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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Feed (Specified Undesirable Substances) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 and shall come into operation on 30th November 2007.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
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(1) The Feeding Stuffs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5).
(2) In paragraph 11(c)(iv) of Part 1 of Schedule 3 (contents of the statutory statement or other declaration (except for additives and premixtures not contained in feeding stuffs)), for “soluble” substitute “insoluble”.
(3) In Chapter D of Schedule 5 (prescribed limits for undesirable substances), for the table entries and annotations thereto substitute the entries and annotations set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.
(4) The table entries set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations are added at the end of the table in Schedule 6 (control of certain protein sources).
(5) In column 4 of Chapter A of Schedule 7 (permitted feeding stuffs intended for particular nutritional purposes and provisions relating to their use), opposite the entry in column 1 relating to reduction of cystines stones formation, for “acidifying” substitute “alkalising”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 24th October 2007.
Don Hill
A senior officer of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety

SCHEDULE 1
Regulation 2(3)


Column 1Undesirable substances Column 2Products intended for animal feed Column 3Maximum content in mg/kg of feeding stuffs referred to a moisture content of 12%
Aldrin All feeding stuffs 0.01
Dieldrin except: 
 – fats and oils 0.1
 – feeding stuffs for fish 0.02
  
Camphechlor (toxaphene) – sum of indicator congeners CHB 26, 50 and 62 Fish, other aquatic animals, their products and by-products 0.02
 except: 
 – fish oil 0.2
 Feeding stuffs for fish 0.05
  
Chlordane (sum of cis- and trans-isomers and of oxychlordane, expressed as chlordane) All feeding stuffs 0.02
 except: 
 – fats and oils 0.05
  
DDT (sum of DDT–, TDE– and DDE– isomers, expressed as DDT) All feeding stuffs 0.05
 except: 
 – fats and oils 0.5
  
Endosulphan (sum of alpha– and beta–isomers and of endosulphansulphate expressed as endosulphan) All feeding stuffs 0.1
 except: 
 – maize and maize products derived from the processing thereof 0.2
 – oilseeds and products derived from the processing thereof, with the exception of crude vegetable oil 0.5
 – crude vegetable oil 1.0
 – complete feeding stuffs for fish 0.005
  
Endrin (sum of endrin and delta-keto-endrin, expressed as endrin) All feeding stuffs 0.01
 except: 
 – fats and oils 0.05
  
Heptachlor (sum of heptachlor and of heptachlorepoxide, expressed as heptachlor) All feeding stuffs 0.01
 except: 
 – fats and oils 0.2
  
Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) All feeding stuffs 0.01
 except: 
 – fats and oils 0.2
  
Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH)  
– alpha-isomers All feeding stuffs 0.02
 except: 
 – fats and oils 0.2
– beta-isomers All feed materials 0.01
 except: 
 – fats and oils 0.1
 All compound feeding stuffs 0.01
 except: 
 – compound feeding stuffs for dairy cattle 0.005
– gamma-isomers All feeing stuffs 0.2
 except: 
 – fats and oils 2.0



— CHB 26: 2-endo,3-exo,5-endo,6-exo,8,8,10,10-octochlorobornane,
— CHB 50: 2-endo,3-exo,5-endo,6-exo,8,8,9,10,10-nonachlorobornane,
— CHB 62: 2,2,5,5,8,9,9,10,10-nonachlorobornane.
SCHEDULE 2
Regulation 2(4)

Entries to be added to Schedule 6 to the Feeding Stuffs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005
 Column 1Name ofproduct group  Column 2Permitted products Column 3Designation of nutritive principle or identity of micro–organisms Column 4Culture substrate (specification, if any) Column 5Composition characteristics of product Column 6Animal species Column 7Name of product and specified particulars
2.2 By-products from the production of amino acids by fermentation       
  2.2.1 Concentrated liquid by-products from the production of L-glutamic acid by fermentation with Corynebacterium melassicola Ammonium salts and other nitrogenous compounds Sucrose, molasses, starch products and their hydrolysates Nitrogen expressed as crude protein: minimum 48%Moisture: maximum 28% Ruminants from the beginning of rumination Declarations to be made on the label or packaging of the product:
— the name “by-products from the production of L-glutamic acid in the case of product 2.2.1; “by-products from the production of L-lysine” in the case of product 2.2.2;
— nitrogen, expressed as crude protein;
— crude ash;
— moisture;
— animal species or category;
— approval number.
  2.2.2 Concentrated liquid by-products from the production of L-lysine monohydrochloride by fermentation with Brevibacterium lactofermentum Ammonium salts and other nitrogenous compounds Sucrose, molasses, starch products and their hydrolysates Nitrogen expressed as crude protein: minimum 45%  Declarations to be made on the label or packaging of compound feeding stuffs:
— percentage of the total crude protein provided by non-protein nitrogen;
— indication, in the instructions for use, of the level of total non-protein nitrogen which should not be exceeded in the daily ration of each animal species or category.