Regulation 2(4)

SCHEDULE 2

Entries to be added to Schedule 6 to the Feeding Stuffs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

Column 1

Name of

product group

Column 2

Permitted products

Column 3

Designation of nutritive principle or identity of micro–organisms

Column 4

Culture substrate (specification, if any)

Column 5

Composition characteristics of product

Column 6

Animal species

Column 7

Name of product and specified particulars

2.2 By-products from the production of amino acids by fermentation
2.2.1 Concentrated liquid by-products from the production of L-glutamic acid by fermentation with Corynebacterium melassicola Ammonium salts and other nitrogenous compounds Sucrose, molasses, starch products and their hydrolysates

Nitrogen expressed as crude protein: minimum 48%

Moisture: maximum 28%

Ruminants from the beginning of rumination

Declarations to be made on the label or packaging of the product:

– the name “by-products from the production of L-glutamic acid in the case of product 2.2.1; “by-products from the production of L-lysine” in the case of product 2.2.2;

– nitrogen, expressed as crude protein;

– crude ash;

– moisture;

– animal species or category;

– approval number.

2.2.2 Concentrated liquid by-products from the production of L-lysine monohydrochloride by fermentation with Brevibacterium lactofermentum Ammonium salts and other nitrogenous compounds Sucrose, molasses, starch products and their hydrolysates Nitrogen expressed as crude protein: minimum 45%

Declarations to be made on the label or packaging of compound feeding stuffs:

– percentage of the total crude protein provided by non-protein nitrogen;

– indication, in the instructions for use, of the level of total non-protein nitrogen which should not be exceeded in the daily ration of each animal species or category.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

1.  These Regulations make further amendments to the Feeding Stuffs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 (S.R. 2005 No. 545 as already amended by S.R. 2006 No. 18, S.R. 2006 No. 427 and S.R. 2006 No. 471) (“the Feeding Stuffs Regulations”).

2.  These Regulations provide for the implementation of Commission Directive 2006/77/EC amending Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards organochlorine compounds in animal feed (OJ No. L271, 30.9.2006, p.53).

3.  The Regulations amend Chapter D of Schedule 5 to the Feeding Stuffs Regulations, principally by —

(a) setting new limits in relation to aldrin and dieldrin:

(b) setting new limits in relation to endosulphan in crude vegetable oil; and

(c) replacing the term “fats” by the term “fats and oils”, (regulation 2(3) and Schedule 1).

4.  The Regulations also correct an omission in Schedule 6 and typographical errors in Schedules 3 and 7 to the Feeding Stuffs Regulations (regulation 2(2),regulation 2(4) and Schedule 2, and regulation 2(5)).