Annex I

SECTION I:INORGANIC CONTAMINANTS AND NITROGENOUS COMPOUNDS
Undesirable substance	Products intended for animal feed	Maximum content in mg/kg (ppm) relative to a feed with a moisture content of 12 %
1.Arsenic^note	Feed materials	2
	with the exception of:—meal made from grass, from dried lucerne and from dried clover, and dried sugar beet pulp and dried molasses sugar beet pulp;	4
	—palm kernel expeller;	4^note
	—peat; leonardite;	5^note
	—phosphates, calcareous marine algae;	10
	—calcium carbonate; calcium and magnesium carbonate^note; calcareous marine shells;	15
	—magnesium oxide; magnesium carbonate;	20
	—fish, other aquatic animals and products derived thereof;	25^note
	—seaweed meal and feed materials derived from seaweed.	40^note
	Iron particles used as tracer.	50
	Feed additives belonging to the functional group of compounds of trace elements	30
	with the exception of:—cupric sulphate pentahydrate; cupric carbonate; dicopper chloride trihydroxide; ferrous carbonate; dimanganese chloride trihydroxide	50
	—zinc oxide; manganous oxide; cupric oxide.	100
	Complementary feed	4
	with the exception of:—mineral feed;	12
	—complementary feed for pet animals containing fish, other aquatic animals and products derived thereof and/or seaweed meal and feed materials derived from seaweed;	10^note
	—long-term supply formulations of feed for particular nutritional purposes with a concentration of trace elements higher than 100 times the established maximum content in complete feed;	30
	Complete feed	2
	with the exception of:—complete feed for fish and fur animals;	10^note
	—complete feed for pet animals containing fish, other aquatic animals and products derived thereof and/or seaweed meal and feed materials derived from seaweed.	10^note
2.Cadmium	Feed materials of vegetable origin	1
Feed materials of animal origin	2
Feed materials of mineral origin	2
with the exception of:
—phosphates.	10
Feed additives belonging to the functional group of compounds of trace elements	10
with the exception of:
—cupric oxide, manganous oxide, zinc oxide and manganous sulphate monohydrate.	30
Feed additives belonging to the functional groups of binders and anti-caking agents	2
Premixtures^note	15
Complementary feed	0,5
with the exception of:
—mineral feed
– –containing < 7 % phosphorus^note	5
– –containing ≥ 7 % phosphorus^note	0,75 per 1 % phosphorus^note, with a maximum of 7,5
—complementary feed for pet animals	2
—long-term supply formulations of feed for particular nutritional purposes with a concentration of trace elements higher than 100 times the established maximum content in complete feed;	15
Complete feed	0,5
with the exception of:
—complete feed for cattle (except calves), sheep (except lambs), goats (except kids) and fish;	1
—complete feed for pet animals.	2
3.Fluorine^note	Feed materialswith the exception of:	150
—feed materials of animal origin except marine crustaceans such as marine krill; calcareous marine shells;	500
—marine crustaceans such as marine krill;	3000
—phosphates;	2000
—calcium carbonate; calcium and magnesium carbonate^note	350
—magnesium oxide;	600
—calcareous marine algae.	1250
Vermiculite (E 561).	3000
Complementary feed:
—containing ≤ 4 % phosphorus^note;	500
—containing > 4 % phosphorus^note.	125 per 1 % phosphorus^note
Complete feedwith the exception of:	150
—complete feed for pigs;	100
—complete feed for poultry (except chicks) and fish;	350
—complete feed for chicks;	250
—complete feed for cattle, sheep and goats
– –in lactation;	30
– –other.	50
4.Lead^note	Feed materials	10
	with the exception of:—forage^note;	30
	—phosphates, calcareous marine algae and calcareous marine shells;	15
	—calcium carbonate; calcium and magnesium carbonate^note;	20
	—yeasts.	5
	Feed additives belonging to the functional group of compounds of trace elements	100
	with the exception of:—zinc oxide;	400
	—manganous oxide, ferrous carbonate, cupric carbonate, copper (I) oxide.	200
	Feed additives belonging to the functional groups of binders and anti-caking agents	30
	with the exception of:—clinoptilolite of volcanic origin; natrolite-phonolite.	60
	Premixtures^note	200
	Complementary feed	10
	with the exception of:—mineral feed;	15
	—long-term supply formulations of feed for particular nutritional purposes with a concentration of trace elements higher than 100 times the established maximum content in complete feed.	60
	Complete feed.	5
5.Mercury^note	Feed materials	0,1
	with the exception of:—fish, other aquatic animals and products derived thereof intended for the production of compound feed for food producing animals;	0,5
	—fish, other aquatic animals and products derived thereof intended for the production of compound feed for dogs, cats, ornamental fish and fur animals;	1,0^note
	—fish, other aquatic animals and products derived thereof as canned wet feed material for direct feeding of dogs and cats	0,3
	—calcium carbonate; calcium and magnesium carbonate^note.	0,3
	Compound feed	0,1
	with the exception of:—mineral feed;	0,2
	—compound feed for fish;	0,2
	—compound feed for dogs, cats, ornamental fish and fur animals.	0,3
6.Nitrite^note	Feed materials	15
with the exception of:
—fishmeal;	30
—silage;	—
—products and by-products from sugar beet and sugarcane and from starch and alcoholic drink production.	—
Complete feed	15
with the exception of:
—complete feed for dogs and cats with a moisture content exceeding 20 %.	—
7.Melamine^note	Feedwith the exception of:	2,5
—canned pet food	2,5^note
—the following feed additives:
—guanidino acetic acid (GAA);	20
—urea;	—
—biuret.	—

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additives
shall mean additives as defined in Article 2(a) of Council Directive 70/524/EEC;
animals
shall mean animals belonging to species normally fed and kept or consumed by man as well as animals living freely in the wild in cases where they are fed with feedingstuffs;
circulation
shall mean the holding of products intended for animal feed for the purposes of sale, including offering for sale, or any other form of transfer, whether free or not, to third parties, and the sale or other forms of transfer themselves;
complementary feedingstuffs
shall mean mixtures of feedingstuffs which have a high content of certain substances and which, by reason of their composition, are sufficient for a daily ration only if used in combination with other feedingstuffs;
complete feedingstuffs
shall mean mixtures of feedingstuffs which, by reason of their composition, are sufficient for a daily ration;
compound feedingstuffs
shall mean mixtures of feed materials, whether or not containing additives, which are intended for oral animal feeding as complete or complementary feedingstuffs;
daily ration
shall mean the average total quantity of feedingstuffs, calculated on a moisture content of 12 %, required daily by an animal of a given species, age class and yield, to satisfy all its needs;
feed materials
shall mean various products of vegetable or animal origin, in their natural state, fresh or preserved, and products derived from the industrial processing thereof, and organic or inorganic substances, whether or not containing additives, which are intended for use in oral animal feeding either directly as such or, after processing, in the preparation of compound feedingstuffs or as substrates for premixtures;
feedingstuffs
shall mean products of vegetable or animal origin, in their natural state, fresh or preserved, and products derived from the industrial processing thereof, and organic or inorganic substances, used singly or in mixtures, whether or not containing additives, for oral animal feeding;
premixtures
shall mean mixtures of additives or mixtures of one or more additives with substances used as carriers, intended for the manufacture of feedingstuffs;
products intended for animal feed
shall mean feed materials, premixtures, additives, feedingstuffs and all other products intended for use or used in animal feed;
undesirable substance
shall mean any substance or product, with the exception of pathogenic agents, which is present in and/or on the product intended for animal feed and which presents a potential danger to animal or human health or to the environment or could adversely affect livestock production.

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additives
shall mean additives as defined in Article 2(a) of Council Directive 70/524/EEC;
animals
shall mean animals belonging to species normally fed and kept or consumed by man as well as animals living freely in the wild in cases where they are fed with feedingstuffs;
circulation
shall mean the holding of products intended for animal feed for the purposes of sale, including offering for sale, or any other form of transfer, whether free or not, to third parties, and the sale or other forms of transfer themselves;
complementary feedingstuffs
shall mean mixtures of feedingstuffs which have a high content of certain substances and which, by reason of their composition, are sufficient for a daily ration only if used in combination with other feedingstuffs;
complete feedingstuffs
shall mean mixtures of feedingstuffs which, by reason of their composition, are sufficient for a daily ration;
compound feedingstuffs
shall mean mixtures of feed materials, whether or not containing additives, which are intended for oral animal feeding as complete or complementary feedingstuffs;
daily ration
shall mean the average total quantity of feedingstuffs, calculated on a moisture content of 12 %, required daily by an animal of a given species, age class and yield, to satisfy all its needs;
feed materials
shall mean various products of vegetable or animal origin, in their natural state, fresh or preserved, and products derived from the industrial processing thereof, and organic or inorganic substances, whether or not containing additives, which are intended for use in oral animal feeding either directly as such or, after processing, in the preparation of compound feedingstuffs or as substrates for premixtures;
feedingstuffs
shall mean products of vegetable or animal origin, in their natural state, fresh or preserved, and products derived from the industrial processing thereof, and organic or inorganic substances, used singly or in mixtures, whether or not containing additives, for oral animal feeding;
premixtures
shall mean mixtures of additives or mixtures of one or more additives with substances used as carriers, intended for the manufacture of feedingstuffs;
products intended for animal feed
shall mean feed materials, premixtures, additives, feedingstuffs and all other products intended for use or used in animal feed;
undesirable substance
shall mean any substance or product, with the exception of pathogenic agents, which is present in and/or on the product intended for animal feed and which presents a potential danger to animal or human health or to the environment or could adversely affect livestock production.

Annex I

SECTION I:INORGANIC CONTAMINANTS AND NITROGENOUS COMPOUNDS
Undesirable substance	Products intended for animal feed	Maximum content in mg/kg (ppm) relative to a feed with a moisture content of 12 %
1.Arsenic^note	Feed materials	2
	with the exception of:—meal made from grass, from dried lucerne and from dried clover, and dried sugar beet pulp and dried molasses sugar beet pulp;	4
	—palm kernel expeller;	4^note
	—peat; leonardite;	5^note
	—phosphates, calcareous marine algae;	10
	—calcium carbonate; calcium and magnesium carbonate^note; calcareous marine shells;	15
	—magnesium oxide; magnesium carbonate;	20
	—fish, other aquatic animals and products derived thereof;	25^note
	—seaweed meal and feed materials derived from seaweed.	40^note
	Iron particles used as tracer.	50
	Feed additives belonging to the functional group of compounds of trace elements	30
	with the exception of:—cupric sulphate pentahydrate; cupric carbonate; dicopper chloride trihydroxide; ferrous carbonate; dimanganese chloride trihydroxide	50
	—zinc oxide; manganous oxide; cupric oxide.	100
	Complementary feed	4
	with the exception of:—mineral feed;	12
	—complementary feed for pet animals containing fish, other aquatic animals and products derived thereof and/or seaweed meal and feed materials derived from seaweed;	10^note
	—long-term supply formulations of feed for particular nutritional purposes with a concentration of trace elements higher than 100 times the established maximum content in complete feed;	30
	Complete feed	2
	with the exception of:—complete feed for fish and fur animals;	10^note
	—complete feed for pet animals containing fish, other aquatic animals and products derived thereof and/or seaweed meal and feed materials derived from seaweed.	10^note
2.Cadmium	Feed materials of vegetable origin	1
Feed materials of animal origin	2
Feed materials of mineral origin	2
with the exception of:
—phosphates.	10
Feed additives belonging to the functional group of compounds of trace elements	10
with the exception of:
—cupric oxide, manganous oxide, zinc oxide and manganous sulphate monohydrate.	30
Feed additives belonging to the functional groups of binders and anti-caking agents	2
Premixtures^note	15
Complementary feed	0,5
with the exception of:
—mineral feed
– –containing < 7 % phosphorus^note	5
– –containing ≥ 7 % phosphorus^note	0,75 per 1 % phosphorus^note, with a maximum of 7,5
—complementary feed for pet animals	2
—long-term supply formulations of feed for particular nutritional purposes with a concentration of trace elements higher than 100 times the established maximum content in complete feed;	15
Complete feed	0,5
with the exception of:
—complete feed for cattle (except calves), sheep (except lambs), goats (except kids) and fish;	1
—complete feed for pet animals.	2
3.Fluorine^note	Feed materialswith the exception of:	150
—feed materials of animal origin except marine crustaceans such as marine krill; calcareous marine shells;	500
—marine crustaceans such as marine krill;	3000
—phosphates;	2000
—calcium carbonate; calcium and magnesium carbonate^note	350
—magnesium oxide;	600
—calcareous marine algae.	1250
Vermiculite (E 561).	3000
Complementary feed:
—containing ≤ 4 % phosphorus^note;	500
—containing > 4 % phosphorus^note.	125 per 1 % phosphorus^note
Complete feedwith the exception of:	150
—complete feed for pigs;	100
—complete feed for poultry (except chicks) and fish;	350
—complete feed for chicks;	250
—complete feed for cattle, sheep and goats
– –in lactation;	30
– –other.	50
4.Lead^note	Feed materials	10
	with the exception of:—forage^note;	30
	—phosphates, calcareous marine algae and calcareous marine shells;	15
	—calcium carbonate; calcium and magnesium carbonate^note;	20
	—yeasts.	5
	Feed additives belonging to the functional group of compounds of trace elements	100
	with the exception of:—zinc oxide;	400
	—manganous oxide, ferrous carbonate, cupric carbonate, copper (I) oxide.	200
	Feed additives belonging to the functional groups of binders and anti-caking agents	30
	with the exception of:—clinoptilolite of volcanic origin; natrolite-phonolite.	60
	Premixtures^note	200
	Complementary feed	10
	with the exception of:—mineral feed;	15
	—long-term supply formulations of feed for particular nutritional purposes with a concentration of trace elements higher than 100 times the established maximum content in complete feed.	60
	Complete feed.	5
5.Mercury^note	Feed materials	0,1
	with the exception of:—fish, other aquatic animals and products derived thereof intended for the production of compound feed for food producing animals;	0,5
	—fish, other aquatic animals and products derived thereof intended for the production of compound feed for dogs, cats, ornamental fish and fur animals;	1,0^note
	—fish, other aquatic animals and products derived thereof as canned wet feed material for direct feeding of dogs and cats	0,3
	—calcium carbonate; calcium and magnesium carbonate^note.	0,3
	Compound feed	0,1
	with the exception of:—mineral feed;	0,2
	—compound feed for fish;	0,2
	—compound feed for dogs, cats, ornamental fish and fur animals.	0,3
6.Nitrite^note	Feed materials	15
with the exception of:
—fishmeal;	30
—silage;	—
—products and by-products from sugar beet and sugarcane and from starch and alcoholic drink production.	—
Complete feed	15
with the exception of:
—complete feed for dogs and cats with a moisture content exceeding 20 %.	—
7.Melamine^note	Feedwith the exception of:	2,5
—canned pet food	2,5^note
—the following feed additives:
—guanidino acetic acid (GAA);	20
—urea;	—
—biuret.	—

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