These Regulations, which apply in relation to England only, further amend the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) Regulations 1999 (S.I.1999/1663, as already amended), which extend to the whole of Great Britain.

These Regulations implement Commission Directive 2003/126/EC on the analytical method for the determination of constituents of animal origin for the official control of feedingstuffs (OJNo. L339, 24.12.2003, p.78).

These Regulations amend the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) Regulations 1999 by providing that where a microscopic examination is carried out for specified purposes, the procedure set out in Commission Directive 2003/126/EC shall be used (regulation 2(2)).

A full regulatory impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business has been prepared and placed in the Library of each House of Parliament together with a Transposition Note setting out how Commission Directive 2003/126/EC is transposed into domestic law by these Regulations. Copies may be obtained from the Chemical Contaminants and Animal Feed Division of the Food Standards Agency, Aviation House, 125 Kingsway, London, WC2B 6NH.