Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
2007 No. 450
Agriculture
The Feed (Specified Undesirable Substances) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007
Made
24th October 2007
Coming into operation
30th November 2007
The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety(1) makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 66(1), 68(1), 74A and 84 of the Agriculture Act 1970(2), as read with regulation 14 of the Food Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000(3).
There has been consultation during the preparation of these Regulations in accordance with requirements of section 84(1) of the Agriculture Act 1970 or as appropriate of Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council(4) laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety.
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Feed (Specified Undesirable Substances) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 and shall come into operation on 30th November 2007.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(5) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
Amendments to the Feeding Stuffs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005
2.—(1) The Feeding Stuffs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005(6) are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5).
(2) In paragraph 11(c)(iv) of Part 1 of Schedule 3 (contents of the statutory statement or other declaration (except for additives and premixtures not contained in feeding stuffs)), for “soluble” substitute “insoluble”.
(3) In Chapter D of Schedule 5 (prescribed limits for undesirable substances), for the table entries and annotations thereto substitute the entries and annotations set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.
(4) The table entries set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations are added at the end of the table in Schedule 6 (control of certain protein sources).
(5) In column 4 of Chapter A of Schedule 7 (permitted feeding stuffs intended for particular nutritional purposes and provisions relating to their use), opposite the entry in column 1 relating to reduction of cystines stones formation, for “acidifying” substitute “alkalising”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 24th October 2007.
Don Hill
A senior officer of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
Regulation 2(3)
SCHEDULE 1 Entries to comprise Chapter D of Schedule 5 to the Feeding Stuffs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005
(1)
Singly or combined, expressed as dieldrin. |
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(2)
Maximum level for aldrin and dieldrin, singly or combined, expressed as dieldrin. |
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(3)
Numbering system according to Parlar, prefixed by either “CHB” or “Parlar”: |
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| — CHB 26: 2-endo,3-exo,5-endo,6-exo,8,8,10,10-octochlorobornane, | ||
| — CHB 50: 2-endo,3-exo,5-endo,6-exo,8,8,9,10,10-nonachlorobornane, | ||
| — CHB 62: 2,2,5,5,8,9,9,10,10-nonachlorobornane. | ||
Column 1 Undesirable substances |
Column 2 Products intended for animal feed |
Column 3 Maximum content in mg/kg of feeding stuffs referred to a moisture content of 12% |
|---|---|---|
| Aldrin(1) | All feeding stuffs | 0.01(2) |
| Dieldrin(1) | except: | |
| – fats and oils | 0.1(2) | |
| – feeding stuffs for fish | 0.02(2) | |
| Camphechlor (toxaphene) – sum of indicator congeners CHB 26, 50 and 62(3) | Fish, other aquatic animals, their products and by-products | 0.02 |
| except: | ||
| – fish oil | 0.2 | |
| Feeding stuffs for fish | 0.05 | |
| Chlordane (sum of cis- and trans-isomers and of oxychlordane, expressed as chlordane) | All feeding stuffs | 0.02 |
| except: | ||
| – fats and oils | 0.05 | |
| DDT (sum of DDT–, TDE– and DDE– isomers, expressed as DDT) | All feeding stuffs | 0.05 |
| except: | ||
| – fats and oils | 0.5 | |
| Endosulphan (sum of alpha– and beta–isomers and of endosulphansulphate expressed as endosulphan) | All feeding stuffs | 0.1 |
| except: | ||
| – maize and maize products derived from the processing thereof | 0.2 | |
| – oilseeds and products derived from the processing thereof, with the exception of crude vegetable oil | 0.5 | |
| – crude vegetable oil | 1.0 | |
| – 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 and oils | 0.05 | |
| Heptachlor (sum of heptachlor and of heptachlorepoxide, expressed as heptachlor) | All feeding stuffs | 0.01 |
| except: | ||
| – fats and oils | 0.2 | |
| Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) | All feeding stuffs | 0.01 |
| except: | ||
| – fats and oils | 0.2 | |
| Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) | ||
| – alpha-isomers | All feeding stuffs | 0.02 |
| except: | ||
| – fats and oils | 0.2 | |
| – beta-isomers | All feed materials | 0.01 |
| except: | ||
| – fats and oils | 0.1 | |
| All compound feeding stuffs | 0.01 | |
| except: | ||
| – compound feeding stuffs for dairy cattle | 0.005 | |
| – gamma-isomers | All feeing stuffs | 0.2 |
| except: | ||
| – fats and oils | 2.0 | |
Formerly the Department of Health and Social Services; see S.I.1999/283 (N.I. 1), Article 3 Back [1]
1970 c.40; sections 66(1)and 84 are modified in their application to Northern Ireland by section 86 of that Act; section 74A was inserted by paragraph 6 of Schedule 4 to the European Communities Act 1972 (1972 c. 68) Back [2]
S.R. 2000 No. 78 Back [3]
OJ No. L31, 1.2.2002, p.1, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 575/2006 (OJ No. L100, 8.4.2006, p.3) Back [4]
1954 c. 33 (N.I.) Back [5]
S.R. 2005 No. 545, as amended by S.R. 2006 No. 18, S.R. 2006 No. 427 and S.R. 2006 No. 471 Back [6]