Contents
- 1 Title and commencement
- 2 Amendment of the Feeding Stuffs Regulations 1995
- 3 Amendment of the Feeding Stuffs Regulations 1995
- 4 Amendment of the Feeding Stuffs Regulations 1995
- 5 Amendment of the Feeding Stuffs Regulations 1995
- 6 Amendment of the Feeding Stuffs Regulations 1995
- 7 Amendment of the Feeding Stuffs Regulations 1995
- 8 Amendment of the Feeding Stuffs Regulations 1995
- Schedule 1 Provisions to be inserted into the table to schedule 4 to the feeding stuffs regulations 1995
- Schedule 2 Provisions to be substituted for part II of schedule 6 to the feeding stuffs regulations 1995
1Title and commencement#
These Regulations may be cited as the Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 13th February 1998.
2Amendment of the Feeding Stuffs Regulations 1995#
The Feeding Stuffs Regulations 1995 shall be amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 8 below.
3Amendment of the Feeding Stuffs Regulations 1995#
In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—
(a)after the definition of “ingredient” there shall be inserted the following definition—“• “mammalian meat and bone meal” has the meaning given to it by article 4(1) of the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (No. 2) Order 1996;”
4Amendment of the Feeding Stuffs Regulations 1995#
After regulation 2(1) there shall be added the following paragraph—“1A For the purposes of paragraphs 6A(1) and 19A(1) of Schedule 1, “protein” has the meaning given to it by article 4(1) of the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (No. 2) Order 1996.”
5Amendment of the Feeding Stuffs Regulations 1995#
In regulation 14 (control of added substances contained in feeding stuffs)—
(a)for paragraphs (1) to (3) there shall be substituted the following paragraph:“1 No person shall sell, or have in possession with a view to sale, for use as a feeding stuff, or use as a feeding stuff, any material containing any additive, or sell, or have in possession with a view to sale, for incorporation in a feeding stuff, any additive, unless—a where the additive is contained in any material, the additive is referred to in paragraph 6(1) of, or in any of Parts I to X of, the Table to Schedule 4, and the material complies with the relevant provisions of that Schedule,b where the additive is not so contained, it is referred to in paragraph 6(1) of, or in any of Parts I to X of, the Table to Schedule 4; orc the additive, whether or not contained in any material or in a preparation, is—i an enzyme; orii a micro-organism;and in either case is referred to in Part XI of that Table.”
(b)in paragraph (4), for the expression “Paragraphs (1) to (3) of this regulation” there shall be substituted the expression “Paragraph (1) of this regulation”.
6Amendment of the Feeding Stuffs Regulations 1995#
In Schedule 1 (contents of the statutory statement)—
(a)after paragraph 6 there shall be added the following paragraphs—“6A 1 In the case of any straight feeding stuff 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 sub-paragraph (2) below.2 The declaration referred to in sub-paragraph (1) above is—• This straight feeding stuff comprises protein derived from mammalian tissue the feeding of which to ruminants is prohibited6B In the case of any straight feeding stuff 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 straight feeding stuff comprises protein derived from mammalian tissue the feeding of which to ruminants, all other categories of farmed creatures and equine animals is prohibited”
(b)after paragraph 19 there shall be added the following paragraphs—“19A 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 sub-paragraph (1) above is—• This compound feeding stuff comprises protein derived from mammalian tissue the feeding of which to ruminants is prohibited19B 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”
7Amendment of the Feeding Stuffs Regulations 1995#
In the Table to Schedule 4 (permitted additives and provisions relating to their use), after the provisions in Part X there shall be added the contents of Schedule 1 to these Regulations.
8Amendment of the Feeding Stuffs Regulations 1995#
For Part II of Schedule 6 (categories of ingredients for use in relation to compound feeding stuffs for animals other than pets) there shall be substituted the contents of Schedule 2 to these Regulations.
Schedule 1 · Provisions to be inserted into the table to schedule 4 to the feeding stuffs regulations 1995
Part XI · Permitted enzymes (other than any enzyme referred to in part X of this schedule) and permitted micro-organisms
Section a. enzymes
Section b. micro-organisms
Schedule 2 · Provisions to be substituted for part II of schedule 6 to the feeding stuffs regulations 1995
Part II · Categories of ingredients for use in relation to compound feeding stuffs for animals other than pets
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