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The Feeding Stuffs Regulations 2000

S.I. 2000/2481 · Made 10 September 2000

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AGRICULTURE

Made 10th September 2000

Laid before Parliament 22nd September 2000

Coming into force 29th October 2000

The Secretary of State for Health, acting in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 66(1), 68(1) and (1A), 69(1), (3), (6) and (7), 70(1), 74(1), 74A, 77(4), 78(6) and 84 of the Agriculture Act 1970f1 (as read with regulation 14 of the Food Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000)f2 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation as required by section 84(1) of the said Act with the persons or organisations appearing to represent the interests concerned, and acting, as a Minister designatedf3 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972f4 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by the said section 2(2)f5 (in so far as these Regulations cannot be made under the powers in the Agriculture Act 1970 specified above), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

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Footnotes

f1

1970 c. 40; section 74A was inserted by the European Communities Act 1972, c. 68, Schedule 4, paragraph 6, and the Act was amended by the Agriculture Act 1970 Amendment Regulations 1982 (S.I. 1982/980). Section 66(1) contains definitions of the expressions “the Ministers”, “prescribed” and “regulations”; the definition of “the Ministers” was amended by the Transfer of Functions (Wales) (No. 1) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/272), Schedule 5, paragraph 1. By virtue of S.I. 1999/3141, functions of the Secretaries of State for Wales and Scotland ceased to be exercisable in relation to England.

f2

S.I. 2000/656.

f3

S.I. 1972/1811.

f4

1972 c. 68.

f5

See paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38).

Contents

  1. 1Title, commencement and extent
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Prescribed material
  4. 4Matters required or permitted to be contained in a statutory statement or otherwise declared
  5. 5Forms of statutory statement
  6. 6Register of marks
  7. 7Limits of variation
  8. 8Assigned meanings
  9. 9Manner of packaging and sealing compound feeding stuffs, additives and premixtures
  10. 10Control of feed materials
  11. 11Applications for Community authorisation of additives and of new uses for additives
  12. 12Confidential information relating to additives
  13. 13Control of additives in feeding stuffs
  14. 14Control of feeding stuffs and feed materials containing undesirable substances
  15. 15Control of compound feeding stuffs containing prohibited materials
  16. 16Control of certain protein sources
  17. 17Control of the iron content of milk replacer feeds
  18. 18Control of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid in compound feeding stuffs
  19. 19Control of feeding stuffs intended for particular nutritional purposes, and supplementary provisions relating to statutory statement
  20. 20Modification of the Agriculture Act 1970 in relation to all feeding stuffs
  21. 21Modification of the Agriculture Act 1970 in relation to imported feeding stuffs
  22. 22Exemption from these Regulations
  23. 23Further exemption from these Regulations
  24. 24Enforcement of provisions made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972
  25. 25Modification of section 74A(3) of the Agriculture Act 1970
  26. 26Revocations
  27. 27Modification of the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) Regulations 1999
  28. 28Modification of the Feeding Stuffs (Establishments and Intermediaries) Regulations 1999
  29. 29Modification of the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) Regulations 1999
  30. Signature
  31. Schedule 1METHOD OF CALCULATING THE ENERGY VALUE OF COMPOUND FEEDS
  32. Schedule 2: CONTROL OF FEED MATERIALS
  33. IPRINCIPAL PROCESSES USED FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE FEED MATERIALS LISTED IN PART II OF THIS SCHEDULE
  34. IINON-EXCLUSIVE LIST OF THE MAIN FEED MATERIALS
  35. IIIOTHER FEED MATERIALS
  36. Schedule 3: PERMITTED ADDITIVES AND PROVISIONS RELATING TO THEIR USE
  37. 1Paragraph 1
  38. 2Paragraph 2
  39. 3Paragraph 3
  40. 4Paragraph 4
  41. 5Paragraph 5
  42. 6Paragraph 6
  43. 7Paragraph 7
  44. 8Paragraph 8
  45. 9Paragraph 9
  46. 10Paragraph 10
  47. 11Paragraph 11
  48. Part TABLE: ADDITIVES CONTROLLED BY THE ADDITIVES DIRECTIVE
  49. PART IPERMITTED ANTIOXIDANT
  50. PART IIPERMITTED COLOURANTS
  51. PART IIIPERMITTED EMULSIFIERS, STABILISERS, THICKENERS AND GELLING AGENTS
  52. PART IVVITAMINS A, D2 AND D3
  53. PART VTRACE ELEMENTS
  54. PART VIAROMATIC AND APPETISING SUBSTANCES
  55. PART VIIPERMITTED PRESERVATIVES
  56. PART VIIIPERMITTED ACIDITY REGULATORS FOR PET FOODS FOR DOGS AND CATS
  57. PART IXChapter PART IX
  58. Schedule 4: CONTENTS OF THE STATUTORY STATEMENT OR OTHER DECLARATION (EXCEPT FOR ADDITIVES AND PREMIXTURES NOT CONTAINED IN FEEDING STUFFS)
  59. Part I
  60. 1Paragraph 1
  61. 2Paragraph 2
  62. 3Paragraph 3
  63. 4Paragraph 4
  64. 5Paragraph 5
  65. 6Paragraph 6
  66. 7Paragraph 7
  67. 8Paragraph 8
  68. 9Paragraph 9
  69. 10Paragraph 10
  70. 11Paragraph 11
  71. 12Paragraph 12
  72. 13Paragraph 13
  73. 14Paragraph 14
  74. 15Paragraph 15
  75. 16Paragraph 16
  76. 17Paragraph 17
  77. 18Paragraph 18
  78. 19Paragraph 19
  79. 20Paragraph 20
  80. 21Paragraph 21
  81. 22Paragraph 22
  82. 23Paragraph 23
  83. 24Paragraph 24
  84. 25Paragraph 25
  85. 26Paragraph 26
  86. 27Paragraph 27
  87. 28Paragraph 28
  88. 29Paragraph 29
  89. 30Paragraph 30
  90. 31Paragraph 31
  91. 32Paragraph 32
  92. IIDECLARATION OF ANALYTICAL CONSTITUENTS
  93. Schedule 5: CONTENTS OF THE STATUTORY STATEMENT (FOR ADDITIVES AND PREMIXTURES NOT CONTAINED IN FEEDING STUFFS)
  94. Part I: ADDITIVES
  95. 1Paragraph 1
  96. 2Paragraph 2
  97. Part II: PREMIXTURES
  98. 3Paragraph 3
  99. 4Paragraph 4
  100. Schedule 6: LIMITS OF VARIATION
  101. A—COMPOUND FEEDING STUFFS EXCEPT THOSE FOR PETS
  102. B—COMPOUND PET FOODS
  103. C—FEED MATERIALS
  104. D—VITAMINS AND TRACE ELEMENTS
  105. E—ENERGY VALUE OF COMPOUND FEEDING STUFFS
  106. Schedule 7: PRESCRIBED LIMITS FOR UNDESIRABLE SUBSTANCES
  107. IFEEDING STUFFS
  108. IIFEED MATERIALS
  109. Schedule 8CONTROL OF CERTAIN PROTEIN SOURCES
  110. Schedule 9: PERMITTED FEEDING STUFFS INTENDED FOR PARTICULAR NUTRITIONAL PURPOSES AND PROVISIONS RELATING TO THEIR USE
  111. AChapter A
  112. Chapter B
  113. 1Paragraph 1
  114. 2Paragraph 2
  115. 3Paragraph 3
  116. 4Paragraph 4
  117. 5Paragraph 5
  118. 6Paragraph 6
  119. 7Paragraph 7
  120. 8Paragraph 8
  121. 9Paragraph 9
  122. Schedule 10
  123. ICATEGORIES OF FEED MATERIALS FOR USE IN RELATION TO COMPOUND FEEDING STUFFS FOR PET ANIMALS
  124. IICATEGORIES OF FEED MATERIALS FOR USE IN RELATION TO COMPOUND FEEDING STUFFS FOR ANIMALS OTHER THAN PETS
  125. Explanatory note