{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/feeding-stuffs-regulations-2000/schedule-7/part-I",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/feeding-stuffs-regulations-2000/schedule-7/part-I.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/2481",
  "legislation_title": "The Feeding Stuffs Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/feeding-stuffs-regulations-2000",
  "path": "schedule/7/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 12percnt;\nCHAPTER A\nArsenic\nFeed materials\n2\nexcept:\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 feed materials obtained from the processing of fish or other marine animals\n10\nComplete feeding stuffs\n2\nexcept:\n— complete feeding stuffs for fish\n4\nComplementary feeding stuffs except:\n4\n— mineral feeding stuffs\n12\nCadmium\nFeed materials of vegetable origin\n1\nFeed materials 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\nDioxin (sum of PCDD and PCDF), expressed in International Toxic Equivalents\nCitrus pulp\n500 pg I—TEQ/kg (upper bound detection limit)\nNote: Upper bound concentrations are calculated assuming that all values of the different congeners less than the limit of detection are equal to the limit of detection\nFluorine\nFeed materials\n150\nexcept:\n—feed materials of animal origin\n500\n—phosphates\n2000\nComplete feeding stuffs\n150\nexcept:\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\nFeed materials\n10\nexcept:\n—grass meal, lucerne meal or clover meal\n40\n—phosphates\n30\n—yeast\n5\nComplete feeding stuffs\n5\nComplementary feeding stuffs\n10\nexcept:\n—mineral feeding stuffs\n30\nMercury\nFeed materials\n0.1\nexcept:\n—feed materials produced by the processing of fish or other marine animals\n0.5\nComplete feeding stuffs\n0.1\nexcept:\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\nFeed materials\n0.05\nexcept:\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\n0.05\nexcept:\n—dairy cattle\n0.005\n—calves and lambs\n0.01\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 spp.\nAll feeding stuffs\n100\nFree Gossypol\nFeed materials\n20\nexcept:\n—cotton-seed cakes\n1200\nComplete feeding stuffs\n20\nexcept:\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\nFeed materials\n50\nexcept:\n—linseed\n250\n—linseed cakes\n350\n—manioc products and almond cakes\n100\nComplete feeding stuffs\n50\nexcept:\n—complete feeding stuffs for chicks\n10\nRye Ergot Claviceps purpurea\nAll feeding stuffs containing unground cereals\n1000\nCHAPTER C\nApricots—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 quantatively determinable\nBitter almond—Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D.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 quantatively determinable\nUnhusked beech mast—Fagus silvatica (L.) Camelina-Camelina sativa (L.) Cranz\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 quantatively determinable\nMowrah, bassia, madhuca—Madhuca longifolia (L.) Macbr. (=Bassia longifolia. L=Illipe malabrorum Engl.) Madhuca indica Gmelin. (= Bassia latifolia (Roxb.) =Illipe latifolia (Roscb.) 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 quantatively 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 quantatively 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 quantatively determinable\nIndian mustard—Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. 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 quantatively determinable\nSareptian mustard—Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. 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 quantatively determinable\nChinese mustard—Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. 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 quantatively 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 quantatively 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 quantatively determinable\nTheobromine\nComplete feeding stuffs\n300\nexcept:\n—complete feeding stuffs for adult cattle\n700\nVinylthiooxazolidone (Vinyloxyzolidine thione)\nComplete feeding stuffs for poultry except:\n1000\n—complete feeding stuffs for laying hens\n500\nVolatile mustard oil\nFeed materials\n100\nexcept:\n—rape-seed cakes\n4,000 (expressed as allyl isothiocyanate)\nComplete feeding stuffs\n150 (expressed as allyl isothiocyanate)\nexcept:\n—complete feeding stuffs for cattle, sheep and goats (except calves, lambs and kids)\n1,000 (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, glucosides or other toxic substances separately or in combination including:\nAll feeding stuffs\n3000\n(a) Lolium temulentum L.\n1,000\n(b) Lolium remotum Schrank\n1,000\n(c) Datura stramonium L.\n1,000\nCHAPTER D\nAldrin Dieldrin } singly, or combined expressed as dieldrin\nAll feeding stuffs except fats\n0.01 0.2\nCamphechlor (Toxaphene)\nAll feeding stuffs\n0.1\nChlordane (sum of cis-and trans-isomers and of oxychlordane, expressed as Chlordane)\nAll feeding stuffs except fats\n0.02\n0.05\nDDT (sum of DDT, TDE and DDE isomers, expressed as DDT)\nAll feeding stuffs except fats\n0.05\n0.5\nEndosulphan (sum of alpha- and beta-isomers and of endosulphan sulphate, expressed as endosulphan)\nAll feeding stuffs\n0.05\nexcept:\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 feedings stuffs except fats\n0.01\n0.05\nHeptachlor (sum of heptachlor and of heptachlor-epoxide, expressed as heptachlor\nAll feeding stuffs except fats\n0.01\n0.2\nHexachlorobenzene (HCB)\nAll feeding stuffs except fats\n0.01\n0.2\nHexachlorocyclohexane (HCH)\n— alpha-isomers\nAll feeding stuffs except fats\n0.02\n0.2\n— beta-isomers\nFeed materials except fats\n0.01\n0.1\nCompound feeding stuffs except compound feeding stuffs for dairy cattle\n0.01\n0.005\n— gamma-isomers\nAll feeding stuffs except fats\n0.2\n2.0",
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  "outstanding_effects": [
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      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2003/1503",
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      "affecting_title": "The Feeding Stuffs, the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2003"
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    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2004/1301",
      "affecting_title": "The Feeding Stuffs, the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2004"
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    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2004/2688",
      "affecting_title": "The Feeding Stuffs, the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2004"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
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      "affecting_title": "The Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) Regulations 2002"
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      "type": "words substituted",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2481/schedule/7/part/I",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:23:29.803581+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."
}