Commission Regulation (EU) No 1275/2013 of 6 December 2013 amending Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum levels for arsenic, cadmium, lead, nitrites, volatile mustard oil and harmful botanical impurities Text with EEA relevance

Regulation (EU) No 1275/2013 · Regulation · 3 articles

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Article 1

Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Supplementary provisions

ANNEXSupplementary provisions

ANNEX Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC is amended as follows: (1) Row 1 of Section I, Arsenic, is replaced by the following: Undesirable substance Products intended for animal feed Maximum content in mg/kg (ppm) relative to a feed with a moisture content of 12 % ‘1. Arsenic ( 1 ) Feed materials 2 with the exception of: — meal made from grass, from dried lucerne and from dried clover, and dried sugar beet pulp and dried molasses sugar beet pulp; 4 — palm kernel expeller; 4 ( 2 ) — phosphates and calcareous marine algae; 10 — calcium carbonate; calcium and magnesium carbonate ( 10 ); 15 — magnesium oxide; magnesium carbonate; 20 — fish, other aquatic animals and products derived thereof; 25 ( 2 ) — seaweed meal and feed materials derived from seaweed. 40 ( 2 ) Iron particles used as tracer. 50 Feed additives belonging to the functional group of compounds of trace elements 30 with the exception of: — cupric sulphate pentahydrate; cupric carbonate; di copper chloride trihydroxide; ferrous carbonate; 50 — zinc oxide; manganous oxide; cupric oxide. 100 Complementary feed 4 with the exception of: — mineral feed; 12 — complementary feed for pet animals containing fish, other aquatic animals and products derived thereof and/or seaweed meal and feed materials derived from seaweed; 10 ( 2 ) — long-term supply formulations of feed for particular nutritional purposes with a concentration of trace elements higher than 100 times the established maximum content in complete feed; 30 Complete feed 2 with the exception of: — complete feed for fish and fur animals; 10 ( 2 ) — complete feed for pet animals containing fish, other aquatic animals and products derived thereof and/or seaweed meal and feed materials derived from seaweed. 10 ( 2 )’ (2) Row 2 of Section I, Cadmium, is replaced by the following: Undesirable substance Products intended for animal feed Maximum content in mg/kg (ppm) relative to a feed with a moisture content of 12 % ‘2. Cadmium Feed materials of vegetable origin 1 Feed materials of animal origin 2 Feed materials of mineral origin 2 with the exception of: — phosphates. 10 Feed additives belonging to the functional group of compounds of trace elements 10 with the exception of: — cupric oxide, manganous oxide, zinc oxide and manganous sulphate monohydrate. 30 Feed additives belonging to the functional groups of binders and anti-caking agents 2 Premixtures ( 6 ) 15 Complementary feed 0,5 with the exception of: — mineral feed – – containing < 7 % phosphorus ( 8 ) 5 – – containing ≥ 7 % phosphorus ( 8 ) 0,75 per 1 % phosphorus ( 8 ), with a maximum of 7,5 — complementary feed for pet animals 2 — long-term supply formulations of feed for particular nutritional purposes with a concentration of trace elements higher than 100 times the established maximum content in complete feed; 15 Complete feed 0,5 with the exception of: — complete feed for cattle (except calves), sheep (except lambs), goats (except kids) and fish; 1 — complete feed for pet animals. 2 ’ (3) Row 4 of Section I, Lead, is replaced by the following: Undesirable substance Products intended for animal feed Maximum content in mg/kg (ppm) relative to a feed with a moisture content of 12 % ‘4. Lead ( *1 ) Feed materials 10 with the exception of: — forage ( 3 ); 30 — phosphates and calcareous marine algae; 15 — calcium carbonate; calcium and magnesium carbonate ( 10 ); 20 — yeasts. 5 Feed additives belonging to the functional group of compounds of trace elements 100 with the exception of: — zinc oxide; 400 — manganous oxide, ferrous carbonate, cupric carbonate. 200 Feed additives belonging to the functional groups of binders and anti-caking agents 30 with the exception of: — clinoptilolite of volcanic origin; natrolite-phonolite; 60 Premixtures ( 6 ) 200 Complementary feed 10 with the exception of: — mineral feed; 15 — long-term supply formulations of feed for particular nutritional purposes with a concentration of trace elements higher than 100 times the established maximum content in complete feed; 60 Complete feed. 5 (4) Row 6 of Section I, Nitrite, is replaced by the following: Undesirable substance Products intended for animal feed Maximum content in mg/kg (ppm) relative to a feed with a moisture content of 12 % ‘6. Nitrite ( 5 ) Feed materials 15 with the exception of: — fishmeal; 30 — silage; — — products and by-products from sugar beet and sugarcane and from starch and alcoholic drink production. — Complete feed 15 with the exception of: — complete feed for dogs and cats with a moisture content exceeding 20 %. —’ (5) Row 5 of Section III, Volatile mustard oil, is replaced by the following: Undesirable substance Products intended for animal feed Maximum content in mg/kg (ppm) relative to a feed with a moisture content of 12 % ‘5. Volatile mustard oil ( 1 ) Feed materials 100 with the exception of: — Camelina seed and products derived thereof ( *2 ) , products derived from mustard seed ( *2 ) , rape seed and products derived thereof. 4 000 Complete feed 150 with the exception of: — complete feed for cattle (except calves), sheep (except lambs) and goats (except kids); 1 000 — complete feed for pigs (except piglets) and poultry. 500 (6) Section VI: Harmful Botanical Impurities is replaced by the following: ‘SECTION VI: HARMFUL BOTANICAL IMPURITIES Undesirable substance Products intended for animal feed Maximum content in mg/kg (ppm) relative to a feed with a moisture content of 12 % 1. Weed seeds and unground and uncrushed fruits containing alkaloids, glucosides or other toxic substances separately or in combination including Feed materials and compound feed 3 000 — Datura sp. 1 000 2. Crotalaria spp Feed materials and compound feed 100 3. Seeds and husks from Ricinus communis L., Croton tiglium L. and Abrus precatorius L. as well as their processed derivatives ( 1 ) , separately or in combination Feed materials and compound feed 10 ( 2 ) 4. Unhusked beech mast – Fagus sylvatica L. Feed materials and compound feed Seeds and fruit as well as their processed derivatives may only be present in feed in trace amounts not quantitatively determinable 5. Purghera – Jatropha curcas L. Feed materials and compound feed Seeds and fruit as well as their processed derivatives may only be present in feed in trace amounts not quantitatively determinable 6. Seeds from Ambrosia spp. Feed materials 50 with the exception of — Millet (grains of Panicum miliaceum L.) and sorghum (grains of Sorghum bicolor (L) Moench s.l.) not directly fed to animals 200 Compound feed containing unground grains and seeds 50 7. Seeds from — Indian mustard – Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. and Coss. ssp. integrifolia (West.) Thell. — Sareptian mustard – Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. and Coss. ssp. juncea — Chinese mustard – Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. and Coss. ssp. juncea var. lutea Batalin — Black mustard – Brassica nigra (L.) Koch — Ethiopian mustard – Brassica carinata A. Braun Feed materials and compound feed Seeds may only be present in feed in trace amounts not quantitatively determinable ( *1 ) for the determination of lead in kaolinitic clay and in feed containing kaolinitic clay, the maximum level refers to an analytical determination of lead, whereby extraction is performed in nitric acid (5 % w/w) for 30 minutes at boiling temperature. Equivalent extraction procedures can be applied for which it can be demonstrated that the used extraction procedure has an equal extraction efficiency.’ ( *2 ) Upon request of the competent authorities, the responsible operator must perform an analysis to demonstrate that the content of total glucosinolates is lower than 30 mmol/kg. The method of analysis of reference is EN-ISO 9167-1:1995.’ ( 1 ) Insofar determinable by analytical microscopy. ( 2 ) Includes also seed husk fragments.’

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