Undesirable Substances in Animal Feeds (Amendment) Rules, 2007 (L.N. 16 of 2007)

B 285 L.N. 16 of 2007 VETERINARY SERVICES ACT, 2001 (ACT NO. XXIII OF 2001) Undesirable Substances in Animal Feeds (Amendment) Rules, 2007 IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 22(c) of the Veterinary Services Act, 2001, the Minister for Rural Affairs and the Environment has made the following rules>– 1. (1) The title of these regulations is the Undesirable Substances in Animal Feeds (Amendment) Rules, 2005. (2) The scope of these rules is to implement the provisions found under Commission Directive 2005#8#EC of 27th January, 2005 amending Annex I to Directive 2002#32#EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on undesirable substances in animal feed and they shall be read and construed as one with as Undesirable Substances in Animal Feeds Rules, 2005, herinafter referred to as “the principal rules”. 2. Schedule I to the principal regulations shall be amended as follows>– (a) In column 2 of row 2, Lead, the following footnote is inserted after the word “green fodder”> “(*) green fodder includes products intended for animal feed such as hay, silage, fresh grass, etc …”< (b) in row 3, Fluorine, (i) Footnotes (1) and (2) are deleted< (ii) The words “Mineral mixtures for cattle, sheep and goats – 2 000 (1)” and “Other complementary feedingstuffs – 125 (2)” are substituted by the words “Complementary feedingstuffs containing ! 4 % phosphorus – 500” and “Complementary feedingstuffs containing › 4 % phosphorus– 125 per 1 % phosphorus” respectively< and (c) row 4, Mercury, is substituted as follows> Title and Scope. L.N. 81 of 2005. Amends Schedule I to the principal regulations. B 286 Undesirable substances (1) “ 4. Mercury Products intended for animal feed (2) Feed materials with the exception of> – feedingstuffs produced by the processing of fish or other marine animals – calcium carbonate Complete feedingstuffs with the exception of> – complete feedingstuffs for dogs and cats Complementary feeding stuffs except – complementary feeding stuffs for dogs and cats Maximum content in mg#kg (ppm) relative to a feedingstuff with a moisture content of 12 % (3) 0,1 0,5 0,3 0,1 0,4 0,2” Ippubblikat mid-Dipartiment ta’ l-Informazzjoni (doi.gov.mt) — Valletta — Published by the Department of Information (doi.gov.mt) — Valletta Mitbug[ fl-Istamperija tal-Gvern — Printed at the Government Printing Press Prezz 8ç – Price 8c