# The Feeding Stuffs (Wales) Regulations 2001, 

Extent: E+W

(1) Note also that (as referred to in Part IX of this Table) one preservative is permitted by virtue of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1594/1999 and one by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1252/2002 .
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EEC No.
Name or Description
Chemical formula
Kind of animal permitted
Maximum content (mg/kg in complete feeding stuffs)
Minimum content (mg/kg in complete feeding stuffs)
Conditions
E222
Sodium hydrogensulphite (sodium bisulphate)
NaHSO3
Dogs and Cats
500 alone or together expressed as SO2
All feeding stuffs except unprocessed meat and fish
E223
Disodium disulphite (Sodium metabisulphate)
Na2S2O5
Dogs and Cats
500 alone or togther expressed as SO2
All feeding stuffs except unprocessed meat and fish
E250
Sodium nitrate
NaNO2
Dogs and Cats
100 (feeding stuffs with a moisture content exceeding 20% only)
E214
Ethyl 4-hydroxybenzoate
C9H10O3
Pet animals
No limit
}
E215
Sodium ethyl 4-hydroxybenzoate
C9H9O3Na
Pet animals
No limit
}
All feeding stuffs
E216
Propyl 4-hydroxybenzoate
C10H12O3
Pet animals
No limit
}
E217
Sodium propyl 4-hydroxybenzoate
C10H11O3Na
Pet animals
No limit
}
E218
Methyl 4-hydroxybenzoate
C8H8O3
Pet animals
No limit
}
E219
Sodium methyl 4-hydroxybenzoate
C8H7O3Na
Pet animals
No limit
}
All feeding stuffs
E490
Propan-1,2-diol
C3H8O2
Dogs
53000
}
E240
Formaldehyde
CH2O
All species of animals
No limit (For silage only)
Pigs up to the age of six months
600 (skimmed milk only)
E285
Methylpropionic acid
C4H8O2
Ruminants at the beginning of rumination
4,000
1000

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2001/343/schedule/3/part/TABLE/chapter/7/crossheading/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/feeding-stuffs-wales-regulations-2001/schedule-3/part-TABLE/chapter-7/crossheading-2
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