S.I. No. 241/1991 - European Communities (Feeding Stuffs) (Tolerances of Undesirable Substances and Products) (Amendment) Regulations, 1991.

1. Aflatoxin B

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Straight feedingstuffs with the exception of

0.05

— Groundnut, copra, palmkernel, cotton seed, babassu, maize and products derived from the processing thereof

0.02

Complete feedingstuffs for cattle, sheep and goats (with the exception of complete feedingstuffs for dairy cattle, calves and lambs)

0.05

Complete feedingstuffs for pigs and poultry with the exception of complete feedingstuffs for young animals)

0.02

Other complete feedingstuffs

0.01

Complementary

feedingstuffs for cattle, sheep and goats (with the exception of complementary feedingstuffs for dairy animals, calves and lambs)

0.05

Complementary feedingstuffs for pigs and poultry (with the exception of complementary feedingstuffs for young animals)

0.03

Other complementary feedingstuffs

0.005

2. Bitter almond — Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D.A. Webb var. amara (DC.) Focke (=Prunus amygdalus Batsch var. amara (DC.) Focke)

3. Unhusked beech mast — Fagus silvatica L.

4. Camelina

— Camelina sativa (L.) Crantz

5. Mowrah, bassia, madhuca

— Madhuca longifolia (L.) Macbr. (= Bassia longifolia L. = Illipe malabrorum Engl.) Madhuca indica

Gmelin (=Bassia latifolia Roxb. = Illipe latifolia (Roxb.) F. Mueller)

All Feedingstuffs

Seeds and fruit of the plant species listed opposite as well as their processed derivatives may only be present in feedingstuffs in trace amounts not quantitatively determinable.

6. Purghera— Jatropha curcas L.

7. Croton — Croton tiglium L.

8. Indian mustard— Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. and Coss. ssp. integrifolia (West.) Thell

9. Sareptian mustard — Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. and Coss. spp. juncea

10. Chinese mustard — Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. and Coss. ssp. juncea var. lutea Batalin

11. Black mustard— Brassica nigra (L.) Koch

12. Ethiopian mustard — Brassica carinata A. Braun

All Feedingstuffs

Seeds and fruit of the plant species listed opposite as well as their processed derivatives may only be present in feedingstuffs in trace amounts not quantitatively determinable.

THIRD SCHEDULE

"THIRD SCHEDULE

Fees referred to in regulation 9 (2) (b)

The fee payable in respect of analysis for undesirable substances and products in feedingstuffs shall be calculated at the rate of £10.00 per hour.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 18th day of September, 1991.

MICHAEL O'KENNEDY, T.D.

Minister for Agriculture and Food.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations amend the European Communities (Feeding Stuffs) (Tolerances of Undesirable Substances and Products) Regulations, 1989 so as to—

(1) give effect to Commission Directive No. 91/126/EEC of 13 February, 1991 which amends the maximum permitted levels for aflatoxin B

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in certain straight and complementary feedingstuffs

(2) amend the fees payable in respect of analysis for undesirable substances and products in feedingstuffs.

S.I. No. 241 of 1991.

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (FEEDING STUFFS) (TOLERANCES OF UNDESIRABLE SUBSTANCES AND PRODUCTS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1991.

I, MICHAEL O'KENNEDY, Minister for Agriculture and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 3

of the

European Communities Act, 1972

(No. 72 of 1972), and for the purpose of giving effect to Commission Directive No. 91/126/EEC of 13 February, 1991

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, and for the purpose of giving further effect to Council Directive 74/63/EEC of 17 December, 1973

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, as amended, hereby make the following Regulations

1

O.J. No. L60, 7.3.1991, p16.

2

O.J. No. L38, 11.2.1974, p31.