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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/feeding-stuffs-regulations-northern-ireland-1995/schedule-8/part-II/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1995/451",
  "legislation_title": "Feeding Stuffs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/feeding-stuffs-regulations-northern-ireland-1995",
  "path": "schedule/8/part/II/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The label or mark shall give—\n(a) in the case of any premixture:\n(i) the description “premixture”;\n(ii) directions for use, including any appropriate safety recommendation;\n(iii) the species or category of animal for which the premixture is intended;\n(iv) the name or business name and the address or registered business address of the person responsible within the European Community for the particulars referred to in this Part;\n(v) the net weight of any non-liquid premixture; and\n(vi) either the net weight or the net volume of any liquid premixture;\n(b) in the case of any antioxidant, colourant (including pigment), trace element or preservative in a premixture, for which a maximum content in a complete feeding stuff is provided for by the appropriate Part of the Table to Schedule 4:\n(i) the name of the additive; and\n(ii) the active substance level;\n(c) in the case of vitamin E in a premixture:\n(i) the name of the additive;\n(ii) the alpha-tocopherol level as acetate; and\n(iii) an indication of the period during which that level will remain present;\n(d) in the case of any vitamin other than vitamin E, or any provitamin or substance having a similar effect in a premixture:\n(i) the name of the additive;\n(ii) the active substance level; and\n(iii) an indication of the period during which that level will remain present;\n(e) in the case of any enzyme in a premixture:\n(i) the names of the active constituents according to their enzymatic activities (in the case of an enzyme of a type referred to in Part X of the Table to Schedule 4, as specified in column 3 of that Part);\n(ii) the identification number allotted by the International Union of Biochemistry;\n(iii) the activity units (expressed as activity units per gram or activity units per millilitre);\n(iv) an indication of the period during which the activity units will remain present;\n(v) the name or business name and address or registered business address of the manufacturer if he is not responsible for the particulars referred to in the label or mark; and\n(vi) in the case of an enzyme of a type referred to in Part X of the Table to Schedule 4, an indication of any significant characteristics of the enzyme arising during manufacture, specified in column 8 of that Part:\n(f) in the case of any micro-organism in a premixture:\n(i) the identification of the strain(s) according to a recognised international\n(ii) code of nomenclature;\n(iii) the deposit number of the strain(s);\n(iv) the number of colony-forming units (expressed as CFU/g); an indication of the period during which the colony-forming units will remain present;\n(v) the name or business name and address or registered business address of the manufacturer if he is not responsible for the particulars referred to in the label or mark; and\n(vi) an indication of any significant characteristics of the micro-organism arising during manufacture;\n(g) in the case of any additive in a premixture;\n(i) which is an additive of a type referred to in Schedule 4 (other than any additive of a type referred to in sub-paragraphs (b) to (e) or an additive of a type referred to in that Schedule and in those sub-paragraphs in respect of which no maximum level is laid down;\n(ii) which fulfils a function in the feeding stuff as such; and\n(iii) in respect of which the amount which is present in the premixture can be determined by using one of the methods of analysis specified in Schedule 2 to the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1982 or by some other valid scientific method—\n(A) the name of the additive; and\n(B) the active substance level.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 1982 No. 338 amended by S.R. 1984 No. 26, 1985 No. 194 and 1994 No. 309"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  },
  "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."
}