# Feeding Stuffs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001, 

Extent: N.I.
Status: prospective

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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)

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2001/47/schedule/7/part/I/crossheading/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/feeding-stuffs-regulations-northern-ireland-2001/schedule-7/part-I/crossheading-1
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.