
1 

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Feeding Stuffs (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2003.
(2) Regulations 1 to 4, 6, 7 and 9 shall come into force on 1st August 2003 and regulations 5, 8 and 10 shall come into force on 6th November 2003.
(3) These Regulations shall extend to Scotland only.
2 
The Feeding Stuffs (Scotland) Regulations 2000 shall be amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 10.
3 
In regulation 2 (interpretation)–
(a) in paragraph (1)–
(i) the following definitions shall be omitted–(aa) any commencing with the expression “EC approved”, “EC permitted”, “EEA approved”, “EEA permitted” “UK approved” or “UK permitted”;(bb) “national list”; and(cc) “third country”;
(ii) in each of the definitions of “complementary feeding stuff”, “complete feeding stuff” and “feeding stuff”, for “regulation 14(10)(a)” there shall be substituted “regulation 14(6)”;
(iii) for the definition of “compound feeding stuff” there shall be substituted–“
 “compound feeding stuff” means mixtures of feed materials, whether or not containing additives, for oral animal feeding in the form of complete or complementary feedingstuffs;”;
(iv) in the definition of “feed material”, “, subject to regulation 14(10)(b),” shall be omitted;
(v) after the definition of “premixture” there shall be inserted–“
 “product intended for animal feed” means feed materials, premixtures, additives, feeding stuffs and all other products used or intended for use in feed for pet animals, farmed creatures or animals living freely in the wild;”;
(vi) for the definition of “put into circulation” there shall be substituted–“
 “put into circulation” means sell or otherwise transfer, have in possession with a view to selling or otherwise transferring, or offer for sale, in each case to a third party, but in regulation 14 also means import into Scotland from a country which is neither an EEA State nor part of an EEA State;”; and
(vii) after the definition of “third country” there shall be inserted–“
 “undesirable substance” means any substance or product, not being a pathogenic agent, which is contained in or is on a product intended for animal feed and which–
(a) constitutes a potential danger to animal or human health or the environment; or
(b) could adversely affect livestock production;”; and
(b) for paragraph (7) there shall be substituted–“
(7) 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 (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2003 were made.”.
4 
For regulation 14 (control of feeding stuffs and feed materials containing undesirable substances) there shall be substituted–“
14. 

(1) No person shall–
(a) put into circulation any product intended for animal feed which is specified in column 2 of Part I of Schedule 7; or
(b) use any such product for animal feed,
if it contains any undesirable substance specified in column 1 of that Part in excess of the level specified for it in column 3 of that Part.
(2) No person shall put into circulation, or use as a feeding stuff, any complementary feeding stuff if–
(a) having regard to the quantity of it recommended for use in a daily ration, it contains any undesirable substance specified in column 1 of Part I of Schedule 7 in excess of the level specified for it in column 3 of that Part in relation to complete feeding stuffs; and
(b) there is no provision relating to any complementary feeding stuff in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that Part.
(3) No person shall mix any product intended for animal feed which is specified in column 2 of Part I of Schedule 7 and which contains any undesirable substance specified in column 1 of that Part in excess of the level specified for it in column 3 of that Part for the purpose of dilution with any product intended for animal feed.
(4) No person shall put into circulation any product intended for animal feed or use any such product for animal feed unless it is–
(a) sound and genuine; and
(b) of merchantable quality.
(5) For the purposes of paragraph (4) above, a product intended for animal feed which is specified in column 2 of Part I of Schedule 7 is not sound, genuine and of merchantable quality if it contains any undesirable substance specified in column 1 of that Part in excess of the level specified in relation to it in column 3 of that Part.
(6) For the purposes of paragraph (2) above “feeding stuff” means–
(a) a product of vegetable origin in its natural state (whether fresh or preserved);
(b) a product derived from the industrial processing of such a product; or
(c) an organic or inorganic substance, used singly or in a mixture,
whether or not containing additives, for oral feeding to pet animals, to farmed creatures or to animals living freely in the wild, and “complementary feeding stuff” and “complete feeding stuff” shall be construed accordingly.”.
5 
After regulation 19 (control of feeding stuffs intended for particular nutritional purposes and supplementary provisions relating to statutory statement), there shall be inserted–“
19A. 
Where a person to whom a compound feeding stuff for animals other than pet animals is supplied so requests, the supplier of that compound feeding stuff shall provide the person making that request with details of the exact percentages by weight of feed materials used in that compound feeding stuff.”.
6 
In regulation 25(2) (modification of section 74A(3) of the Agriculture Act 1970), for “14(3), (4), (6), (7) and (9), 15(1), 17, 18(1) and 19(1)” there shall be substituted “14(1) to (4), 15(1), 17, 18(1), 19(1) and 19A”.
7 
In Schedule 3 (permitted additives and provisions relating to their use) for the provisions specified in Part IX of the Table (European Community Regulations by which additives are controlled) there shall be substituted the provisions set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
8 
In Schedule 4 (contents of the statutory statement or other declaration (except for additives and premixtures not contained in feeding stuffs))–
(a) paragraph 14(1)(c) shall be omitted;
(b) in paragraph 15–
(i) the word “and”, where it appears at the end of sub-paragraph (b), shall be omitted;
(ii) for sub-paragraph (c) there shall be substituted–“
(c) the batch reference number; and”; and
(iii) after sub-paragraph (c) there shall be inserted–“
(d) the approval or registration number allocated, in accordance with Article 5 or as the case may be Article 10 of the Establishments Directive to the establishment which manufactured the compound feeding stuff;”; and
(c) for paragraph 19 there shall be substituted–
“19 
In the case of any compound feeding stuff for animals other than pet animals–
(a) all the feed materials shall be declared in the statutory statement–
(i) by their specific names; and
(ii) with an indication, in descending order, of the percentage by weight of each feed material contained in the compound feeding stuff, subject to a limit of variation of ± 15% in relation to each declared percentage; and
(b) the statutory statement shall contain the following declaration–“
 The exact percentage by weight of feed materials used in this feeding stuff may be obtained from … (name or trade name, address or registered office, telephone number and email address of the supplier of the compound feeding stuff).”.
9 
In Schedule 7 (prescribed limits for undesirable substances)–
(a) in Part I (feeding stuffs), for the headings to columns 1 and 2 there shall be substituted the headings “Undesirable Substances” and “Products intended for animal feed” respectively; and
(b) Part II (feed materials) shall be omitted.
10 
Part II of Schedule 10 (categories of feed materials for use in relation to compound feeding stuffs for animals other than pets) shall be omitted.
TOM McCABE
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh
11th June 2003
SCHEDULE
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.
 Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1252/2002 concerning the provisional authorisation of a new additive in feedingstuffs).
 Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1876/2002 concerning the provisional authorisation of a new use of an additive in feedingstuffs.
 Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2188/2002 concerning the provisional authorisation of new uses of additives in feedingstuffs.
 Commission Regulation (EC) No. 261/2003 concerning the provisional authorisation of new uses of additives in feedingstuffs.
 Commission Regulation (EC) No. 316/2003 concerning the permanent authorisation of an additive in feedingstuffs and the provisional authorisation of an additive already authorised in feedingstuffs.
 Commission Regulation (EC) No. 666/2003 provisionally authorising the use of certain micro-organisms in feedingstuffs.
 Commission Regulation (EC) No. 668/2003 concerning the permanent authorisation of an additive in feedingstuffs.
