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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 and shall come into operation on 16th September 2002.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
2 
The Feeding Stuffs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 shall be amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 10.
3 
In regulation 2 (interpretation), for paragraph (8) there shall be substituted the following paragraph –“
(8) Any reference in these Regulations to a European Community Directive, Regulation or Decision shall be construed as a reference to that Directive or, as the case may be, Regulation or Decision, as amended on the date the Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 are made.”.
4 
In paragraph (2) of regulation 17, for “Schedule 10” there shall be substituted “Schedule 9”.
5 
In paragraph (2) of regulation 23, for the words from “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.
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 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.
9 
In Schedule 8 (control of certain protein sources) –
(a) the entry in column 6 (“All animal species”) corresponding with the entry in column 1 relating to “3. Amino acids and their salts” shall be deleted; and
(b) in column 6 at the place corresponding with the entry in column 2 relating to “3.1.1.DL-methionine, technically pure” there shall be inserted “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.
11 
The Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 shall be amended as follows –
(a) in Part II of Schedule 1 (manner of taking, preparing, marking, sealing and fastening of samples), for paragraph 5(1) there shall be substituted the following provision –“
(1) An inspector who intends to take a sample in accordance with section 76(7) of the Act as that section is modified by regulation 10 of the Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) Regulations 1999 shall satisfy himself that the conditions in which the material concerned is stored are not such as might have caused undue deterioration of it, and that it appears not to have been contaminated by any other material.”;
(b) in Part I of Schedule 2 (methods of analysis), at the end of paragraph 3(e)(ii), for “Schedule 5 to the Feeding Stuffs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995” there shall be substituted “Schedule 7 to the Feeding Stuffs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001”; and
(c) in Part II of Schedule 3 (form of certificate of analysis), for note 10(a) there shall be substituted the following note –“
(a) whether or not the material was named in accordance with the requirements of the Feeding Stuffs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001, and, if it was not named in accordance with those requirements, in what respect it was not;”.
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(1) The Feeding Stuffs (Establishments and Intermediaries) Regulations 1999 shall be amended as specified in paragraph (2).
(2) In the provisions of those Regulations specified in paragraph (3), for “as modified by the Feeding Stuffs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and amended by the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001” there shall be substituted “as amended by the Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002”.
(3) The provisions are regulations 98(8) and (9), 99 and 106(1).
13 
The Feeding Stuffs (Enforcement) Regulations 1999 shall be amended as follows –
(a) in paragraph (1) of regulation 2, for the definition of “third country” there shall be substituted the following definition –“
 “third country” means a country other than a State which is a contracting party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993;” and
(b) in regulation 8, for “as modified by the Feeding Stuffs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and amended by the Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001” there shall be substituted “as amended by the Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 5th August 2002.
Denis McMahon
A Senior Officer of the
Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety

SCHEDULE 1
Regulation 7
“PART IX

 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 feedingstuffs.
 Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1594/1999 amending the conditions for the authorisation of an additive in feedingstuffs.
 Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2439/1999 on the conditions for authorisation of additives belonging to the group “binders, anti-caking agents and coagulants” in feedingstuffs.
 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 feedingstuffs.
 Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2437/2000 concerning the permanent authorisation of an additive and the provisional authorisation of new additives in feedingstuffs.
 Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2013/2001 concerning the provisional authorisation of a new additive use and the permanent authorisation of an additive in feedingstuffs.
 Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2200/2001 concerning provisional authorisation of additives in feedingstuffs.
 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 feedingstuffs.

SCHEDULE 2
Regulation 8


(1) (2) (3)
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)) PCDD/F All feed materials of plant origin including vegetable oils and by-products 0.75 ng WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/kg
 Minerals 1.0 ng WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/kg
 Animal fat, including milk fat and egg fat 2.0 ng WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/kg
 Other land animal products including milk and milk products and eggs and egg products 0.75 ng WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/kg
 Fish oil 6 ng WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/kg
 Fish, other aquatic animals, their products and by-products with the exception of fish oil 1.25 ng WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/kg
 Compound feedingstuffs, with the exception of feedingstuffs for fur animals, pet foods and feedingstuffs for fish 0.75 ng WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/kg
 Feedingstuffs for fishPet foods 2.25 ng WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/kg
Notes:


SCHEDULE 3
Regulation 10


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High quality protein, moderate level of protein, high level of essential fatty acids and high level of highly digestive carbohyrates Dogs 
— Protein source(s)
— Content of essential fatty acids
— Highly digestible carbohydrates including their treatment if appropriate
— Sodium
— Total copper Initially up to 6 months Indicate on the package. container or label: “It is recommended that a veterinarian’s opinion should 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 
— Protein source(s)
— Content of essential fatty acids
— Sodium
— Total copper 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”