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| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Substances | Feeding stuffs | Maximum content in mg/kg of feeding stuffs referred to a moisture content of 12% |
| Arsenic | Feed materials except: | 2 |
| — 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 except: | 2 | |
| — 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 except: | 150 |
| — feed materials of animal origin | 500 | |
| — phosphates | 2000 | |
| Complete feeding stuffs except: | 150 | |
| — 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 except: | 10 |
| — grass meal, lucerne meal or clover meal | 40 | |
| — phosphates | 30 | |
| — yeast | 5 | |
| Complete feeding stuffs | 5 | |
| Complementary feeding stuffs except: | 10 | |
| — mineral feeding stuffs | 30 | |
| Mercury | Feed materials except: | 0.1 |
| — feed materials produced by the processing of fish or other marine animals | 0.5 | |
| Complete feeding stuffs except: | 0.1 | |
| — 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) |