n5 Products and by-products of legume seeds\nWhole and fractional products and by-products of legume seeds other thanleguminous oil seeds included in categories 3 and 4\nThe products and by-products shall contain not more than 25%fibre in the dry matter\n6 Products and by-products of tubers and roots\nProducts and by-products derived from tubers and roots other than sugar beetincluded in category 7\nThese products and by-products shall contain not more than 25%fibre in the dry matter\n7 Products and by-products of sugar production\nProducts and by-products of sugar beet and sugar cane\nThese products and by-products shall contain not more than 25%fibre in the dry matter\n8 Products and by-products of fruit processing\nProducts and by-products of fruit processing\nThese products and by-products shall not contain morethan 25% fibre in the dry matter, unless they contain more than 5% oils andfats in the dry matter, or more than 15% protein in the dry matter\n9 Dried forages\nAerial parts of forage plants, cut while green, artificially or naturally dried\nThese products shall contain not more than 25% fibre in the dry matter unless they contain more than 15% protein in the dry matter\n10 High Fibre materials\nFeed ingredients containing more than 25% fibre in the dry matter, such as straw, hulls and chaff, other than products included in categories 5, 6 and 9\n11 Milk products\nProducts derived from the processing of milk, other thanseparated milk fats included in category 15\n12 Land animal products\nProducts from the processing of warm-blooded land animalwaste as defined in Article 2 of Council Directive 90/667/EEC, excluding fat included in category 15, and which are substantially free of hooves, horn, bristle, unhydrolyzed hair and feathers, as well as mammalian digestive tract content. Also excluding products containing more than 50% ash in the dry matter included in category 14\n13 Fish products\nWhole or part of fish and other cold blooded marine animals, including products from fish processing other than fish oil and its derivations included in category 15. Also excluding products containing more than 50% ash in the dry matter included incategory 14\n14 Minerals\nInorganic or organic materials containing more than 50% ash in the dry matter other than materials containing more than 5% of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid in the dry matter\n15 Oil and fats\nOils and fats from animal and vegetable sources, and their derivatives\n16 Products from the bakery and\nWaste and surplus materials from the bakery and pasta industries",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1998/104",
      "affecting_title": "The Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) Regulations 1998"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1412/schedule/6/part/II",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:08:39.063561+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."
}