Explanatory note
England and Wales
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations, which extend to England only, amend the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) Regulations 1999 and implement Commission Directive 2000/45/EC establishing Community methods of analysis for the determination of vitamin A, vitamin E and tryptophan in feedingstuffs (OJ No. L174, 13.7.2000, p. 32).
The Regulations—
amend the 1999 Regulations by prescribing a revised method of analysis for the determination of vitamin A, and new methods for the determination of vitamin E and tryptophan, in feeding stuffs and, in the cases of vitamins A and E, in premixtures (regulation 4), and
make minor and consequential amendments to those Regulations, the Feeding Stuffs Regulations 2000, the Feeding Stuffs (Establishments and Intermediaries) Regulations 1999 and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) Regulations 1999 (regulations 3 and 5–8).
A regulatory impact assessment has been prepared in relation to these Regulations, and a copy placed in the library of each House of Parliament.