# The Feeding Stuffs Regulations 2000, Chapter PART VII: PERMITTED PRESERVATIVES


CHAPTER A
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EEC No.
Name or Description
Chemical Formula
Conditions
(1) Note also that one preservative is permitted by virtue of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1594/1999 as referred to in Part IX of this Table.
E200
Sorbic acid
C6H8O2
All feeding stuffs
E201
Sodium sorbate
C6H7O2Na
All feeding stuffs
E202
Potassium sorbate
C6H7O2K
All feeding stuffs
E203
Calcium sorbate
C12H14O4Ca
All feeding stuffs
E237
Sodium formate
CHO2Na
All feeding stuffs
E238
Calcium formate
C2H2O4Ca
All feeding stuffs
E260
Acetic acid
C2H4O2
All feeding stuffs
E261
Potassium acetate
C2H3O2K
All feeding stuffs
E262
Sodium diacetate
C4H7O4Na
All feeding stuffs
E263
Calcium acetate
C4H6O4Ca
All feeding stuffs
E270
Lactic acid
C3H6O3
All feeding stuffs
E280
Propionic acid
C3H6O2
All feeding stuffs
E281
Sodium propionate
C3H5O2Na
All feeding stuffs
E282
Calcium propionate
C6H10O4Ca
All feeding stuffs
E283
Potassium propionate
C3H5O2K
All feeding stuffs
E284
Ammonium propionate
C3H9O2N
All feeding stuffs
E295
Ammonium formate
CH5O2N
All feeding stuffs
E296
DL-Malic acid
C4H6O5
All feeding stuffs
E297
Fulmaric acid
C4H4O4
All feeding stuffs
E325
Sodium lactate
C3H5O3Na
All feeding stuffs
E326
Potassium lactate
C3H5O3K
All feeding stuffs
E327
Calcium lactate
C6H10O6Ca
All feeding stuffs
E330
Citric acid
C6H8O7
All feeding stuffs
E331
Sodium citrates
—
All feeding stuffs
E332
Potassium citrates
—
All feeding stuffs
E333
Calcium citrates
—
All feeding stuffs
E334
L-Tartaric acid
C4H6O6
All feeding stuffs
E335
Sodium L-tartrates
—
All feeding stuffs
E336
Potassium L-tartrates
—
All feeding stuffs
E337
Potassium sodium L-tartrate
C4H4O6KNa.4H2O
All feeding stuffs
E338
Orthophosporic acid
H3PO4
All feeding stuffs
E507
Hydrochloric acid
HC1
for use in silage only
E513
Sulphuric acid
H2SO4
for use in silage only
CHAPTER B
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EEC No.
Name or Description
Chemical Formula
Kind of animal permitted
Maximum content (mg/kg in complete feeding stuff)
Minimum content (mg/kg in complete feeding stuff)
Conditions
E222
Sodium hydrogensulphite (Sodium bisulphite)
NaHSO3
Dogs and Cats
500 alone or together expressed as SO2
All feeding stuffs except unprocessed meat and fish
E223
Disodium disulphite (Sodium metabisulphite)
Na2S2O5
Dogs and Cats
500 alone or together expressed as SO2
All feeding stuffs except unprocessed meat and fish
E250
Sodium nitrite
NaNO2
Dogs and Cats
100 (feeding stuffs with a moisture content exceeding 20% only)
E214
Ethyl 4-hydroxybenzoate
C9H10O3
Pet animals
No limit
All feeding stuffs
E215
Sodium ethyl 4-hydroxybenzoate
C9H9O3Na
Pet animals
No limit
All feeding stuffs
E216
Propyl 4-hydroxybenzoate
C10H12O3
Pet animals
No limit
All feeding stuffs
E217
Sodium propyl 4-hydroxybenzoate
C10H11O3Na
Pet animals
No limit
All feeding stuffs
E218
Methyl 4-hydroxybenzoate
C8H8O3
Pet animals
No limit
All feeding stuffs
E219
Sodium methyl 4-hydroxybenzoate
C8H7O3Na
Pet animals
No limit
All feeding stuffs
E490
Propan- 1,2-diol
C3H8O2
Dogs
53,000
All feeding stuffs
E240
Formaldehyde
CH2O
All species of animals
No limit (for silage only)
Pigs up to the age of six months
600 (skimmed milk only)
E285
Methylpropionic acid
C4H8O2
Ruminants at the beginning of rumination
4,000
1,000

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2481/schedule/3/part/TABLE/chapter/7 (the official version)
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