Feeding Stuffs (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 28 of 2009)

This Statutory Instrument has been printed in substitution of the SI of the same number and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument. S T A T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S 2009 No. 28 AGRICULTURE, ENGLAND The Feeding Stuffs (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 Made - - - - 12th January 2009 Laid before Parliament 19th January 2009 Coming into force - - 20th February 2009 The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 66(1), 68(1), 69(1), 74A and 84 of the Agriculture Act 1970(a), as read with regulation 14 of the Food Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000(b) and with Articles 2 and 6 of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002(c). There has been consultation during the preparation of these Regulations in accordance with the requirements of section 84(1) of the Agriculture Act 1970 or, as appropriate, of Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council(d) laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety. Title and commencement 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Feeding Stuffs (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 and come into force on 20th February 2009. Amendments to the Feeding Stuffs (England) Regulations 2005 2. The Feeding Stuffs (England) Regulations 2005(e) are amended in accordance with regulations 3 and 4. (a) 1970 c.40. Section 66(1) contains definitions of the expressions “the Ministers”, “prescribed” and “regulations”. The definition of “the Ministers” was amended by the Transfer of Functions (Wales) (No. 1) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/272), Schedule 5, paragraph 1. Functions of “the Ministers”, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by S.I. 1999/672 and thereafter transferred to the Welsh Ministers by paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (2006 c.32). Those functions, so far as exercisable in relation to Scotland, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (1998 c. 46). By virtue of S.I. 1999/3141, functions of the Secretaries of State for Wales and Scotland previously exercisable in relation to England ceased to be so exercisable and were transferred to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Section 74A was inserted by the European Communities Act 1972 (1972 c. 68), Schedule 4, paragraph 6. Sections 66(1) and 84 were amended by S.I. 2004/3254. (b) S.I. 2000/656. (c) S.I. 2002/794. (d) OJ No. L31, 1.2.2002, p.1, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 202/2008 (OJ No. L60, 5.3.2008, p.17). (e) S.I. 2005/3281 as amended by S.I. 2006/113, S.I. 2006/2808, S.I 2006/3120, S.I. 2007/3008 and S.I. 2008/1523. 2 3. In Schedule 5 — (a) in Chapter A, in the entries relating to fluorine — (i) after the last entry in Column 2 add “– complete feeding stuffs for fish”, and (ii) after the last entry in Column 3 add “350”; (b) in Chapter C — (i) omit the entries relating to Apricots, Bitter almond and Camelina; (ii) for the entries relating to Weed seeds etc substitute the following — Column 1 Undesirable substances Column 2 Products intended for animal feed Column 3 Maximum content in mg/kg of feeding stuffs referred to a moisture content of 12% Weed seeds and unground and uncrushed fruits containing alkaloids, glucosides or other toxic substances, separately or in combination including: All feeding stuffs 3000 Datura stramonium L. 1000 (c) in Chapter D, in the entries relating to DDT in column 1, for the expression in parenthesis substitute “(sum of DDT-, DDD- (or TDE-) and DDE-isomers, expressed as DDT)”. 4. In Schedule 7, for the entries relating to the support of renal function in the case of chronic renal insufficiency, in the first row of the table in Chapter A, substitute the entries set out in the Schedule to these Regulations. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health. Dawn Primarolo Minister of State, 12th January 2009 Department of Health 3 SC H E D U L E R eg ul at io n 4 E nt ri es to b e su bs tit ut ed in S ch ed ul e 7 to th e Fe ed in g St uf fs (E ng la nd ) R eg ul at io ns 2 00 5 P ar tic ul ar nu tr iti on al pu rp os e E ss en tia l nu tr iti on al ch ar ac te ri st ic s Sp ec ie s or ca te go ry of an im al La be lli ng d ec la ra tio ns R ec om m en de d le ng th of tim e fo r us e O th er p ro vi si on s In di ca te o n th e pa ck ag e, c on ta in er o r la be l: “I t i s re co m m en de d th at a ve te ri na ri an ’s o pi ni on b e so ug ht b ef or e us e or b ef or e ex te nd in g th e pe ri od o f u se .” Su pp or t o f r en al fu nc tio n in c as e of c hr on ic re na l in su ff ic ie nc y( 1) Lo w le ve l o f p ho sp ho ru s an d re st ri ct ed le ve l o f pr ot ei n bu t o f h ig h qu al ity D og s an d ca ts – Pr ot ei n so ur ce (s ) – C al ci um – Ph os ph or us – Po ta ss iu m – So di um – C on te nt o f e ss en tia l fa tty a ci ds (i f a dd ed ) In iti al ly u p to 6 m on th s( 2) In di ca te in th e in st ru ct io ns fo r u se : “ W at er sh ou ld b e av ai la bl e at a ll tim es .” or In di ca te o n th e pa ck ag e, c on ta in er o r la be l: “I t i s re co m m en de d th at a ve te ri na ri an ’s o pi ni on b e so ug ht b ef or e us e or b ef or e ex te nd in g th e pe ri od o f u se .” R ed uc ed p ho sp ho ru s ab so rp tio n by m ea ns o f in co rp or at io n of La nt ha nu m c ar bo na te oc ta hy dr at e A du lt ca ts – Pr ot ei n so ur ce (s ) – C al ci um – Ph os ph or us – Po ta ss iu m – So di um – La nt ha nu m c ar bo na te oc ta hy dr at e – C on te nt o f e ss en tia l fa tty a ci ds (i f a dd ed ) In iti al ly u p to 6 m on th s( 2) In di ca te in th e in st ru ct io ns fo r u se : “ W at er sh ou ld b e av ai la bl e at a ll tim es .” EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulations) 1. These Regulations further amend the Feeding Stuffs (England) Regulations 2005 (SI 2005/3281 as already amended by S.I. 2006/113, S.I. 2006/2808, S.I. 2006/3120, S.I. 2007/3008 and S.I. 2008/1523) (“the Feeding Stuffs Regulations”). 2. These Regulations provide for the implementation of— (a) Commission Directive 2008/76/EC amending Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on undesirable substances in animal feed (OJ No. L198, 26.7.2008, p.37); and (b) Commission Directive 2008/82/EC amending Directive 2008/38/EC as regards feedingstuffs intended for the support of the renal function in case of chronic renal insufficiency (OJ No. L202, 31.7.2008, p.48). 3. In respect of paragraph 2(a), these Regulations amend Schedule 5 (prescribed limits for undesirable substances) to the Feeding Stuffs Regulations. The changes relate to fluorine, DDT and certain plant products. 4. In respect of paragraph 2(b), these Regulations amend the table in Schedule 7 (permitted feeding stuffs intended for particular nutritional purposes and provisions relating to their use) to the Feeding Stuffs Regulations, by replacing the existing entries relating to the support of renal function in cases of chronic renal insufficiency. 5. A full impact assessment has not been prepared for these Regulations as no impact on the voluntary or private sectors is foreseen. Crown copyright 2009 Corrected reprint Printed and published in the UK by The Stationery Office Limited under the authority and superintendence of Carol Tullo, Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office and Queen’s Printer of Acts of Parliament. £4.00 E3616 1/2009 193616T 19585