2002 No. 1797 (W.172)
The Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2002
Made
Coming into force
The National Assembly for Wales, acting in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 66(1), 68(1) and (1A), 69(1), 74A, 75(1), 76(1), 77(4), 78(6), 79(1) and 84 of the Agriculture Act 19701 and now exercisable by it in relation to Wales2, after consultation as required by section 84(1) of that Act with the persons or organisations appearing to represent the interests concerned3, and having been designated4 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19725 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, in exercise of the powers conferred by the said section 2(2) (in so far as these Regulations cannot be made under the powers in the Agriculture Act 1970 specified above), makes the following Regulations:
Title, commencement and extent1
These Regulations may be cited as the Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2002, shall come into force on 5th August 2002 and shall apply to Wales only.
Amendment of the Feeding Stuffs (Wales) Regulations 2001
2
The Feeding Stuffs (Wales) Regulations 2001 (“the principal Regulations”)6 shall be amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 10 below.
3
In each of regulations 7(1) and 24(1), after the expression “the Feeding Stuffs and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001” there shall be added the expression “and the Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2002”.
4
In paragraph (2) of regulation 17, for the expression “Schedule 10” there shall be substituted the expression “Schedule 9”.
5
In paragraph (2) of regulation 24, for the word “regulations” to the end there shall be substituted the following provisions—
regulation 4 (except in so far as it relates to Part II of Schedule 5), 9(1) (in so far as it regulates putting into circulation), (2) and (3), 10(1) to (4), (6), (6A) and (7), 11(2) (in so far as it falls to be read with paragraph (3)(a), (c) or (d) of that regulation), (4), (6) and (7), 12(3), (4), (6), (7) and (9), 13(1), 15, 16(1) and 17(1).
6
Regulation 25(a) and (b) shall be revoked.
7
In Schedule 3 (permitted additives and provisions relating to their use), for the provisions in Part IX of the Table (European Community Regulations by which additives are controlled) there shall be substituted the provisions set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.
8
In Schedule 7 (prescribed limits for undesirable substances)—
a
for the entry for Dioxin (sum of PCDD and PCDF) in column 1 of Chapter A of Part I of the Table and the corresponding entries in columns 2 and 3 respectively of that Chapter; and
b
for the entry for Dioxin (sum of PCDD and PCDF) in column 1 of Chapter A of Part II of the Table and the corresponding entries in columns 2 and 3 respectively of that Chapter;
there shall be substituted the entries set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.
9
In Schedule 8 (control of certain protein sources) for the entry in column 6 (“ruminants from the beginning of rumination”) corresponding with the entry in column 2 relating to “3.1.1 DL-methionine, technically pure” there shall be substituted the entry “All animal species”.
10
In Schedule 9 (permitted feeding stuffs intended for particular nutritional purposes and provisions relating to their use) for the entries in columns 2 to 6 of Chapter A relating to the support of liver function in case of chronic liver insufficiency in dogs or cats there shall be substituted the entries set out in Schedule 3 to these Regulations.
Amendment of the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) Regulations 199911
The Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) Regulations 19997 shall be amended in so far as they apply to Wales as follows—
a
in Part II of Schedule 1 (manner of taking, preparing, marking, sealing and fastening of samples), in paragraph 5(1), for the expression “section 76(1)(b) of the Act” there shall be inserted the expression “section 76(7) of the Act as that section is modified by regulation 10 of the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) Regulations 19998 as amended”;
b
in Part I of Schedule 2 (methods of analysis), at the end of paragraph 3(e)(ii), for the expression “Schedule 5 to the Feeding Stuffs Regulations 1995” there shall be substituted the expression “Schedule 7 to the Feeding Stuffs (Wales) Regulations 2001 as amended by the Feeding Stuffs and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 20019 and the Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2002; and
c
in Part II of Schedule 3 (form of certificate of analysis), in note 11(a), for the expression “the Feeding Stuffs Regulations 1995” there shall be substituted the expression “the Feeding Stuffs (Wales) Regulations 2001 as amended by the Feeding Stuffs and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001 and the Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2002”.
Amendment of the Feeding Stuffs (Establishments and Intermediaries) Regulations 199912
1
The Feeding Stuffs (Establishments and Intermediaries) Regulations 199910 shall be amended in so far as they apply to Wales as specified in paragraph (2).
2
In the provisions of those Regulations specified in paragraph (3), for the expression “as amended by the Feedingstuffs (Zootechnical Products) Regulations 1999 and as modified by the Feeding Stuffs (Wales) Regulations 2001 and amended by the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001” there shall be substituted the expression “as amended by the Feedingstuffs (Zootechnical Products) Regulations 1999 and the Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2002”.
3
The provisions are regulations 98(8) and (9), 99 and 106(1).
Amendment of the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) Regulations 199913
The Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) Regulations 1999 shall be amended in so far as they apply to Wales as follows—
a
in paragraph (1) of regulation 2, for the definition of “third country” there shall be substituted the following definition—
b
in each of paragraphs (2) and (4) of regulation 7, after the expression “the Feeding Stuffs and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001” there shall be inserted the expression “and the Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2002”;
c
in regulation 8, for the expression “as amended by the Feedingstuffs (Zootechnical Products) Regulations 1999 and as modified by the Feeding Stuffs (Wales) Regulations 2001 and amended by the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001” there shall be substituted the expression “as amended by the Feedingstuffs (Zootechnical Products) Regulations 1999 and the Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2002”; and
d
in regulation 9, in the text of subsection (8) of section 67 of the Agriculture Act 1970 shown as modified by that regulation, after the expression “the Feeding Stuffs and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001” there shall be inserted the expression “and the Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2002”; and
e
in regulation 10, in the text of subsection (17) of section 76 of the Agriculture Act 1970 shown as modified by that regulation, after the expression “the Feeding Stuffs and the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001” there shall be inserted the expression “and the Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2002”.
Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 199813
SCHEDULE 1PROVISIONS SUBSTITUTED FOR PART IX OF THE TABLE TO SCHEDULE 3 TO THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS
PART IXEUROPEAN COMMUNITY REGULATIONS BY WHICH ADDITIVES ARE CONTROLLED1000
Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2316/98 concerning authorisation of new additives and amending the conditions for authorisation of a number of additives already authorised in feedingstuffs1000.
Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1594/1999 amending the conditions for the authorisation of an additive in feedingstuffs1000.
Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2439/1999 on the conditions for authorisation of additives belonging to the group “binders, anti-caking agents and coagulants” in feedingstuffs1000.
Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1353/2000 concerning the permanent authorisation of an additive and the provisional authorisation of new additives, new additive uses and new preparations in feedingstuffs1000.
Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2437/2000 concerning the permanent authorisation of an additive and the provisional authorisation of new additives in feedingstuffs1000.
Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2013/2001 concerning the provisional authorisation of a new additive use and the permanent authorisation of an additive in feedingstuffs1000.
Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2200/2001 concerning provisional authorisation of additives in feedingstuffs1000.
Commission Regulation (EC) No. 256/2002 concerning the provisional authorisation of new additives, the prolongation of provisional authorisation of an additive and the permanent authorisation of an additive in feedingstuffs1000.
SCHEDULE 2PROVISIONS SUBSTITUTED IN PARTS I AND II OF SCHEDULE 7 TO THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS
(1) | (2) | (3) |
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Dioxin (sum of polychlorinated dibenzo-para-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) expressed in World Health Organisation (WHO) toxic equivalents, using the WHO-TEFs (toxic equivalency factors, 1997)) | All feed materials of plant origin including vegetable oils and by-products | 0.75 ng WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/kg(1) |
Minerals | 1.0 ng WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/kg(1) | |
Animal fat, including milk fat and egg fat | 2.0 ng WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/kg(1) | |
Other land animal products including milk and milk products and eggs and egg products | 0.75 ng WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/kg(1) | |
Fish oil | 6 ng WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/kg(1) | |
Fish, other aquatic animals, their products and by-products with the exception of fish oil(2) | 1.25 ng WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/kg(1) | |
Compound feedingstuffs, with the exception of feedingstuffs for fur animals, pet foods and feedingstuffs for fish | 0.75 ng WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/kg(1) | |
Feedingstuffs for fish Pet foods | 2.25 ng WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/kg(1) | |
Notes: | ||
(1) Upper-bound concentrations; upper-bound concentrations are calculated assuming that all values of the different congeners less than the limit of determination are equal to the limit of determination. | ||
(2) Fresh fish directly delivered and used without intermediate processing for the production of feedingstuffs for fur animals is exempted from the maximum limit. The products, processed animal proteins produced from these fur animals cannot enter the food chain and the feeding thereof is prohibited to farmed animals which are kept, fattened or bred for the production of food. |
SCHEDULE 3PROVISIONS SUBSTITUTED IN SCHEDULE 9 TO THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS
2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
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High quality protein, moderate level of protein, high level of essential fatty acids and high level of highly digestive carbohydrates | Dogs |
| Initially up to 6 months | Indicate on the package, container or label: “It is recommended that a veterinarian’s opinion be sought before use or before extending the period of use” Indicate in the instructions for use: “Water should be available at all times” |
High quality protein, moderate level of protein and high level of essential fatty acids | Cats |
| Initially up to 6 months | Indicate on the package, container or label: “It is recommended that a veterinarian’s opinion be sought before use or before extending the period of use ” Indicate in the instructions for use: “Water should be available at all times” |
(This note is not part of the Regulations)