Importation of Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Order, 1996 (G.S.I. No. 11 of 1996)

GUERNSEY STATUTORY INSTRUMENT THE IMPORTATION OF FERTILISERS AND FEEDMG STUFFS ORDER, 1996 Made Laid before the States Coming into force 16 April 1996 1996 . , 22 April 1996 The States Agricultural and Milk Marketing Board, in pursuance of the powers conferred by Section 11 of the Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) Ordinance, 1952, as amended (a) and now vested in it (b), hereby orders: 1. The importation into the Island of feeding stuffs that contain mammalian meat and/or bone meal and which are intended to be fed to farmed animals or horses is prohibited. 2. The importation into the Island of feeding stuffs, including pet foods, that: i) are intended to be fed to cats or dogs that are produced in facilities which also produce feeding stuffs for farmed animals and/or horses; or ii) contain bovine offal; is prohibited. 3. The importation of fertiliser for use on agricultural land which contains any mammalian meat and/or bone meal or is derived from mammalian meat and/or bone meal is prohibited. 4. Definitions: "Agricultural land" means land used or capable of being used for the purposes a trade or business in connection with agriculture. "Agriculture" includes horticulture, fruit growing, seed growing, dairy farming, livestock breeding and keeping, the use of land as grazing and meadow land "Bovine offal" means brain, spinal cord, spleen, tonsils, thymus and intestines of any bovine animal. "Farmed animals" means cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, deer and poultry. "Mammalian meat andfor bone meal" means proteinaceous material derived from the whole or part of any dead mammal by the process of crushing cooking and grinding. 5. The Interpretation (Guernsey) Law, 1948 (c) applies to the interpretation of this Order as it applies to the interpretation of an enactment. 6. This Order may be cited as the Importation of Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Order, 1996 7. The Importation of Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Order, 1994 (d) is hereby repealed. 8. This Order shall come into force on 22 April 1996 , Vice - President. For and on behalf of the States Agricultural and Milk Marketing Board. (a) Recueil d'ordonnances Tome X, p.178, Tome XIII, p.292. (b) By virtue of the States Committee for Agriculture (Transfer of Functions) Ordinance, 1987. (c) Ordres en Conseil vol. XIII, p.355. (d) Guernsey Statutory Instrument 1994 No. 26. EXPLANATORY NOTE. This Order prohibits the importation of: i) Feeding stuffs intended to be fed to farmed animals or horses which contain mammalian meat and/or bone meal. ii) Feeding stuffs that are intended to be fed to cats or dogs that are produced in facilities that also manufacture feed for farmed animals or horses. iii) Any feeding stuffs, including pet foods, which contain bovine offal iv) Fertiliser for use on agricultural land which contains any mammalian meat and/or bone meal or is derived from mammalian meat and/or bone meal.