# The Feeding Stuffs (Scotland) Regulations 2000, Part I: FEEDING STUFFS


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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

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2000/453/schedule/7/part/I (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/feeding-stuffs-scotland-regulations-2000/schedule-7/part-I
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