Part I FEEDING STUFFS
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Substances | Feeding stuffs | Maximum content in mg/kg of feeding stuffs referred to a moisture content of 12% |
| CHAPTER A | ||
| 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) | |
| CHAPTER B | ||
| Aflatoxin Bsub;1 | Feed materials except: | 0.05 |
| – groundnut, copra, palm–kernel, cotton seed, babassu, maize and products derived from the processing thereof | 0.02 | |
| Complete feeding stuffs for cattle, sheep and goats except: | 0.05 | |
| – dairy cattle | 0.005 | |
| – calves and lambs | 0.005 | |
| Complete feeding stuffs for pigs and poultry(except piglets and chicks) | 0.02 | |
| Other complete feeding stuffs | 0.01 | |
| Complementary feeding stuffs for cattle, sheep and goats (except complementary feeding stuffs for dairy animals, calves and lambs) | 0.05 | |
| Complementary feeding stuffs for pigs and poultry (except young animals) | 0.03 | |
| Other complementary feeding stuffs | 0.005 | |
| Castor oil plant Ricinus communis L. | All feeding stuffs | 10 (expressed in terms of castor oil plant husks) |
| Crotalaria spp. | All feeding stuffs | 100 |
| Free Gossypol | Feed materials except: | 20 |
| – cotton–seed cakes | 120 | |
| Complete feeding stuffs except: | 20 | |
| – complete feeding stuffs for cattle, sheep and goats | 500 | |
| – complete feeding stuffs for poultry (except laying hens) and calves | 100 | |
| – complete feeding stuffs for rabbits and pigs (except piglets) | 60 | |
| Hydrocyanic acid | Feed materials except: | 50 |
| – linseed | 250 | |
| – linseed cakes | 350 | |
| – manioc products and almond cakes | 100 | |
| Complete feeding stuffs except: | 50 | |
| – complete feeding stuffs for chicks | 10 | |
| Rye Ergot Claviceps purpurea | All feeding stuffs containing unground cereals | 1000 |
| CHAPTER C | ||
| Apricots – Prunus armeniaca L Bitter almond – Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D.A.Webb var. amara (DC.) Focke ( = Prunus amygdalus Batsch var. amara (DC.) Focke) Unhusked beech mast – Fagus silvatica (L.) Camelina–Camelina sativa (L.) Cranz Mowrah, bassia, madhuca – Madhuca longifolia (L.) Macbr. ( = Bassia longifolia L = Illipe malabrorum Engl.) Madhuca indica Gmelin. ( = Bassia latifolia (Roxb.) = Illipe latifolia (Roscb.) F. Mueller) Purghera – Jatropha curcas L. Croton – Croton tiglium L. Indian mustard – Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. and Coss. ssp. integrifolia (West.) Thell Sareptian mustard – Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. and Coss. ssp. juncea Chinese mustard – Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. and Coss. ssp. juncea var. lutea Batalin Black mustard – Brassica nigra (L.) Koch Ethiopian mustard – Brassica carinata A Braun | All feeding stuffs | Seeds and fruits of the plant species listed opposite as well as their processed derivatives may only be present in feeding stuffs in trace amounts not quantitatively determinable |
| Theobromine | Complete feeding stuffs except: | 300 |
| – complete feeding stuffs for adult cattle | 700 | |
| Vinylthiooxazolidone (Vinyloxyzolidine thione) | Complete feeding stuffs for poultry except: | 1000 |
| – complete feeding stuffs for laying hens | 500 | |
| Volatile mustard oil | Feed materials except: | 100 |
| – rape–seed cakes | 4000 (expressed as allyl isothiocyanate) | |
| Complete feeding stuffs except: | 1500 (expressed as allyl isothiocyanate) | |
| – complete feeding stuffs for cattle, sheep and goats (except calves, lambs and kids) | 1000 (expressed as allyl isothiocyanate) | |
| – complete feeding stuffs for pigs (except piglets) and poultry | 500 (expressed as allyl isothiocyanate) | |
| Weed seeds and unground and uncrushed fruit containing alkaloids, glucosides or other toxic substances separately or in combination including: | All feeding stuffs | 3000 |
(a) Lolium temulentum L. | 1000 | |
(b) Lolium remotum Schrank | 1000 | |
(c) Datura stramonium L. | 1000 | |
| CHAPTER D | ||
| Aldrin, Dieldrin singly, or combined expressed as dieldrin | All feeding stuffs | 0.01 |
| except fats | 0.2 | |
| Camphechlor (Toxaphene) | All feeding stuffs | 0.1 |
| Chlordane (sum of cis– and trans–isomers and of oxychlordane, expressed as Chlordane) DDT (sum of DDT, TDE and DDE isomers, expressed as DDT) | All feeding stuffs except fats All feeding stuffs except fats | 0.02 0.05 0.05 0.02 |
| Endosulphan (sum of alpha and beta–isomers and of endosulphan sulphate, expressed as endosulphan) | All feeding stuffs | 0.1 |
| except – maize | 0.2 | |
| – oilseeds | 0.5 | |
| – complete feeding stuffs for fish | 0.005 | |
| Endrin (sum of endrin and delta–keto–endrin, expressed as endrin) | All feeding stuffs | 0.01 |
| except fats | 0.05 | |
| Heptachlor (sum of heptachlor and of heptachlor – epoxide, expressed as heptachlor | All feeding stuffs | 0.01 |
| except fats | 0.05 | |
| Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) | All feeding stuffs | 0.01 |
| except fats | 0.2 | |
| Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) | ||
| – alpha–isomers | All feed stuffs | 0.02 |
| except fats | 0.2 | |
| – beta–isomers | Feed materials | 0.01 |
| except fats | 0.1 | |
| Compound feeding stuffs | 0.01 | |
| except compound feeding stuffs for dairy cattle | 0.005 | |
| – gamma–isomers | All feeding stuffs | 0.2 |
| except fats | 2.0 |