# The Feeding Stuffs Regulations 2000, Part I: FEEDING STUFFS


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Substances
Feeding stuffs
Maximum content in mg/kg of feeding stuffs referred to a moisture content of 12percnt;
CHAPTER A
Arsenic
Feed materials
2
except:
— meal made from grass, from dried lucerne, or from dried clover
4
— dried sugar beet pulp or dried molassed sugar beet pulp
4
— phosphates and feed materials obtained from the processing of fish or other marine animals
10
Complete feeding stuffs
2
except:
— complete feeding stuffs for fish
4
Complementary feeding stuffs except:
4
— mineral feeding stuffs
12
Cadmium
Feed materials of vegetable origin
1
Feed materials of animal origin (with the exception of feeding stuffs for pets)
2
Phosphates
10
Complete feeding stuffs for cattle, sheep and goats (with the exception of complete feeding stuffs for calves, lambs and kids)
1
Other complete feeding stuffs (with the exception of feeding stuffs for pets)
0.5
Mineral feeding stuffs
5
Other complementary feeding stuffs for cattle, sheep and goats
0.5
Dioxin (sum of PCDD and PCDF), expressed in International Toxic Equivalents
Citrus pulp
500 pg I—TEQ/kg (upper bound detection limit)
Note: 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
Fluorine
Feed materials
150
except:
—feed materials of animal origin
500
—phosphates
2000
Complete feeding stuffs
150
except:
—complete feeding stuffs for cattle, sheep and goats
—in milk
30
—other
50
—complete feeding stuffs for pigs
100
—complete feeding stuffs for poultry
350
—complete feeding stuffs for chicks
250
Mineral mixtures for cattle, sheep and goats
2000
Other complementary feeding stuffs
125 (fluorine content per percentage point phosphorus in the feeding stuff)
Lead
Feed materials
10
except:
—grass meal, lucerne meal or clover meal
40
—phosphates
30
—yeast
5
Complete feeding stuffs
5
Complementary feeding stuffs
10
except:
—mineral feeding stuffs
30
Mercury
Feed materials
0.1
except:
—feed materials produced by the processing of fish or other marine animals
0.5
Complete feeding stuffs
0.1
except:
—complete feeding stuffs for dogs or cats
0.4
Complementary feeding stuffs (with the exception of complementary feeding stuffs for dogs and cats)
0.2
Nitrites
Fish meal
60 (expressed as sodium nitrite)
Complete feeding stuffs except feeding stuffs intended for pets other than birds and aquarium fish
15 (expressed as sodium nitrite)
CHAPTER B
Aflatoxin B1
Feed materials
0.05
except:
—groundnut, copra, palm-kernel, cotton seed, babassu, maize and products derived from the processing thereof
0.02
Complete feeding stuffs for cattle, sheep and goats
0.05
except:
—dairy cattle
0.005
—calves and lambs
0.01
Complete feeding stuffs for pigs and poultry (except piglets and chicks)
0.02
Other complete feeding stuffs
0.01
Complementary feeding stuffs for cattle, sheep and goats (except complementary feeding stuffs for dairy animals, calves and lambs)
0.05
Complementary feeding stuffs for pigs and poultry (except young animals)
0.03
Other complementary feeding stuffs
0.005
Castor oil plant Ricinus communis L.
All feeding stuffs
10 (expressed in terms of castor oil plant husks)
Crotalaria spp.
All feeding stuffs
100
Free Gossypol
Feed materials
20
except:
—cotton-seed cakes
1200
Complete feeding stuffs
20
except:
—complete feeding stuffs for cattle, sheep and goats
500
—complete feeding stuffs for poultry (except laying hens) and calves
100
—complete feeding stuffs for rabbits and pigs (except piglets)
60
Hydrocyanic acid
Feed materials
50
except:
—linseed
250
—linseed cakes
350
—manioc products and almond cakes
100
Complete feeding stuffs
50
except:
—complete feeding stuffs for chicks
10
Rye Ergot Claviceps purpurea
All feeding stuffs containing unground cereals
1000
CHAPTER C
Apricots—Prunus armeniaca L
All feeding stuffs
Seeds 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
Bitter almond—Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D.A. Webb var. amara (DC.) Focke (= Prunus amygdalus Batsch var. amara (DC.) Focke)
All feeding stuffs
Seeds 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
Unhusked beech mast—Fagus silvatica (L.) Camelina-Camelina sativa (L.) Cranz
All feeding stuffs
Seeds 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
Mowrah, bassia, madhuca—Madhuca longifolia (L.) Macbr. (=Bassia longifolia. L=Illipe malabrorum Engl.) Madhuca indica Gmelin. (= Bassia latifolia (Roxb.) =Illipe latifolia (Roscb.) F. Mueller)
All feeding stuffs
Seeds 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
Purghera—Jatropha curcas L.
All feeding stuffs
Seeds 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
Croton—Croton tiglium L.
All feeding stuffs
Seeds 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
Indian mustard—Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. and Coss. ssp. integrifolia (West.) Thell.
All feeding stuffs
Seeds 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
Sareptian mustard—Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. and Coss. ssp. juncea
All feeding stuffs
Seeds 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
Chinese mustard—Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. and Coss. ssp. juncea var. lutea Batalin
All feeding stuffs
Seeds 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
Black mustard—Brassica nigra (L.) Koch
All feeding stuffs
Seeds 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
Ethiopian mustard—Brassica carinata A Braun
All feeding stuffs
Seeds 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
Theobromine
Complete feeding stuffs
300
except:
—complete feeding stuffs for adult cattle
700
Vinylthiooxazolidone (Vinyloxyzolidine thione)
Complete feeding stuffs for poultry except:
1000
—complete feeding stuffs for laying hens
500
Volatile mustard oil
Feed materials
100
except:
—rape-seed cakes
4,000 (expressed as allyl isothiocyanate)
Complete feeding stuffs
150 (expressed as allyl isothiocyanate)
except:
—complete feeding stuffs for cattle, sheep and goats (except calves, lambs and kids)
1,000 (expressed as allyl isothiocyanate)
—complete feeding stuffs for pigs (except piglets) and poultry
500 (expressed as allyl isothiocyanate)
Weed seeds and unground and uncrushed fruit containing alkaloids, glucosides or other toxic substances separately or in combination including:
All feeding stuffs
3000
(a) Lolium temulentum L.
1,000
(b) Lolium remotum Schrank
1,000
(c) Datura stramonium L.
1,000
CHAPTER D
Aldrin Dieldrin } singly, or combined expressed as dieldrin
All feeding stuffs except fats
0.01 0.2
Camphechlor (Toxaphene)
All feeding stuffs
0.1
Chlordane (sum of cis-and trans-isomers and of oxychlordane, expressed as Chlordane)
All feeding stuffs except fats
0.02
0.05
DDT (sum of DDT, TDE and DDE isomers, expressed as DDT)
All feeding stuffs except fats
0.05
0.5
Endosulphan (sum of alpha- and beta-isomers and of endosulphan sulphate, expressed as endosulphan)
All feeding stuffs
0.05
except:
—maize
0.2
—oilseeds
0.5
—complete feeding stuffs for fish
0.005
Endrin (sum of endrin and delta-keto-endrin, expressed as endrin)
All feedings stuffs except fats
0.01
0.05
Heptachlor (sum of heptachlor and of heptachlor-epoxide, expressed as heptachlor
All feeding stuffs except fats
0.01
0.2
Hexachlorobenzene (HCB)
All feeding stuffs except fats
0.01
0.2
Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH)
— alpha-isomers
All feeding stuffs except fats
0.02
0.2
— beta-isomers
Feed materials except fats
0.01
0.1
Compound feeding stuffs except compound feeding stuffs for dairy cattle
0.01
0.005
— gamma-isomers
All feeding stuffs except fats
0.2
2.0

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2481/schedule/7/part/I (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/feeding-stuffs-regulations-2000/schedule-7/part-I
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.