The Feeding Stuffs (Scotland) Regulations 2000

Number	Name	Description	Compulsory declarations
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
6.01	Lucerne meal[^f00067]	Product obtained by drying and milling young lucerne Medicago sativa L. and Medicago var. Martyn. It may contain up to 20% young clover or other forage crops dried and milled at the same time as the lucerne.	Protein Fibre Ash insoluble in HC1, if > 3.5% of dry matter
6.02	Lucerne pomace	Dried by-product obtained by pressing of the juice from lucerne.	Protein
6.03	Lucerne protein concentrate	Product obtained by artificially drying fractions of lucerne press juice, which has been centrifuged and heat treated to precipitate the proteins.	Carotene Protein
6.04	Clover meal[^f00068]	Product obtained by drying and milling young clover Trifolium spp. It may contain up to 20% young lucerne or other forage crops dried and milled at the same time as the clover.	Protein Fibre Ash insoluble in HC1, if > 3.5% of dry matter
6.05	Grass meal[^f00069][^f00070]	Product obtained by drying and milling young forage plants.	Protein Fibre Ash insoluble in HC1, if > 3.5% of dry matter
6.06	Cereals straw[^f00071]	Straw of cereals.
6.07	Cereals straw, treated[^f00072]	Product obtained by an appropriate treatment of cereals straw.	Sodium, if treated with NaOH

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OTHER PLANTS, THEIR PRODUCTS AND BY-PRODUCTS

Number	Name	Description	Compulsory declarations
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
7.01	(Sugar) cane molasses	By-product consisting of the syrupy residue collected during the manufacture or refining of sugar from sugar cane Saccharum officianrum L.	Total sugar calculated as sucrose Moisture, if > 30%
7.02	(Sugar) cane vinasse	By-product obtained after the fermentation of cane molasses in the production of alcohol, yeast, citric acid or other organic substances.	Protein Moisture, if > 35%
7.03	(Cane) sugar[^f00073]	Sugar extracted from sugar cane.	Sucrose
7.04	Seaweed meal	Product obtained by drying and crushing seaweed, in particular brown seaweed. This product may have been washed to reduce the iodine content.	Ash

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MILK PRODUCTS

Number	Name	Description	Compulsory declarations
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
8.01	Skimmed-milk powder	Product obtained by drying milk from which most of the fat has been separated.	Protein Moisture, if > 5%
8.02	Buttermilk powder	Product obtained by drying the liquid which remains after butter churning.	Protein Fat Lactose Moisture, if > 6%
8.03	Whey powder	Product obtained by drying the liquid which remains after cheese, quark and casein making or similar processes.	Protein Lactose Moisture, if > 8%Ash
8.04	Whey powder, low in sugar	Product obtained by drying whey from which the lactose has been partly removed.	Protein Lactose Moisture, if > 8%Ash
8.05	Whey protein powder[^f00074]	Product obtained by drying the protein compounds extracted from whey or milk by chemical or physical treatment.	Protein Moisture, if > 8%
8.06	Casein powder	Product obtained from skimmed or buttermilk by drying casein precipitated by means of acids or rennet.	Protein Moisture, if > 10%
8.07	Lactose powder	The sugar separated from milk or whey by purification and drying.	Lactose Moisture, if > 5%.

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LAND ANIMAL PRODUCTS

Number	Name	Description	Compulsory declarations
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
9.01	Meat meal[^f00075]	Product obtained by heating, drying and grinding whole or parts of warm-blooded land animals from which the fat may have been partially extracted or physically removed. The product must be substantially free of hooves, horn, bristle, hair and feathers, as well as digestive tract content (minimum protein content 50% in dry matter). (Maximum total phosphorus content: 8%).	Protein Fat Ash Moisture, if > 8%
9.02	Meat-and-bone meal[^f00076]	Product obtained by heating, drying and grinding whole or parts of warm-blooded land animals from which the fat may have been partially extracted or physically removed. The product must be substantially free of hooves, horn, bristle, hair and feathers, as well as digestive tract content.	Protein Fat Ash Moisture, if > 8%
9.03	Bone meal	Product obtained by heating, drying and finely grinding bones of warm-blooded land animals from which the fat has been largely extracted or physically removed. The product must be substantially free of hooves, horn, bristle, hair and feathers, as well as digestive tract content.	Protein Ash Moisture, if > 8%
9.04	Greaves	Residual product of the manufacture of tallow, lard and other extracted or physically removed fats of animal origin.	Protein Fat Moisture, if > 8%
9.05	Poultry meal[^f00077]	Product obtained by heating, drying and grinding by-products from slaughtered poultry. The product must be substantially free of feathers.	Protein Fat Ash Ash insoluble inHC1 > 3.3% Moisture, if > 8%
9.06	Feather meal, hydrolysed	Product obtained by hydrolysing, drying and grinding poultry feathers.	Protein Ash insoluble inHC1 > 3.4% Moisture, if > 8%
9.07	Blood meal	Product obtained by drying the blood of slaughtered warm-blooded animals. The product must be substantially free of foreign matter.	Protein Moisture, if > 8%
9.08	Animal fat[^f00078]	Product composed of fat from warm-blooded land animals.	Moisture, if > 1%

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FISH, OTHER MARINE ANIMALS, THEIR PRODUCTS AND BY-PRODUCTS

Number	Name	Description	Compulsory declarations
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
10.01	Fish meal[^f00079]	Product obtained by processing whole or parts of fish from which part of the oil may have been removed and to which fish solubles may have been re-added.	Protein Fat Ash, if > 20% Moisture, if > 8%
10.02	Fish solubles, condensed	Product obtained during manufacture of fish meal which has been separated and stabilised by acidification or drying.	Protein Fat Moisture, if > 5%
10.03	Fish oil	Oil obtained from fish or parts of fish.	Moisture if > 1%
10.04	Fish oil, refined, hardened	Oil obtained from fish or parts of fish which has been refined and subjected to hydrogenation.	Iodine number Moisture, if > 1%

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MINERALS

Number	Name	Description	Compulsory declarations
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
11.01	Calcium carbonate[^f00080]	Product obtained by grinding sources of calcium carbonate, such as limestone, oyster or mussel shells, or by precipitation from acid solution.	CalciumAsh insoluble in HC1 if > 5%
11.02	Calcium and magnesium carbonate	Natural mixture of calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate.	Calcium Magnesium
11.03	Calcareous marine algae (Maerl)	Product of natural origin obtained from calcareous algae, ground or granulated.	Calcium Ash insoluble in HC1 if > 5%
11.04	Magnesium oxide	Technically pure magnesium oxide (MgO).	Magnesium
11.05	Magnesium sulphate	Technically pure magnesium sulphate (MsSO₄.7H₂O).	Magnesium Sulphur
11.06	Dicalcium phosphate[^f00081]	Precipitated calcium monohydrogen phosphate from bones or inorganic sources (CaHPO₄.xH₂O).	Calcium Total phosphorus
11.07	Mono-dicalcium phosphate	Product obtained chemically and composed of equal parts of dicalcium phosphate and mono-calcium phosphate (CaHPO₄ - Ca(H₂PO₄)₂.H₂O).	Total phosphorus Calcium
11.08	Defluorinatedrock phosphate	Product obtained by grinding purified and appropriately defluorinated natural phosphates.	Total phosphorus Calcium
11.09	Degelatinised bone meal	Degelatinsed, sterilised and ground bones from which the fat has been removed.	Total phosphorus Calcium
11.10	Monocalcium phosphate	Technically pure calcium-bis (dihydrogenphosphate)(Ca(H₂PO₄)₂.xH₂O).	Total phosphorus Calcium
11.11	Calcium-magnesium phosphate	Technically pure calcium-magnesium phosphate.	Calcium Magnesium Total phosphorus
11.12	Mono-ammonium phosphate	Technically pure mono-ammonium phosphate (NH₄H₂PO₄).	Total nitrogen Total phosphorus
11.13	Sodium chloride[^f00082]	Technically pure sodium chloride or product obtained by grinding natural sources of sodium chloride, such as (rock) and (marine) salt.	Sodium
11.14	Magnesium propionate	Technically pure magnesium propionate.	Magnesium
11.15	Magnesium phosphate	Product consisting of technically pure (dibasic) magnesium phosphate (MgHPO₄.xH₂O).	Total phosphorus Magnesium
11.16	Sodium-calcium-magnesium phosphate	Product consisting of sodium-calcium-magnesium phosphate.	Total phosphorus Magnesium Calcium Sodium
11.17	Mono-sodium phosphate	Technically pure mono-sodium phosphate (NaH₂PO.H₂O).	Total phosphorus Sodium
11.18	Sodium bicarbonate	Technically pure sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO₃).	Sodium

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MISCELLANEOUS

Number	Name	Description	Compulsory declarations
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
12.01	Bakery and pasta products andby-products[^f00083]	Product or by-product obtained from the manufacture of bread, including fine bakers’ wares, biscuits or pasta.	Starch Total sugar calculated as sucrose
12.02	Confectionery products and by-products[^f00084]	Product or by-product obtained from the manufacture of confectionery including chocolate.	Total sugar calculated as sucrose
12.03	Products and by-products of pastry and ice-cream making[^f00085]	Product or by-product obtained from the manufacture of pastry, cakes or ice-cream.	Starch Total sugar expressed as sucrose Fat
12.04	Fatty acids	By-product obtained during the deacidification, by means of lye or by distillation of oils and fats of unspecified vegetable or animal origin.	Fat Moisture, if > 1%
12.05	Salts of fatty acids[^f00086]	Product obtained by saponification of fatty acids with calcium, sodium or potassium hydroxide.	Fat Ca (or Na or K, when appropriate)

PART III

Feed material	Feed material	Compulsory declaration
(1)	(1)	(2)
1.	Cereal grains
2.	Products and by-products of cereal grains	Starch, if > 20% Protein, if > 10% Fat, if >5% Fibre
3.	Oil seeds, oil fruits
4.	Products and by-products of oil seeds, oil fruits	Protein, if > 10% Fat, if >5% Fibre
5.	Legume seeds
6.	Products and by-products of legume seeds	Protein, if > 10% Fibre
7.	Tubers, roots
8.	Products and by-products of tubers and roots	Starch Fibre Ash insoluble in HC1, if > 3.5%
9.	Other products and by-products of the sugar beet processing industry	Fibre, if > 15% Total sugar, calculated as sucrose Ash insoluble in HC1, if > 3.5%
10.	Other seeds and fruits, their products and by-products	Protein Fibre Fat, if > 10%
11.	Forages and roughage	Protein, if > 10% Fibre
12.	Other plants, their products and by-products	Protein, if > 10% Fibre
13.	Products and by-products of the sugar cane processing industry	Fibre, if > 15% Total sugar calculated as sucrose
14.	Milk products and by-products	Protein Moisture, if > 5% Lactose, if > 10%
15.	Land animal products	Protein, if > 10% Fat, if > 5% Moisture, if > 8%
16.	Fish, other marine animals, their products and by-products	Protein, if > 10% Fat, if > 5% Moisture, if > 8%
17.	Minerals	Relevant minerals
18.	Miscellaneous	Protein, if > 10% Fibre Fat, if > 10% Starch, if > 30% Total sugar, calculated as sucrose, if > 10%

SCHEDULE 3 — PERMITTED ADDITIVES AND PROVISIONS RELATING TO THEIR USE

1

In this Schedule “material” means “material intended for use as a feeding stuff”, and any reference to a numbered Part is a reference to the Part bearing that number in the Table to this Schedule.

2

No material shall contain any added antioxidant named or described in column 2 and 3 of Part I, unless, taking into account any such antioxidant which is naturally present, the maximum content (if any) specified in relation thereto in column 4 of that Part is not exceeded.

3

No material shall contain any added colourant named or described in column 2 of Part II unless–

• (a) the material is intended for a species or category of animal listed opposite the colourant in question in column 4 of that Part;

• (b) taking into account any such colourant as is naturally present, the maximum content (if any) specified in relation thereto in column 5 of that Part is not exceeded; and

• (c) the material complies with the conditions (if any) specified in relation thereto in column 6 of that Part.

4

No material shall contain any added emulsifier, stabiliser, thickener or gelling agent other than one named or described in column 2 of Chapter B of Part III unless–

• (a) that material is intended for a species or category of animal listed opposite the substance in question in column 3 of that Chapter;

• (b) taking into account any such substance which is naturally present, the maximum content (if any) specified in relation thereto in column 4 of that Chapter is not exceeded; and

• (c) the material complies with any conditions specified in relation thereto in column 5 of that Chapter.

5

• (1) Any material may contain any added vitamin (not being vitamin A, D2 or D3) or any pro vitamin or chemically well defined substance having a similar effect.

• (2) No material may contain any added vitamin A, D2 or D3 unless–

• (a) the material is for a species or category of animal listed opposite the vitamin in question in column 3 of Part IV;

• (b) taking into account any such vitamin as is naturally present, the maximum content (if any) specified in relation thereto in column 4 of that Part is not exceeded; and

• (c) the material complies with the conditions (if any) specified in relation thereto in column 5 of that Part.

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• (1) No material shall contain any added trace element identified in column 2 of Part V, and coming from a source specified in relation to it in columns 3 and 4 of Part V, in proportions which, taking account of any such trace element which is naturally present, exceed the maximum content specified in relation thereto in column 6 of that Part.

• (2) No material shall contain any added trace element so identified, from a source so specified, unless the material is for a species or category of animal listed opposite the source in question in column 5 of that Part.

• (3) No material shall contain any added trace element so identified, and from a source so specified, which does not comply with the conditions (if any) specified in respect of that source in column 7 of that Part.

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No material shall contain–

• (a) any added aromatic or appetising substance named or described in column 2 of Part VI (or, as the case may be, columns 2 and 3 of that Part) which taking into account of any such substance which is naturally present, exceeds the maximum content (if any) specified in relation thereto in column 6 of that Part; or

• (b) any added aromatic or appetising substance named or described in the said column 2 which, taking account of any such substance which is naturally present, exceeds the maximum content (if any) specified in relation thereto in column 6 of Part VI; or

• (c) any added aromatic or appetising substance named or described in the said column 2, unless the material is for a species or category of animal listed opposite the substance in question in column 4 of Part VI and the animal concerned is of an age no greater than that (if any) specified in column 5 of that Part.

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• (1) No material shall contain any added preservative other than one named or described in columns 2 and 3 of Chapter A of Part VII, unless the material complies with the conditions (if any) specified in relation thereto in column 4 of that Chapter.

• (2) No material shall contain any added preservative specified in columns 2 and 3 of Chapter B of Part VII which, taking into account any such preservative which is naturally present, exceeds, the maximum content specified in relation thereto in column 5.

• (3) No material shall contain any added preservative specified in columns 2 and 3 of Chapter B of Part VII unless the material is for a species or category of animal listed opposite the preservative in question in column 4 of that Chapter, and is used in accordance with the specifications, if any, laid down in respect of it in columns 5 to 7 thereof.

9

No material shall contain any acidity regulator, except that material intended for use as a pet food for dogs and cats may contain any of the acidity regulators named in Part VIII.

10

Unless otherwise stated, any maximum or minimum specified for the content in any feeding stuff of any additive, in the relevant Part of Parts I to VIII, or in the relevant European Community Regulation specified in Part IX[^f00087], is so specified by reference to a complete feeding stuff with a moisture content of 12%.

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The second paragraph of Article 9q1 of the Additives Directive shall have effect in relation to any additive covered by a European Community Regulation specified in Part IX.

PART I — PERMITTED ANTIOXIDANTS

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
EEC No	Name or Description		Maximum content (mg/kg in complete feeding stuff)	Conditions
E300	L-Ascorbic acid	C₆H₈O₆		All feeding stuffs
E301	Sodium L-ascorbate	C₆H₇O₆Na		All feeding stuffs
E302	Calcium Di(L-ascorbate)	C₁₂H₁₄O12Ca.2H₂O		All feeding stuffs
E303	5,6 Diacetyl-L-ascorbic acid	C₁₀H₁₂O5		All feeding stuffs
E304	6-Palmitoyl-L-ascorbic acid	C₂₂H₃₈O₇		All feeding stuffs
E306	Tocopherol-rich extracts of natural origin	–		All feeding stuffs
E307	Synthetic alpha-tocopherol	C₂₉H₅₀O₂		All feeding stuffs
E308	Synthetic gamma –tocopherol	C₂₈H₄₈O₂		All feeding stuffs
E309	Synthetic delta-tocopherol	C₂₇H₄₆O₂		All feeding stuffs
E310	Propyl gallate	C₁₀H₁₂O₅	100 alone or together	All feeding stuffs
E311	Octyle gallate	C₁₅H₂₂O₅	100 alone or together	All feeding stuffs
E312	Dodecyl gallate	C₁₉H₃₀O₅	100 alone or together	All feeding stuffs

PART II — PERMITTED COLOURANTS

PART III — PERMITTED EMULSIFIERS, STABILISERS, THICKENERS AND GELLING AGENTS

CHAPTER A

EEC No.	Name or description	Conditions
E322	Lecithins	All feeding stuffs
E400	Alginic acid	All feeding stuffs
E401	Sodium alginate	All feeding stuffs
E402	Potassium alginate	All feeding stuffs
E404	Calcium alginate	All feeding stuffs
E405	Propylene glycol alginate (propan-1,2-diol alginate)	All feeding stuffs
E406	Agar	All feeding stuffs
E407	Carrageenan	All feeding stuffs
E410	Locust bean gum (carob gum)	All feeding stuffs
E411	Tamarind seed flour	All feeding stuffs
E412	Guar gum (guar flour)	All feeding stuffs
E413	Tragacanth	All feeding stuffs
E414	Acacia (gum arabic)	All feeding stuffs
E415	Xanthan gum	All feeding stuffs
E420	D-Glucitol (sorbitol)	All feeding stuffs
E421	Mannitol	All feeding stuffs
E422	Glycerol	All feeding stuffs
E440	Pectins	All feeding stuffs
E460	Mycrocrystalline cellulose	All feeding stuffs
E460(ii)	Cellulose powder	All feeding stuffs
E461	Methylcellulose	All feeding stuffs
E462	Ethylcellulose	All feeding stuffs
E463	Hydroxypropylcellulose	All feeding stuffs
E464	Hydroxypropylmethylcellulose	All feeding stuffs
E465	Ethylmethylcellulose	All feeding stuffs
E466	Carboxymethylcellulose (sodium salt of carboxymethyl ether of cellulose)	All feeding stuffs
E470	Sodium, potassium and calcium salts of edible fatty acids, alone or in mixtures, derived either from edible fats or distilled edible fatty acids	All feeding stuffs
E471	Monoacyl and dicylglycerols (mono- and di-glycerides of fatty acids)	All feeding stuffs
E472	Monoacyl and diacylglycerols esterified with the following acids: acetic lactic citric tartaric monoacetyltartaric and diacetyltartaric	All feeding stuffs
E473	Sucrose esters of fatty acids (esters of saccharose and edible fatty acids)	All feeding stuffs
E474	Mixture of sucrose esters of monoacyl and diacylglycerols (sucroglycerides)	All feeding stuffs
E475	Polyglycerol esters of non-polymerised edible fatty acids	All feeding stuffs
E477	Propylene glycol esters of fatty acids (propan-1,2-diol esters of fatty acids)	All feeding stuffs
E480	Stearoyl-2-lactylic acid	All feeding stuffs
E481	Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate	All feeding stuffs
E482	Calcium stearoyl-2-lactylate	All feeding stuffs
E483	Stearyl tartrate
E484	Glycerol poly(ethylene glycol)ricinoleate
E486	Dextrans	All feeding stuffs
E491	Sorbitan monostearate	All feeding stuffs
E492	Sorbitan tristearate	All feeding stuffs
E493	Sorbitan monolaurate	All feeding stuffs
E494	Sorbitan mono-oleate	All feeding stuffs
E495	Sorbitan monopalmitate	All feeding stuffs

CHAPTER B

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
EEC No.	Name or Description	Kind of animal permitted	Maximum Content (mg/kg in complete feeding stuff)	Conditions
E403	Ammonium Alginate	All species of animals except aquarium fish		All feeding stuffs
E418	Gellan Gum(Polytetrasaccharide containing glucose, glucuronic acid and rhamonose (2:1:1) produced by Pseudomonas elodea (ATCC31466))	Dogs, Cats	No limit	Feeding stuffs with a moisture content exceeding 20%
E432	Polyoxyethylene (20) sorbitan monolaurate	All species of animals	5000 (alone or with other Polysorbates)	Milk replacer feeds only
E433	Polyoxyethylene (20) sorbitan mono-oleate	All species of animals	5000 (alone or with other Polysorbates)	Milk replacer feeds only
E434	Polyoxyethylene (20) sorbitan monopalmitate	All species of animals	5000 (alone or with other Polysorbates)	Milk replacer feeds only
E435	Polyoxeyethylene (20) sorbitan monostearate	All species of animals	5000 (alone or with other Polysorbates)	Milk replacer feeds only
E436	Polyoxyethylene (20) sorbitan tristearate	All species of animals	5000 (alone or with other Polysorbates)	Milk replacer feeds only
E450b(i)	Pentasodium triphosphate	Dogs, Cats	5000	All feeding stuffs
E487	Polyethyleneglycol esters of fatty acids from soya oil	Calves	6000	Milk replacer feeds only
E488	Polyoxyethylated glycerides of tallow fatty acids	Calves	5000	Milk replacer feeds only
E489	Ethers of polyglycerol and of alcohols obtained by the reduction of oleic and palmitic acids	Calves	5000	Milk replacer feeds only
E490	Propan-1, 2-diol	Dairy cows	12000	All feeding stuffs
		Calves Cattle for fattening Lambs Kids Swine Poultry	36000	All feeding stuffs
E496	Poly(ethylene glycol) 6000	All species of animals	300	All feeding stuffs
E497	Polyoxypropylene-polyoxyethylene polymers (M.W. 6800-9000)	All species of animals	50	All feeding stuffs
E498	Partial polyglycerol esters of polycondensed fatty acids of caster oil (polyglycerol polyricinoleate)	Dogs	No limit	All feeding stuffs
E499	Cassia Gum	Dogs, Cats	17600	Feeding stuffs with a moisture content exceeding 20%

PART IV — VITAMINS A, D2 AND D3

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5	Column 5
EEC No.	Vitamin	Kind of animal	Maximum content (international units per kilogram in complete feeding stuff) or of the daily ration	Conditions	Conditions
E672	A	Chickens for fattening	13500	All feeding stuffs except feeding stuffs for young animals
		Ducks for fattening	13500	All feeding stuffs except feeding stuffs for young animals
		Turkeys for fattening	13500	All feeding stuffs except feeding stuffs for young animals
		Lambs for fattening	13500	All feeding stuffs except feeding stuffs for young animals
		Pigs for fattening	13500	All feeding stuffs except feeding stuffs for young animals
		Bovines for fattening	13500	All feeding stuffs except feeding stuffs for young animals
		Calves for fattening	25000	Only milk replacers
		Other species of animals	–	All feeding stuffs
E670	D₂	Pigs Piglets	2000 10000	In milk replacer feeds only	Simultaneous use of Vitamin D₂ and D₃ prohibited
or		Cattle Calves	4000 10000	In milk replacer feeds only	Simultaneous use of Vitamin D₂ and D₃ prohibited
		Sheep Lambs	4000 10000	In milk replacer feeds only	Simultaneous use of Vitamin D₂ and D₃ prohibited
		Horses Other species of animals except poultry and fish	4000 2000		Simultaneous use of Vitamin D₂ and D₃ prohibited
E671	D₃	Pigs Piglets	2000 10000	In milk replacer feeds only	Simultaneous use of Vitamin D₂ and D₃ prohibited
		Cattle	4000
		Calves	10000	In milk replacer feeds only	Simultaneous use of Vitamin D₂ and D₃ prohibited
		Sheep	4000	In milk replacer feeds only	Simultaneous use of Vitamin D₂ and D₃ prohibited
Lambs	10000	In milk replacer feeds only	Simultaneous use of Vitamin D₂ and D₃ prohibited
		Horses	4000
		Chickens for fattening	5000
		Turkeys	5000
		Other poultry	3000
		Fish	3000
		Other species of animals	2000

PART V — TRACE ELEMENTS

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5	Column 6	Column 7
EEC No.	Element	Name of Additive	Chemical Formula	Kind of Animal Permitted	Maximum Content of the Element mg/kg in Complete Feeding Stuffs	Conditions
E1	Iron-Fe	Ferrous carbonate Ferrous chloride, tetrahydrate Ferric chloride, hexahydrate Ferrous citrate, hexahydrate Ferrous fumarate Ferrous lactate, trihydrate Ferric oxide Ferrous sulphate, monohydrate	FeCO₃ FeCl₂.4H₂O FeCl₃.6H₂O Fe₃(C₆H₅O₇)₂.6H₂O FeC₄H₂O₄ Fe(C₃H₅O₃)₂.3H₂O Fe₂O₃ FeSO₄.H₂O	all animals	1250 (total)	– – – – – – – Permitted: in denatured skimmed milk powder and in compound feeding stuffs manufactured from denatured skimmed milk powder: subject to the mandatory provisions of Commission Regulations (EEC) No. 368/77 and (EEC) No. 443/77. declaration of the amount of iron added, expressed as the element, on the label or package or container of denatured skimmed milk powder. in compound feeding stuffs other than those listed under (i).
		Ferrous sulphate, heptahydrate	FeSO₄.7H₂O	all animals	1250 (total)	Permitted: in denatured skimmed milk and in compound feeding stuffs manufactured from denatured skimmed milk powder: subject to the mandatory provisions of Commission Regulations (EEC) No. 368/77 and (EEC) No. 443/77. declaration of the amount of iron added, expressed as the element, on the label or package or container of denatured skimmed milk powder. in compound feeding stuffs other than those listed under (i) above.
		Ferrous Chelate of Amino Acids hydrate	Fe(x) 1-3.NH₂O (where x equals an anion of any amino acid derived from hydrolysed Soya Protein) Molecular weight not exceeding 1500	all animals	–	–
E2	Iodine-I	Calcium iodate, hexahydrate	Ca(IO₃)₂.6H₂O	equines: fish; other species of animals	4 (total):	–
		Calcium iodate, anthydrous	Ca(IO₃)₂	equines: fish; other species of animals	20 (total)	–
		Sodium iodide	NaI	equines: fish; other species of animals	10 (total)	–
Potassium iodide	KI	equines: fish; other species of animals	–	–
E3	Cobalt-Co	Cobaltous acetate, tetrahydrate Basic cobaltous carbonate, monohydrate Cobaltous chloride, hexahydrate Cobaltous sulphate, heptahydrate Cobaltous sulphate, monohydrate Cobaltous nitrate, Hexahydrate	Co(CH₃COO)₂.4H₂O 2CoCO₃3Co(OH)₂.H₂O CoCI₂.6H₂O CoSO₄.7H₂O CoSO₄ H₂O Co(NO₃)₂ 6H₂O	all animals	10 (total)
E4	Copper-Cu	Cupric acetate, monohydrate Basic cupric carbonate, Monohydrate Cupric chlorid , dihydrate Cupric methionate Cupric oxide Cupric sulphate, pentahydrate	CuCO₃.Cu(OH)₂ H₂O Cu(CH₃ COO)₂.H₂O CuCI₂.2H₂O Cu(C₃H₁₀NO₂S)₂ CuO	Pigs for fattening: up to 16 weeks from 17th week to six months over six months Breeding pigs: Calves: milk replacers: other complete feeding stuffs: Ovines: Other species of animals:	175 (total) 100 (total) 35 (total) 35 (total) 30 (total) 50 (total) 15 (total) 35 (total)	– – – – – – – –
		Cupric sulphate, monohydrate Cupric sulphate, pentahydrate	CuSO₄.H₂O CuSO₄.5H₂O	Pigs for fattening: up to 16 weeks from 17th week to six months over six months Breeding pigs:	175 (total) 100 (total) 35 (total) 35 (total)	Denatured skimmed milk powder and compound feeding stuffs manufactured from denatured skimmed milk powder: — Subject to the relevant
				Ovines: Other species of animals with the exception of calves:	15 (total) 30 (total)	provisions of Commission Regulations (EEC) No368/77 and (EEC) No. 443/77. Declaration of the amount of copper added, expressed as the element on the label or package or the container of denatured skimmed milk powder.
	Maganese-Mn	Manganous carbonate	MnCO₃	all animals	250 (total)	–
		Manganous chloride, tetrahydrate	MnCI₂.4H₂O	all animals	250 (total)	–
		Manganous hydrogen phosphate, trihydrate	MnHPO₄.3H₂O	all animals	250 (total)	–
		Manganous oxide	MnO	all animals	250 (total)	–
		Manganic oxide	Mn₂O₃	all animals	250 (total)	–
		Manganous sulphate, tetrahydrate	MnSO₄.4H₂O	all animals	250 (total)	–
		Manganous sulphate, Monohydrate	MnSO₄.H₂O	all animals	250 (total)	–
E6	Zinc-Zn	Zinc lactate, trihydrate	Zn(C₃H₅O₃)₂.3H₂O	all animals	250 (total)	–
		Zinc acetate, dihydrate	Zn(CH₃.COO)₂.2H₂O	all animals	250 (total)	–
		Zinc carbonate	ZnCO₃	all animals	250 (total)	–
		Zinc chloride, monohydrate	ZnCl₂.H₂O	all animals	250 (total)	–
		Zinc oxide	ZnO	all animals	250 (total)	Maximum content of lead 600 mg/kg
		Zinc sulphate, heptahydrate	ZnSO₄.7H₂O	all animals	250 (total)	–
		Zinc sulphate, monohydrate	ZnSO₄.H₂O	all animals	250 (total)	–
E7	Molybdenum-Mo	Ammonium molybdate Sodium molybdate	(NH₄)₆Mo₇O₂₄.4H₂O Na₂MoO₄.2H₂O	all animals	2.5 (total)	–
E8	Selenium-Se	Sodium selenite Sodium selenate	Na₂SeO₃ Na₂SeO₄	all animals	0.5 (total)	–

PART VI — AROMATIC AND APPETISING SUBSTANCES

PART VII — PERMITTED PRESERVATIVES

CHAPTER A

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
EEC No	Name or Description	Chemical Formula	Conditions
E200	Sorbic acid	C₆H₈O₂	All feeding stuffs
E201	Sodium sorbate	C₆H₇O₂Na	All feeding stuffs
E202	Potassium sorbate	C₆H₇O₂K	All feeding stuffs
E203	Calcium sorbate	C₁₂H₁₄O₄Ca	All feeding stuffs
E237	Sodium formate	CHO₂Na	All feeding stuffs
E238	Calcium formate	C₂H₂O₄Ca	All feeding stuffs
E260	Acetic acid	C₂H₄O₂	All feeding stuffs
E261	Potassium acetate	C₂H₃O₂K	All feeding stuffs
E262	Sodium diacetate	C₄H₇O₄Na	All feeding stuffs
E263	Calcium acetate	C₄H₆O₄Ca	All feeding stuffs
E270	Lactic acid	C₃H₆O₃	All feeding stuffs
E280	Propionic acid	C₃H₆O₂	All feeding stuffs
E281	Sodium propionate	C₃H₅O₂Na	All feeding stuffs
E282	Calcium propionate	C₆H₁₀O₄Ca	All feeding stuffs
E283	Potassium propionate	C₃H₅O₂K	All feeding stuffs
E284	Ammonium propionate	C₃H₉O₂N	All feeding stuffs
E295	Ammonium formate	CH₅O₂N	All feeding stuffs
E296	DL-Malic acid	C₄H₆O₅	All feeding stuffs
E297	Fulmaric acid	C₄H₄O₄	All feeding stuffs
E325	Sodium lactate	C₃H₅O₃Na	All feeding stuffs
E326	Potassium lactate	C₃H₅O₃K	All feeding stuffs
E327	Calcium lactate	C₆H₁₀O₆Ca	All feeding stuffs
E330	Citric acid	C₆H₈O₇	All feeding stuffs
E331	Sodium citrates	–	All feeding stuffs
E332	Potassium citrates	–	All feeding stuffs
E333	Calcium citrates	–	All feeding stuffs
E334	L-Tartaric acid	C₄H₆O₆	All feeding stuffs
E335	Sodium L-tartrates	–	All feeding stuffs
E336	Potassium L-tartrates	–	All feeding stuffs
E337	Potassium sodium L-tartrate	C₄H₄O₆KNa.4H₂O	All feeding stuffs
E338	Orthophosphoric acid	H₃PO₄	for use in silage only
E507	Hydrochloric acid	HC1	for use in silage only
E507	Sulphuric acid	H₂SO₄	for use in silage only

CHAPTER B

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5	Column 6
EEC No.	Name or Description	Chemical formula	Kind of animal	Maximum content (mg/kg in complete feeding stuff)	Minimum content (mg/kg in complete feeding stuff)	Conditions
E222	Sodium hydrogensulphite (Sodium bisulphite)	NaHSO₃	Dogs and Cats	500 alone or together expressed as SO₂		All feeding stuffs except unprocessed meat and fish
E223	Na₂S₂O₅	Disodium disulphite (Sodium metabisulphite)	Dogs and Cats	500 alone or together expressed as SO₂		All feeding stuffs except unprocessed meat and fish
E250	Sodium nitrite	NaNO₂	Dogs and Cats	100 (feeding stuffs with a moisture content exceeding 20% only)
E214	Ethyl 4 hydroxybenzoate	C₉H₁₀O₃	Pet animals	No limit		All feeding stuffs
E215	Sodium ethyl 4-hydroxybenzoate	C₉H₉O₃Na	Pet animals	No limit		All feeding stuffs
E216	Propyl 4-hydroxybenzoate	C₁₀H₁₂O₃	Pet animals	No limit		All feeding stuffs
E217	Sodium propyl 4-hydroxybenzoate	C₁₀H₁₁O₃Na	Pet animals	No limit		All feeding stuffs
E218	Methyl 4-hydroxybenzoate	C₈H₈O₃	Pet animals	No limit		All feeding stuffs
E219	Sodium methyl 4-hydroxybenzoate	C₈H₇O₃Na	Pet animals	No limit		All feeding stuffs
E490	Propane- 1,2-dio l	C₃H₈O₂	Dogs	53,000		All feeding stuffs
E240	Formaldehyde	CH₂O	All species of animals Pigs up to the age of six months	No limit (for silage only) 600 (skimmed milk only)
E285	Methylpropionic acid	C₄H₈O₂	Ruminants at the beginning of rumination	4,000	1,000

PART VIII — PERMITTED ACIDITY REGULATORS FOR PET FOODS FOR DOGS AND CATS

Column 1	Column 2
EEC No.	Additive
E170	Calcium carbonate
E296	DL – and L-Malic acid
–	Ammonium dihydrogen orthophosphate
–	Diammonium hydrogen orthophosphate
E339(i)	Sodium dihydrogen orthophosphate
E339(ii)	Disodium hydrogen orthophosphate
E339(iii)	Trisodium orthophosphate
E340(i)	Potassium dihydrogen orthophosphate
E340(ii)	Dipotassium hydrogen orthophosphate
E340(iii)	Tripotassium orthophosphate
E341(i)	Calcium tetrahydrogen diorthophosphate
E341(ii)	Calcium hydrogen orthophosphate
E350(i)	Sodium malate (Salt of DL – or L-Malic Acid)
E450(a)(i)	Disodium dihydrogen diphosphate
E450(a)(iii)	Tetrasodium diphosphate
E450(a)(iv)	Tetrapotassium diphosphate
E450(b)(i)	Pentasodium triphosphate
E450(b)(ii)	Pentapotassium triphosphate
E500(i)	Sodium carbonate
E500(ii)	Sodium hydrogen carbonate
E500(iii)	Sodium sesquicarbonate
E501(ii)	Potassium hydrogen carbonate
E503(i)	Ammonium carbonate
E503(ii)	Ammonium hydrogen carbonate
E507	Hydrochloric acid
E510	Ammonium chloride
E513	Sulphuric acid
E524	Sodium hydroxide
E525	Potassium hydroxide
E526	Calcium hydroxide
E529	Calcium oxide
E540	Dicalcium diphosphate

PART IX — EUROPEAN COMMUNITY REGULATIONS BY WHICH ADDITIVES ARE CONTROLLED

• Commission Regulation (E.C.) No. 2316/98 concerning authorisation of new additives and amending the conditions for authorisation of a number of additives already authorised in feedingstuffs[^f00093];

• Commission Regulation (E.C.) No. 2785/98 concerning the modification of the period of authorisation of additives referred to in Article 9(e)(3) of Council Directive 70/524/EEC[^f00094];

• Commission Regulation (E.C.) No. 1594/1999 amending the conditions for the authorisation of an additive in feedingstuffs[^f00095];

• Commission Regulation (E.C.) No. 2439/1999 on the conditions for authorisation of additives belonging to the group “binders anti–caking and coagulants” in feedingstuffs[^f00096];

• Commission Regulation (E.C.) No. 1353/2000 concerning the permanent authorisation of an additive and the provisionsal authorisation of new additives, new additive uses and new preparation in feeding stuffs[^f00097];

• Commission Regulation (E.C.) No. 1887/2000 concerning the provisional authorisation of a new additive in feeding stuffs[^f00098];

• Commission Regulation (E.C.) No. 2437/2000 concerning the permanent authorisation of an additive and the provisional authorisation of new additives in feedingstuffs[^f00099].

SCHEDULE 4 — CONTENTS OF THE STATUTORY STATEMENT OR OTHER DECLARATION (EXCEPT FOR ADDITIVES AND PREMIXTURES NOT CONTAINED IN FEEDING STUFFS)

PART 1

1

• (1) In the case of any feeding stuff, the name or trade name and address or registered office of the person responsible for the accuracy of the particulars referred to in this Schedule shall be contained in the statutory statement.

• (2) The following particulars may be contained in the statutory statement–

• (a) the identification mark or trade mark of the person responsible for the particulars referred to in this Schedule;

• (b) the description or trade name of the material;

• (c) the price of the material; and

• (d) the country of origin or manufacture of the material.

2

Where any person sells, or otherwise puts into circulation, any feeding stuff to which there has been added in the course of manufacture or preparation for putting into circulation, an authorised additive of any of the kinds specified below (other than as an authorised intermediate product or an authorised medicated premix) and which is not excluded from application of the Additives Directive by Article 22 of that Directive, the following particulars shall be contained in the statutory statement–

• (a) for antioxidants, colourants or preservatives–

• (i) if the feeding stuff is a compound feeding stuff other than a pet food, the name of the additive;

• (ii) if the feeding stuff is a pet food and is not covered by paragraph (iii) below, the words “with antioxidant”, “coloured with” or “colourant”, or “preservative” or “preserved with”, as appropriate, followed by the name of the additive; and

• (iii) if the feeding stuff is a pet food, it is put up in a package having a net weight not exceeding 10 kilograms, its statutory statement contains a reference number by means of which the feeding stuff concerned may be identified, and its manufacturer supplies, on request, details of the name of the additive concerned,–

• (aa) the particulars specified in paragraph (ii) above, or

• (bb) the words “with antioxidant”, “coloured with” or “preserved with”, as appropriate, or the words “contains EEC permitted antioxidant(s), and colourant(s) and preservatives”;

• (b) for vitamin A, D or E, the name of the vitamin, and the active substance level (in the case of vitamin A or D) or the alpha tocopherol level as acetate (in the case of vitamin E), whether naturally present or added, together in either case with an indication of the period during which that level will remain present, but where more than one of these vitamins is present, either the period for each or only the shortest of such periods;

• (c) for copper, the name of the additive and the total level of the element, whether naturally present or added;

• (d) for enzymes–

• (i) the names of the active constituents according to their enzymatic activities, as specified in the authorisation concerned;

• (ii) the identification number allotted by the International Union of Biochemistry;

• (iii) the activity units (expressed as activity units per kilogram or activity units per litre);

• (iv) an indication of the period during which the activity units will remain present;

• (v) an indication of any significant characteristics of the enzyme arising during manufacture, as specified in the authorisation concerned; and

• (vi) the EC registration number;

• (e) for micro–organisms–

• (i) the identification of each strain, in accordance with the authorisation;

• (ii) the file number of each strain;

• (iii) the number of colony–forming units (expressed as CFU/kg);

• (iv) the EC registration number;

• (v) an indication of the period during which the colony–forming units will remain present; and

• (vi) an indication of any significant characteristics of the micro organisms arising during manufacture, as specified in the authorisation concerned.

3

In relation to the additives specified below, the following particulars may be contained in the statutory statement in addition to those required by paragraph 2 above–

• (a) for trace elements other than copper (if the amount present can be determined by the method of analysis specified in Point 3 of the Annex to Directive 78/633/EEC[^f00100] or by some other valid scientific method), the name of the additive and the total level of the element, whether naturally present or added; and

• (b) for vitamins other than vitamins A, D and E, provitamins and substances having a similar chemical effect (if the amount present can be determined by any valid scientific method), the name of the additive, the active substance level, whether naturally present or added, and an indication of the period during which that level will remain present.

4

Any amount referred to–

• (a) in paragraph 2(c), (3)(a) or 3(b) above shall be expressed in milligrams per kilogram; and

• (b) in paragraph 2(b) above shall be expressed in million international units per kilogram, international units per kilogram, milligrams per kilogram or micrograms per kilogram, as appropriate.

5

By way of exception to paragraph 4(a) above, any amount referred to in paragraph 2(c), 3(a) or 3(b) above may be expressed as a percentage by weight, unless the amount is less than 0.1% by weight, in which case it shall be expressed in milligrams per kilogram or micrograms per kilogram, as appropriate.

6

The particulars required or permitted by paragraphs 2 or 3 above to be included in the statutory statement may be accompanied (in the case of any additive not being an enzyme or a micro-organism) by the trade name or the EC registration number of any additive named therein.

7

Subject to paragraphs 8 to 11 below, in the case of any feed material which is sold, or otherwise put into circulation, by any person, the following particulars shall be contained in the statutory statement–

• (a) in the case of any feed material of a kind specified in column (3) of Part II to Schedule 2–

• (i) the corresponding name specified in column (2) of that Part (the inclusion of any word appearing in brackets in that column being optional); and

• (ii) the particulars (if any) specified in relation to the feed material in the corresponding entry in column (4) of that Part;

• (b) in the case of any feed material of a kind specified in column (1) of Part III to Schedule 2–

• (i) its name or description there specified, or a name and description (other than one specified in that column, or in column (2) of Part II to that Schedule) sufficiently specific to indicate the nature of the material, and in conformity with the criteria specified in the Introductory Notes to Part II to that Schedule; and

• (ii) the particulars specified in relation to the feed material in the corresponding entry in column (2) of Part III to that Schedule;

• (c) in the case of any feed material–

• (i) subject to regulation 5(5) as read with Article 6.4 of the Feed Materials Directive and the requirements of Article 8(b) of that Directive, which shall be observed where applicable, the words “feed material”;

• (ii) the moisture content of the feed material, if it exceeds 14% by weight of the feed material or, where a different percentage is specified in relation to that feed material in Part II or Part III to Schedule 2, if it exceeds that percentage;

• (iii) the moisture content of the feed material, where it does not exceed the relevant percentage specified in paragraph (ii) above, but a purchaser requests that the moisture content be declared;

• (iv) the level of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid in the feed material, if that level exceeds 2.2% in the dry matter or, where a different percentage is specified in relation to that feed material in Part II or Part III to Schedule 2, if it exceeds that percentage;

• (v) where any other feed material has been used to denature the feed material, the nature and quantity of the other feed material so used;

• (vi) where any other feed material has been used to bind the feed material, the nature of the other feed material so used;

• (vii) the net quantity of the feed material, expressed in units of mass in the case of any solid feed material and, in the case of any liquid feed material, in units of mass or volume;

• (viii) where the feed material is part of a divided batch of feed materials, reference to the original batch; and

• (ix) the name or business name, and the address or registered business address, of the person within the European Community responsible for the particulars specified in this sub-paragraph.

8

Any person established in Scotland who is obligated to give particulars specified in paragraph 7(a)(ii) and (b)(ii) and (c)(ii) to (iv) above shall not be required to do so where–

• (a) before the feed material concerned is sold or supplied, the person to whom it is sold or supplied notifies the seller or supplier in writing that those particulars need not be supplied; or

• (b) any feed material of animal or vegetable origin, fresh or preserved, and intended for pet animals, is sold or supplied in a quantity not exceeding 10 kg directly to the final user thereof.

9

• (1) In the case of any feed material which–

• (a) originated in a country other than a member State or the United Kingdom; and

• (b) is, for the first time, put into circulation in Scotland and the European Community,

in the circumstances specified in the introductory paragraph of Article 6.2 of the Feed Materials Directive, provisional details of the particulars specified in paragraph 7(a)(ii), (b)(ii) and (c)(ii) to (iv) above may be provided, if the requirements of sub-paragraph (2) below are observed.

• (2) The requirements of this sub-paragraph are observed if–

• (a) the person responsible for giving those particulars gives notification, in advance, of the impending arrival of the feed material in Scotland, to an inspector appointed under section 67(3) by the authority which, by virtue of section 67(1), has the duty to enforce Part IV of the Act at the intended place of arrival;

• (b) the provisional details are accompanied by the following declaration in bold type–

provisional data to be confirmed by (name and address of the laboratory instructed to carry out the analyses) regarding (reference number of the sample to be analysed) before (date)

; and

• (c) the person responsible as aforesaid provides the final particulars in question to the person to whom the feed material is supplied, and to the inspector referred to in subparagraph (a) above, within 10 days of its arrival in Scotland.

• (3) Where the requirements of sub-paragraph (2) above are observed, it shall be the duty of the inspector concerned to notify the European Commission that, in relation to the feed material concerned, the provisional particulars concerned have been provided, and to inform the Commission of the nature of those particulars.

10

• (1) The particulars specified in paragraph 7 above shall not be required in the case of any feed material of animal or vegetable origin, in its natural state, fresh or preserved, and which is not treated with an additive other than any preservative, if the feed material is provided by a farmer producer in Scotland to a breeder–user, who carries on business in the United Kingdom.

• (2) For the purposes of this paragraph, “farmer-producer” and “breeder–user” shall have the same meanings as in the Feed Materials Directive.

11

• (1) The particulars specified in paragraph 7(a)(ii), (b)(ii), and (c)(ii) to (vii) above shall not be required in the case of any feed material which is a by–product of vegetable or animal origin derived from agro–industrial processing, and which has a moisture content greater than 50%.

• (2) For the purposes of this paragraph, “agro–industrial processing” shall have the same meaning as in the Feed Materials Directive.

12

• (1) Where any person sells, or otherwise puts into circulation, any feed material comprising protein derived from mammalian tissue but containing no mammalian meat and bone meal, and intended for animals other than pet animals, the statutory statement shall contain the declaration specified in subparagraph (2) below.

• (2) The declaration referred to in subparagraph (1) above is–

This feed material comprises protein derived from mammalian tissue the feeding of which to ruminants is prohibited

13

Where any person sells, or otherwise puts into circulation any feed material comprising or containing mammalian meat and bone meal, and intended for animals other than pet animals, the statutory statement shall contain the following declaration–

This feed material comprises protein derived from mammalian tissue the feeding of which to ruminants, all other categories of farmed creatures and equine animals is prohibited

14

• (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, in the case of any compound feeding stuff, the following particulars shall be contained in the statutory statement–

• (a) the description “complete feeding stuff”, “complementary feeding stuff”, “mineral feeding stuff”, “molassed feeding stuff”, “complete milk replacer feed” or “complementary milk replacer feed”, as appropriate;

• (b) save where the feeding stuff is constituted from no more than three feed materials, and is clearly described by reference to its feed materials, either in the statutory statement or elsewhere on its package, label or container, the species or category of animal for which the feeding stuff is intended, and directions for the proper use of the feeding stuff, indicating the purpose for which it is intended; and

• (c) as from 1st April 2001, the approval number allocated, in accordance with Article 5 of the Establishments Directive, to the establishment which manufactured the compound feeding stuff.

• (2) In the case of–

• (a) any pet food, the descriptions “complete pet food” and “complementary pet food” may be used instead of “complete feeding stuff” and “complementary feeding stuff” respectively; and

• (b) any feeding stuff for pet animals other than dogs or cats, each of the descriptions “complete feeding stuff” and “complementary feeding stuff” may be replaced by either of the descriptions “compound feeding stuff” or “compound pet food”, but in such a case the statutory statement shall comply with paragraph 16 below and the provisions relating to complete feeding stuffs in Part II of this Schedule even if it would not otherwise be required to do so.

15

In the case of any compound feeding stuff, the following particulars shall be declared either in the statutory statement, or elsewhere on the package, label or container (in which case the statutory statement shall indicate where they are to be found)—

• (a) the net quantity, expressed in the case of solid products in units of mass, and in the case of liquid products in units of mass or volume;

• (b) the minimum storage life, which shall be expressed–

• (i) in the case of microbiologically highly perishable feeding stuffs, by the words “use before…” followed by the appropriate date (day, month and year); and

• (ii) in all other cases by the words “best before…” followed by the appropriate date (month and year),

except that, where an expiry date for a period is required to be declared by paragraph 2(b) or 3(b) above, and is earlier than the appropriate date otherwise required by this paragraph, that expiry date shall be used as the appropriate date; and

• (c) the batch number if the date of manufacture is not declared.

16

• (1) In the case of any compound feeding stuff other than a whole grain mix, the statutory statement–

• (a) shall include such declarations of the matters provided for in the columns of Part II of this Schedule as must be included; and

• (b) may include such declarations provided for in the columns of Part II of this Schedule as may be included,

for consistency with Article 5 of the Compound Feeding Stuffs Directive.

• (2) In the case of a whole grain mix, the statutory statement may include such of the declarations provided for in the columns of Part II of this Schedule, as may be included for consistency with Article 5 of the Compound Feeding Stuffs Directive.

17

• (1) In the case of any compound feeding stuff other than a whole grain mix, the moisture content shall be declared in the statutory statement if it exceeds the following levels–

milk replacer feeds and other compound feeding stuffs with a milk product content exceeding 40%	7%
mineral feeding stuffs containing no organic substances	5%
mineral feeding stuffs containing organic substances	10%
other compound feeding stuffs	14%

• (2) In the case of a whole grain mix, or a compound feeding stuff with a moisture content not exceeding the limits stated in subparagraph (1) above, the moisture content may be declared in the statutory statement.

18

• (1) In the case of any compound feeding stuff for dogs or cats, all the feed materials shall be declared in the statutory statement.

• (2) In the case of any compound feeding stuff for pet animals other than dogs and cats, the feed materials may be declared in the statutory statement, and in such case all the feed materials shall be declared.

• (3) Subject to paragraph 26(2) below and paragraph 3 of Chapter B of Schedule 9, feed materials declared in accordance with subparagraph (1) or (2) above shall be declared either–

• (a) by their specific names, with an indication of the amount of each feed material; or

• (b) by their specific names in descending order by weight; or

• (c) by categories, as described in Part I of Schedule 10, in descending order by weight,

and the use of one of those forms of declaration shall preclude the use of either of the others, save–

• (i) where the declaration is by categories and any feed material belongs to none of the categories described in Part I of Schedule 10, in which case that feed material, designated by its specific name, shall be listed in order by weight in relation to the categories; or

• (ii) where, in the case of any feeding stuff intended for a particular nutritional purpose, paragraph 26(2) below and paragraph 3 of Chapter B of Schedule 9 require the declaration of any feed material by its specific name, in which case any feed material to which those provisions do not apply may be declared by reference to the category to which it belongs.

19

• (1) Subject to paragraph 26(2) below and paragraph 3 of Chapter B of Schedule 9, in the case of any compound feeding stuff for animals other than pet animals, all the feed materials shall be declared in the statutory statement in descending order of weight, either by their specific names or by the names of the categories in Part II of Schedule 10 to which they belong.

• (2) The use of either of these forms of declaration shall preclude the use of the other, save–

• (i) where the declaration is by categories and any feed material belongs to none of the categories described in Part II of Schedule 10, in which case that feed material, designated by its specific name, shall be listed in order by weight in relation to the categories; or

• (ii) where, in the case of any feeding stuff intended for a particular nutritional purpose, paragraph 26(2) below and paragraph 3 of Chapter B of Schedule 9 require the declaration of any feed material by its specific name, in which case any feed material to which those provisions do not apply may be declared by reference to the category to which it belongs.

20

Where any declaration under paragraphs 18 or 19 above is by specific names, any feed material described in column 3 of Part II of Schedule 2 shall be declared by the corresponding name specified in column 2 of that Part (the inclusion of any word appearing in brackets in that column being optional).

21

In the case of any compound feeding stuff having a level of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid not exceeding the relevant level specified in regulation 18(1)(a) or, as the case may be, (b), that level may be declared in the statutory statement as a percentage of the feeding stuff as such.

22

In the case of any compound feeding stuff, the following particulars may be included in the statutory statement–

• (a) if the manufacturer is not the person responsible for the labelling particulars, the name or business name and the address or registered business address of the manufacturer;

• (b) an indication of the physical condition of the feeding stuff or the specific processing it has undergone; and

• (c) the date of manufacture, expressed as follows–

manufactured [days, months or years] before the minimum storage life expiry date indicated [place where indicated if not on statutory statement]

23

• (1) In the case of any complementary feeding stuff which contains any additive in excess of the maximum content in relation to complete feeding stuffs specified for that additive in the relevant Part of Parts I to VIII of the Table to Schedule 3 or, as the case may be, in the relevant European Community Regulation specified in Part IX of that Table, and which is not covered by Article 22 of the Additives Directive, the instructions for use in the statutory statement shall state, according to the species and age of the animal, the maximum quantity in grams or kilograms of the feeding stuff which, under these Regulations, may be given per animal per day, and shall be so formulated that, when they are correctly followed, the final content of the additive in relation to complete feeding stuffs does not exceed the maximum so specified in relation to them.

• (2) Sub-paragraph (1) above shall not apply to any products delivered to manufacturers of compound feeding stuffs or to their suppliers.

24

• (1) In the particulars required or permitted by paragraphs 15 to 19 and 21 above to be set out in the statutory statement–

• (a) unless the paragraph in question specifies some other method of expression, the amounts shown shall be expressed in each case as a percentage of the weight of the feeding stuff as such; and

• (b) phosphorus shall be expressed as “phosphorus P”.

• (2) An expression of an amount as being within a range of percentages set out in the statutory statement shall not be regarded as compliance with sub-paragraph (1) above.

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• (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, in the case of any compound pet food, or of any feeding stuff intended for a particular nutritional purpose for animals other than pet animals, particular attention may be drawn in the statutory statement, or elsewhere on the package, label or container, to the presence or low content of one or more feed materials which are essential aspects of the characteristics of the feeding stuff.

• (2) Where particular attention is drawn to the presence or low content of any feed material, as permitted by subparagraph (1) above, the minimum or maximum content, expressed in terms of the percentage by weight of that feed material, shall be clearly indicated–

• (a) opposite the statement which draws attention to that presence or low content;

• (b) in the list of feed materials; or

• (c) by mentioning that presence or low content and the percentage thereof (by weight) opposite the corresponding category of feed materials.

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• (1) Subject to subparagraph (2) below, in the case of any feeding stuff intended for a particular nutritional purpose, the following particulars shall be contained in the statutory statement–

• (a) the term “dietetic”;

• (b) a description of the feeding stuff;

• (c) the particular nutritional purpose of the feeding stuff, as specified in column 1 of Chapter A of Schedule 9;

• (d) the essential nutritional characteristics of the feeding stuff, as specified in column 2 of that Chapter;

• (e) the declarations prescribed in column 4 of that Chapter;

• (f) the declarations, if any, prescribed in column 6 of that Chapter;

• (g) where any declarations prescribed in that column do not include a declaration that it is recommended that the prior opinion of a veterinarian be sought, the words “It is recommended that a specialist’s opinion be sought before use”; and

• (h) the recommended length of time for use of the feeding stuff.

• (2) The particulars required by subparagraph (1) above to be contained in the statutory statement shall be declared in accordance with the requirements of paragraphs 3–7 and 9 of Chapter B of Schedule 9.

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• (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, in the case of any feeding stuff intended for a particular nutritional purpose, particular attention may be drawn in the statutory statement, or elsewhere on the package, label or container, to the presence or low content of one or more analytical constituents which are essential aspects of the characteristics of the feeding stuff.

• (2) Where particular attention is drawn to the presence or low content of any analytical constituent, as permitted by sub-paragraph (1) above, the maximum or minimum content, expressed in terms of the percentage by weight of that analytical constituent, shall be clearly indicated in the list of analytical constituents.

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• (1) In the case of any compound feeding stuff containing protein derived from mammalian tissue but containing no mammalian meat and bone meal, and intended for animals other than pet animals, the statutory statement shall contain the declaration specified in sub-paragraph (2) below.

• (2) The declaration referred to in subparagraph (1) above is–

This compound feeding stuff contains protein derived from mammalian tissue the feeding of which to ruminants is prohibited

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In the case of any compound feeding stuff containing mammalian meat and bone meal, and intended for animals other than pet animals, the statutory statement shall contain the following declaration–

This compound feeding stuff contains protein derived from mammalian tissue the feeding of which to ruminants, all other categories of farmed creatures and equine animals is prohibited

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• (1) In the case of any product named as a permitted product in column 2 of Schedule 8, the statutory statement shall contain, in addition to any other particulars required by these Regulations, the name specified for that product in column 7 of that Schedule, together with such further particulars as may be specified in that column in relation to it.

• (2) In the case of any compound feeding stuff containing, for use as a protein source, any product named as a permitted product in column 2 of Schedule 8, the statutory statement shall contain, in addition to any other particulars required by these Regulations, the name specified for that product in column 7 of that Schedule, together with such further particulars as may be specified in that column in relation to compound feeding stuffs containing that product.

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• (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, in the case of any compound feeding stuff, information may be provided in addition to the particulars required or permitted to be contained in the statutory statement or otherwise declared.

• (2) Any information provided pursuant to sub paragraph (1) above–

• (a) shall be clearly separated from those particulars;

• (b) shall not be designed to indicate the presence or content of analytical constituents other than those the declaration of which is provided for in this Schedule or in Schedule 9;

• (c) shall relate to objective or quantifiable factors which can be substantiated;

• (d) shall not be misleading, in particular by attributing to the feeding stuff effects or properties that it does not possess, or by suggesting that it possesses special characteristics, when all similar feeding stuffs contain similar properties;

• (e) shall not claim that the feeding stuff will prevent, treat or cure a disease;

• (f) shall not, in the case of any feeding stuff intended for a particular nutritional purpose, include a generic description other than in the form of the generic term “dietetic”;

• (g) shall not, in the case of any feeding stuff other than one intended for a particular nutritional purpose, include a generic description in that form; and

• (h) shall not include reference to a particular pathological condition, unless–

• (i) the feeding stuff is intended for a particular nutritional purpose; and

• (ii) the particular nutritional purpose is specified in respect of that feeding stuff in column 1 of Chapter A of Schedule 9 and relates to that condition.

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• (1) Subject to subparagraph (2) below, in the case of any feed material which is sold, or otherwise put into circulation, by any person, information may be provided in addition to the particulars required or permitted to be contained in the statutory statement or otherwise declared.

• (2) Any such information provided in addition to the particulars required or permitted to be contained in the statutory statement or otherwise declared–

• (a) shall be clearly separated from those particulars;

• (b) shall relate to objective or quantifiable factors which can be substantiated; and

• (c) shall not be misleading.

PART II — DECLARATION OF ANALYTICAL CONSTITUENTS

Feeding stuffs	Analytical constituents and levels	Species or category of animal	Species or category of animal
		Compulsory declarations	Optional declarations
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Complete feeding stuffs	– Protein – Oils and fats – Fibre – Ash	Animals except pets other than dogs and cats	Pets other than dogs and cats
	– Lysine	pigs	Animals other than pigs
	– Methionine	Poultry	Animals other than poultry
	– Cystine – Threonine – Tryptophan		All animals
	– Energy value		Poultry (calculated according to EEC method – see Schedule 1)
	– Energy value		Pigs and ruminants (calculated according to national official methods – see Schedule 1)
	– Starch – Total sugar (as sucrose) – Total sugar plus starch – Calcium – Sodium – Magnesium – Potassium		All animals
	– Phosphorus	Fish except ornamental fish	Animals other than fish except ornamental fish
Complementary feeding stuffs – Mineral	– Protein – Fibre – Ash – Oils and fats – Lysine – Methionine – Cystine – Threonine – Tryptophan		All animals
	– Calcium – Phosphorus – Sodium	All animals
	– Magnesium	Ruminants	Animals other than ruminants
	– Potassium		All animals
Complementary feeding stuffs – Molassed	– Protein – Fibre – Total sugar (as sucrose) – Ash	All animals
	– Oils and fats		All animals
	– Calcium – Phosphorus – Sodium – Potassium		All animals
	– Magnesium ≥ 0.5%	Ruminants	Animals other than ruminants
	< 5%		All animals
Complementary feeding stuffs – Other	– Protein – Oils and fats – Fibre – Ash	Animals except pets other than dogs and cats	Pets other than dogs and cats
	– Calcium ≥ 5%	Animals other than pets	Pets
	< 5%		All animals
	– Phosphorus > 2%	Animals other than pets	Pets
	< 2%		All animals
	– Magnesium > 0.5%	Ruminants	Animals other than ruminants
	< 0.5% – Sodium – Potassium		All animals
	– Energy value		Poultry (declaration according to EEC method – see Schedule 1)
			Pigs and ruminants (declaration according to national official methods – see Schedule 1)
	– Lysine	Pigs	Animals other than pigs
	– Methionine	Poultry	Animals other than poultry
	– Cystine – Threonine – Tryptophan – Starch – Total sugar (as sucrose) – Total sugar plus starch		All animals

SCHEDULE 5 — CONTENTS OF THE STATUTORY STATEMENT (FOR ADDITIVES AND PREMIXTURES NOT CONTAINED IN FEEDING STUFFS)

PART I — ADDITIVES

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In relation to additives not excluded from application of the Additives Directive, the following particulars shall be contained in the statutory statement (where an authorised additive is sold, or otherwise put into circulation by any person)–

• (a) in the case of any additive permitted to be contained in material pursuant to paragraph 5(1) of, or referred to in any of Parts I to VIII of, the Table to Schedule 3 or which is otherwise authorised (not being an enzyme, micro–organism, zootechnical additive, an authorised intermediate product or an authorised medicated premix)–

• (i) the name of the additive;

• (ii) the EC registration number of the additive;

• (iii) the name or business name and the address or registered business address of the person within the European Community responsible for the particulars referred to in this Part of this Schedule;

• (iv) the net weight in the case of any non–liquid additive;

• (v) either the net weight or the net volume in the case of any liquid additive; and

• (vi) as from 1st April 2001, the approval or registration number allocated, pursuant to Article 5, or as the case may be, 10 of the Establishments Directive, to the establishment which manufactured the additive, or to the intermediary holding it;

• (b) in the case of vitamin E–

• (i) the alpha–tocopherol level as acetate; and

• (ii) an indication of the period during which that level will remain present;

• (c) in the case of any vitamin (other than vitamin E) or any added provitamin or substance having a similar effect–

• (i) the active substance level; and

• (ii) an indication of the period during which that level will remain present;

• (d) in the case of any additive permitted to be contained in material pursuant to paragraph 5(1) of, or referred to in any of Parts I to VIII of, the Table to Schedule 3 or which is otherwise authorised (not being an enzyme, micro-organism, zootechnical additive, authorised immediate product or authorised medicated premix), the active substance level;

• (e) in the case of any enzyme–

• (i) the names of the active constituents according to their enzymatic activities as specified in the authorisation concerned;

• (ii) the EC registration number;

• (iii) the identification number allotted by the International Union of Biochemistry;

• (iv) the name or business name and the address or registered business address of the person within the European Community responsible for the particulars referred to in this Part of this Schedule;

• (v) the name or business name and the address or registered business address of the manufacturer, if he is not responsible for the particulars referred to in this Part of this Schedule;

• (vi) the activity units[^f00101] per gram or per millilitre;

• (vii) an indication of the period during which the activity units will remain present;

• (viii) the batch reference number and the date of manufacture;

• (ix) directions for use, including the recommended dosage or, where appropriate, range of dosages, expressed as a percentage by weight of target feed material per kilogram of feeding stuff, as prescribed in the authorisation concerned;

• (x) any safety recommendation as specified in the authorisation concerned;

• (xi) the net weight, in the case of any non–liquid enzyme;

• (xii) either the net weight or the net volume, in the case of any liquid enzyme;

• (xiii) an indication of any significant characteristics of the enzyme arising during manufacture, specified in the authorisation concerned; and

• (xiv) as from 1st April 2001, the approval number allocated, pursuant to Article 5 of the Establishments Directive, to the establishment which manufactured the enzyme, or to the intermediary holding it; and

• (f) in the case of any micro–organism–

• (i) the identification of each strain, in accordance with the authorisation;

• (ii) the file number of each strain;

• (iii) the number of colony–forming units (expressed as CFU/g);

• (iv) the EC registration number;

• (v) the name or business name and the address or registered business address of the person within the European Community responsible for the particulars referred to in this Part of this Schedule;

• (vi) the number or business name and the address or registered business address of the manufacturer, if he is not responsible for the particulars referred to in this Part of this Schedule;

• (vii) as from 1st April 2001, the approval number allocated, pursuant to Article 5 of the Establishments Directive, to the establishment which manufactured the micro–organism, or to the intermediary holding it;

• (viii) an indication of the period during which the colony–forming units will remain present;

• (ix) the batch reference number and the date of manufacture;

• (x) directions for use;

• (xi) any safety recommendation specified in the authorisation concerned;

• (xii) the net weight, in the case of any non–liquid micro–organism;

• (xiii) either the net weight or the net volume, in the case of any liquid micro–organism; and

• (xiv) an indication of any significant characteristics of the micro-organism arising during manufacture, specified in the authorisation concerned.

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In addition to the information required under paragraph 1 above in relation to any additive, the statutory statement may also give–

• (a) where the additive is permitted to be contained in material pursuant to paragraph 5(1) of, or referred to in any of Parts I to VIII of the Table to, Schedule 3, or otherwise authorised (and is not a zootechnical additive, an authorised intermediate product or an authorised medicated premix)–

• (i) the trade name of the additive;

• (ii) any other information, provided that it is clearly separated from the particulars referred to in paragraph 1(a) to (f) above and in subparagraph (i) above and (b) below; and

• (b) where the additive falls within sub-paragraph (a) above and is not an enzyme or micro–organism–

• (i) the name or business name, and the address or registered business address, of the manufacturer, if he is not the person responsible for the particulars referred to in this Part of this Schedule;

• (ii) directions for use, including any appropriate safety recommendation.

PART II — PREMIXTURES

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In relation to an additive permitted to be contained in material pursuant to paragraph 5(1) of, or referred to in any of Parts I to VIII of the Table to, Schedule 3, or which is otherwise authorised, in a premixture, in addition to the information required under paragraph 2 above, the statutory statement may give–

• (a) the trade name of the additive;

• (b) in the case of any additive not being an enzyme or a micro organism, its EC registration number;

• (c) any other information, provided that it is clearly separated from the particulars referred to in paragraph 2 above, and in the foregoing provisions of this paragraph.

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In the case of a premixture containing more than one vitamin (other than vitamin E), provitamin or substance having a similar effect, the requirement in paragraph 2(d)(iii) above shall apply only to whichever of those additives has the shortest such period.

SCHEDULE 6 — LIMITS OF VARIATION

PART A – — COMPOUND FEEDING STUFFS EXCEPT THOSE FOR PETS