- Latest available (Revised)
- Original (As adopted by EU)
Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title
Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 May 2002 on undesirable substances in animal feed
You are here:
What Version
Advanced Features
- Show Geographical Extent(e.g. England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland)
- Show Timeline of Changes
More Resources
Revised version PDFs
- Revised 28/11/20190.56 MB
- Revised 26/07/20190.53 MB
- Revised 25/12/20170.38 MB
- Revised 27/02/20150.38 MB
- Revised 27/12/20130.84 MB
- Revised 26/02/20130.85 MB
- Revised 06/09/20120.38 MB
- Revised 18/04/20120.37 MB
- Revised 01/01/20120.37 MB
- Revised 01/07/20110.37 MB
- Revised 02/03/20100.13 MB
- Revised 14/12/20090.13 MB
- Revised 16/10/20090.13 MB
- Revised 20/04/20090.13 MB
- Revised 03/03/20090.13 MB
- Revised 15/08/20080.12 MB
- Revised 20/10/20060.12 MB
- Revised 24/02/20060.18 MB
- Revised 26/12/20050.09 MB
- Revised 18/02/20050.09 MB
- Revised 21/11/20030.08 MB
- Revised 09/07/20030.08 MB
This is a Directive originating from the EU
This is a legislation item that originated from the EU
After exit day there will be three versions of this legislation to consult for different purposes. The legislation.gov.uk version is the version that applies in the UK. The EU Version currently on EUR-lex is the version that currently applies in the EU i.e you may need this if you operate a business in the EU.
The web archive version is the official version of this legislation item as it stood on exit day before being published to legislation.gov.uk and any subsequent UK changes and effects applied. The web archive also captured associated case law and other language formats from EUR-Lex.
Changes over time for: ANNEX II
Status:
EU Directives are being published on this site to aid cross referencing from UK legislation. After IP completion day (31 December 2020 11pm) no further amendments will be applied to this version.
[F1 [F2ANNEX II U.K.
Textual Amendments
F1 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 574/2011 of 16 June 2011 amending Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum levels for nitrite, melamine, Ambrosia spp. and carry-over of certain coccidiostats and histomonostats and consolidating Annexes I and II thereto (Text with EEA relevance).
ACTION THRESHOLDS TRIGGERING INVESTIGATIONS BY MEMBER STATES, AS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 4(2)
SECTION: DIOXINS AND PCBs
| a Table of TEF (= toxic equivalency factors) for dioxins, furans and dioxin-like PCBs: WHO-TEFs for human risk assessment based on the conclusions of the World Health Organisation (WHO) – International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS) expert meeting which was held in Geneva in June 2005 (Martin van den Berg et al., The 2005 World Health Organisation Re-evaluation of Human and Mammalian Toxic Equivalency Factors for Dioxins and Dioxin-like Compounds. Toxicological Sciences 93(2), 223–241 (2006))
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b Upper-bound concentrations; upper-bound concentrations are calculated on the assumption that all values of the different congeners below the limit of quantification are equal to the limit of quantification. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| c Identification of source of contamination. Once source is identified, take appropriate measures, where possible, to reduce or eliminate source of contamination. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| d In many cases it might not be necessary to perform an investigation into the source of contamination as the background level in some areas is close to or above the action level. However, in cases where the action level is exceeded, all information, such as sampling period, geographical origin, fish species etc., shall be recorded with a view to future measures to manage the presence of dioxins and dioxin-like compounds in these materials for animal nutrition.] ] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Undesirable substances | Products intended for animal feed | Action threshold in ng WHO-PCDD/F TEQ/kg (ppt) b relative to a feedingstuff with a moisture content of 12 % | Comments and additional information (e.g. nature of investigations to be performed) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
[F31. Dioxins [sum of polychlorinated dibenzo- para -dioxins (PCDDs), polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) expressed in World Health Organisation (WHO) toxic equivalents, using the WHO-TEFs (toxic equivalency factors, 2005) a ] | Feed materials of plant origin | 0,5 | c | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| with the exception of: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
— vegetable oils and their by-products. | 0,5 | c | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feed materials of mineral origin | 0,5 | c | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feed materials of animal origin: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
— Animal fat, including milk fat and egg fat, | 0,75 | c | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
— Other land animal products including milk and milk products and eggs and egg products, | 0,5 | c | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
— Fish oil, | 4,0 | d | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
— Fish, other aquatic animals and products derived thereof with the exception of fish oil, hydrolysed fish protein containing more than 20 % fat and crustacea meal, | 0,75 | d | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
— Hydrolysed fish protein containing more than 20 % fat; crustacea meal. | 1,25 | d | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feed additives belonging to the functional groups of binders and anti-caking agents | 0,5 | c | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feed additives belonging to the functional group of compounds of trace elements | 0,5 | c | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Premixtures | 0,5 | c | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Compound feed with the exception of: | 0,5 | c | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
— compound feed for pet animals and fish, | 1,25 | d | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
— compound feed for fur animals. | — | ] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2. Dioxin-like PCBs (sum of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) expressed in World Health Organisation (WHO) toxic equivalents, using the WHO-TEFs (toxic equivalency factors, 2005) a ) | Feed materials of plant origin with the exception of: | 0,35 | c | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
— vegetable oils and their by-products | 0,5 | c | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feed materials of mineral origin | 0,35 | c | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feed materials of animal origin: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
— Animal fat, including milk fat and egg fat | 0,75 | c | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
— Other land animal products including milk and milk products and eggs and egg products | 0,35 | c | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
— Fish oil | 11,0 | d | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
— Fish, other aquatic animals and products derived thereof with the exception of fish oil and fish protein, hydrolysed, containing more than 20 % fat c | 2,0 | d | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
— Fish protein, hydrolysed, containing more than 20 % fat | 5,0 | d | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feed additives belonging to the functional groups of binders and anti-caking agents | 0,5 | c | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feed additives belonging to the functional group of compounds of trace elements | 0,35 | c | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Premixtures | 0,35 | c | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Compound feed with the exception of: | 0,5 | c | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
— compound feed for pet animals and fish | 2,5 | d | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
— compound feed for fur animals | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Textual Amendments
F3 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 744/2012 of 16 August 2012 amending Annexes I and II to Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum levels for arsenic, fluorine, lead, mercury, endosulfan, dioxins, Ambrosia spp., diclazuril and lasalocid A sodium and action thresholds for dioxins (Text with EEA relevance).
Options/Help
Print Options
PrintThe Whole Directive
PrintThis Annex only
You have chosen to open the Whole Directive
The Whole Directive you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download. You may also experience some issues with your browser, such as an alert box that a script is taking a long time to run.
Would you like to continue?
You have chosen to open Schedules only
The Schedules you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download. You may also experience some issues with your browser, such as an alert box that a script is taking a long time to run.
Would you like to continue?
Legislation is available in different versions:
Latest Available (revised):The latest available updated version of the legislation incorporating changes made by subsequent legislation and applied by our editorial team. Changes we have not yet applied to the text, can be found in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ area.
Original (As adopted by EU): The original version of the legislation as it stood when it was first adopted in the EU. No changes have been applied to the text.
See additional information alongside the content
Geographical Extent: Indicates the geographical area that this provision applies to. For further information see ‘Frequently Asked Questions’.
Show Timeline of Changes: See how this legislation has or could change over time. Turning this feature on will show extra navigation options to go to these specific points in time. Return to the latest available version by using the controls above in the What Version box.
Opening Options
Different options to open legislation in order to view more content on screen at once
More Resources
Access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item from this tab. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:
- the original print PDF of the as adopted version that was used for the EU Official Journal
- lists of changes made by and/or affecting this legislation item
- all formats of all associated documents
- correction slips
- links to related legislation and further information resources
Timeline of Changes
This timeline shows the different versions taken from EUR-Lex before exit day and during the implementation period as well as any subsequent versions created after the implementation period as a result of changes made by UK legislation.
The dates for the EU versions are taken from the document dates on EUR-Lex and may not always coincide with when the changes came into force for the document.
For any versions created after the implementation period as a result of changes made by UK legislation the date will coincide with the earliest date on which the change (e.g an insertion, a repeal or a substitution) that was applied came into force. For further information see our guide to revised legislation on Understanding Legislation.
More Resources
Use this menu to access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:
- the original print PDF of the as adopted version that was used for the print copy
- correction slips
Click 'View More' or select 'More Resources' tab for additional information including:
- lists of changes made by and/or affecting this legislation item
- confers power and blanket amendment details
- all formats of all associated documents
- links to related legislation and further information resources
All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 except where otherwise stated. This site additionally contains content derived from EUR-Lex, reused under the terms of the Commission Decision 2011/833/EU on the reuse of documents from the EU institutions. For more information see the EUR-Lex public statement on re-use.