
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on the following dates–
(a) except in relation to regulation 3, on 26th August 1998, and
(b) in relation to regulation 3, on 16th September 1998.
2 
The Feeding Stuffs Regulations 1995 shall be amended in accordance with regulations 3 and 4 below.
3 
In the Table in Schedule 4 (permitted additives and provisions relating to their use)–
(a) in Part III (permitted emulsifiers, stabilisers, thickeners and gelling agents)–
(i) in Chapter A, the entries relating to the name or description “Furcellaran” shall be deleted;
(ii) in Chapter B–(A) in the provisions relating to the name or description “Gellan Gum (Polytetrasaccharide containing glucose, glucuronic acid and rhamnose (2 : 1 : 1) produced by Pseudomonas elodea (ATCC 31466))”, for the expression in column 5 there shall be substituted the expression “Feeding stuffs with a moisture content exceeding 20%”;(B) in the provisions relating to the name or description “Cassia Gum”, for the expression in column 5 there shall be substituted the expression “Feeding stuffs with a moisture content exceeding 20%”; and
(b) in Part VIII (permitted preservatives), in the provisions in Chapter B relating to the name or description “sodium nitrite”, for the expression in column 5 there shall be substituted the expression “100 (feeding stuffs with a moisture content exceeding 20% only)”.
4 
In Schedule 5 (prescribed limits for undesirable substances)–
(a) in Part I (feeding stuffs), in Chapter A, after the provisions relating to the substance “Cadmium” there shall be inserted the following provisions:“
Dioxin (sum of PCDD and PCDF), expressed in International Toxic Equivalents Citrus pulp 500 pg I–TEQ/kg (upper bound detection limit)Note: Upper bound concentrations are calculated assuming that all values of the different congeners less than the limit of detection are equal to the limit of detection”
(b) in Part II (ingredients), after the provisions relating to the substance “Arsenic” there shall be added the following provisions:“
Dioxin (sum of PCDD and PCDF), expressed in International Toxic Equivalents Citrus pulp 500 pg I–TEQ/kg (upper bound detection limit)Note: Upper bound concentrations are calculated assuming that all values of the different congeners less than the limit of detection are equal to the limit of detection”
Jeff Rooker
Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
19th August 1998Sewel
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
23rd August 1998Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Peter Hain
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office
20th August 1998