Explanatory note
(This note does not form part of the Regulations)
These Regulations, which apply to Wales 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 appraisal for these Regulations has been prepared pursuant to section 65 of the Government of Wales Act 1998 and placed in the library of the National Assembly for Wales. Copies may be obtained from the Food Standards Agency, 1st Floor, Southgate House, Cardiff CF10 1EN.