Undesirable Substances in Animal Feeds (Amendment)

L.N. 358 of 2010

VETERINARY SERVICES ACT

(CAP. 437)

Undesirable Substances in Animal Feeds (Amendment)

Rules, 2010

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 10 of the

Veterinary Services Act, the Minister for Resources and Rural

Affairs has made the following rules:-

(1) The title of these rules is Undesirable Substances

in Animal Feeds (Amendment) Rules, 2010 and they shall be read

and construed as one with the Undesirable Substances in Animal

Feeds Rules 2009, hereinafter referred to as “the principal rules”.

Regulations 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9

Undesirable substances

Products intended for

Maximum content in

animal feed

mg/kg(ppm) relative to a

feeding stuff with a

moisture content of 12%

1. Arsenic (*) (**)

Feed materials 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,

-

palm kernel

4(***)

expeller,

-

phosphates and

calcareous marine

algae,

-

calcium carbonate,

-

magnesium oxide,

-

feeding stuffs

25(***)

obtained from the

processing of fish or

other marine

animals, including

fish,

-

seaweed meal and

40(***)

feed materials

derived from

seaweed,

Iron particles used as

tracer.

Additives belonging to the

functional group of

compounds of trace

feeding stuff with a moisture

content of 12%

-

copper sulphate

pentahydrate and

copper carbonate,

-

zinc, oxide,

manganese oxide and

copper oxide,

Complete feedingstuffs with

the exception of

-

complete

10(***)

feedingstuffs for fish

and complete

feedingstuffs for fur

animals,

Complementary feedingstuffs

with the exception of

-

mineral feedingstuffs,

(*) The maximum levels refer to total arsenic.

(**) Maximum levels refer to an analytical determination of arsenic, 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 equal extraction efficiency.

(***) Upon request of the competent authorities, the responsible operator must perform an

analysis to demonstrate that the content of inorganic arsenic is lower than 2ppm. This

analysis is of particular importance for the seaweed species Hizikia fusiforme.

2. Lead

Feed materials with the

exception of

-

green fodder

-

phosphates

-

yeasts

Complete feeding stuffs

feeding stuff with a moisture

content of 12%

Complementary feeding

stuffs with the exception of

-

mineral feeding stuffs

Schedule I to the principal rules shall be substituted as

follows

B

Fluorine(*)

Feed materials with the

exception of

-

feeding stuffs of

animal origin with the

exception of marine

crustaceans such as

marine krill

-

marine crustaceans

3 000

such as marine krill

-

phosphates

2 000

-

calcium carbonate

-

magnesium oxide

-

calcareous marine

1 000

algae

Vermiculite (E 561)

3 000 (**)

Complementary feeding

stuffs

-

containing 4% or less

phosphorous

-

containing more than

125 per 1% phosphorous

4% phosphorous

Complete feeding stuffs with

the exception of

feeding stuff with a moisture

content of 12%

-

complete feeding

stuffs for cattle sheep

and goats

-

in lactation

-

other

-

complete feeding

stuffs for pigs

-

complete feeding

stuffs for poultry

-

complete feeding

stuffs for chicks

-

complete feeding

stuffs for fish

(*) Maximum levels refer to an analytical determination of fluorine, whereby extraction is

performed with hydrochloric acid 1 N for 20 minutes at ambient temperature. Equivalent

extraction procedures can be applied for which it can be demonstrated that the used extraction

procedure has equal extraction efficiency.

(**) The levels shall be reviewed by 31 st December 2008 with the aim of reducing the

maximum levels.

Mercury(*) (**)

Feed materials with the

0.1

exception of

- feeding stuffs produced

0.5

from fish or by the

processing of fish or other

aquatic animals,

- calcium carbonate.

0.3

Compound (complementary

0.1

and complete) feeding stuffs

with the exception of

- mineral feed,

0.2

- compound feedingstuffs

0.2

for fish

- compound feedingstuffs

0.3

for dogs, cats and fur

animals.

(*) The maximum levels refer to total mercury.

(**) Maximum levels refer to an analytical determination of mercury, 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 equal extraction efficiency.

feeding stuff with a moisture

content of 12%

Nitrites

Feed materials with the

exception of

(expressed as sodium nitrate)

- fishmeal,

(expressed as sodium nitrate)

- silage.

Complete feedingstuffs with

the exception of

(expressed as sodium nitrate)

- complete feedingstuffs

for dogs and cats with a

moisture content

exceeding 20%

Cadmium

Feed materials of vegetable

origin

Feed materials of animal

origin except

- feeding stuffs for pets

10( 1 )

Phosphates

Complete feeding stuffs for

cattle, sheep and goats

except

- complete feeding

stuffs for calves,

lambs and kids

Other complete feeding stuffs

0.5

except

-

feeding stuffs for pets

5( 2 )

Mineral feeding stuffs

Other complementary

0.5

feeding stuffs for cattle,

sheep and goats

Aflatoxin B 1

Feed materials with the

0.05

exception of

feeding stuff with a moisture

content of 12%

-

ground nut, copra,

0.02

palm-kernel, cotton

seed, babassu, maize

and products derived

from the processing

thereof

Complete feeding stuffs for

0.05

cattle, sheep and goats with

the exception of

-

dairy cattle

0.005

-

calves and lambs

0.01

Complete feeding stuffs for

0.02

pigs and poultry (except

young animals)

Other complete feeding stuffs

0.01

Complementary feeding

0.05

stuffs for cattle, sheep and

goats (except complementary

feeding stuffs for dairy

animals, calves and lambs)

Complementary feeding

0.03

stuffs for pigs and poultry

(except young animals)

Other complementary

0.005

feeding stuffs

Hydrocyanic acid

Feed materials with the

exception of

-

linseed

-

linseed cakes

-

manioc products and

almond cakes

feeding stuff with a moisture

content of 12%

Complete feeding stuffs with

the exception of

- complete feeding

stuffs for chicks

Free gossypol

Food materials with the

exception of

- cottonseed,

- cottonseed cakes and

cottonseed meal.

Complete feeding stuffs

with the exception of

- complete feeding

stuffs for adult cattle,

-

complete feeding

stuffs for sheep (except

lambs) and goats

(except kids),

-

complete feeding

stuffs for poultry

(except laying hens)

and calves,

- complete feeding

stuffs for rabbits,

lambs, kids and pigs

(except piglets).

Theobromine

Complete feedingstuffs with

the exception of

- complete

feedingstuffs for pigs,

-

complete

feedingstuffs for

dogs, rabbits, horses

and for animals.

Volatile mustard oil

Feed materials with the

exception of

- rapseed cakes

4 000

(expressed as ally1

isothiocyanate)

Undesirable substances

Products intended for animal

feed

Complete feeding stuffs with

the exception of

-

complete feeding

stuffs for cattle, sheep

and goats (except

young animals)

-

complete feeding

stuffs for pigs (except

piglets) and poultry

12.Vinal thiooxazolidone Complete feeding stuffs for

(Vinyloxazolidine thione) poultry with the exception of

-

complete feeding

stuffs for laying hens

Vinal thiooxazolidone G"alf komplut g"al tjur

1 000

"lief g"al

(Vinyloxazolidine

thione)

- g"alf komplut g"al

ti$ie$ li jbidu

L-g"alf kollu li fih %ereali ta’

Rye ergot (Claviceps

All feeding stuffs containing

purpurea)

ungrounded cereals

Weed seeds and

All feedingstuffs

ungrounded and

uncrushed fruits

containing alkaloids,

glucosides or other toxic

substances separately or

in combination including

Datura sp.

Seeds and husks from All feedingstuffs

Ricinus communis L.,

Croton tiglium L. and

Abrus precatorius L. as

well as their processed

derivates (****),

separately or in

combination.

(****) In so far determinable by analytical microscopy.

B

feeding stuff with a moisture

content of 12%

Crotalaria spp.

L-g"alf kollu

Aldrin

0.01

||

L-g"alf kollu

"lief g"al

Wa"du jew im"allat

espress b"ala

||

Dieldrin

- xa"mijiet

0.02

Camphechlor

L-g"alf kollu

0.1

(toxaphene)

L-g"alf kollu "lief g"al

Chlordane (ta"lita ta’

0.02

cis- u transisomers u

ta’ oxychlordane,

meqjus b"ala

-

xa"mijiet

0.05

chlordane)

DDT (ta"lita ta’

L-g"alf kollu ta’ l-annimali

0.05

"lief g"al

DDT-DDD-(jew

TDE-) u DDE-

xa"mijiet u #jut

i!omeri, meqjus b"ala

-

0.5

DDT)

L-g"alf kollu "lief g"al

Endosulfan (ta"lita

0.1

ta’ alpha- u beta-isomers

u ta’ endosulfansulphate

meqjus b"ala endosulfan)

-

qam"irrun

0.2

#errieg"a ta#-#ejt

-

0.5

-

g"alf komplut g"al

0.005

g"andu x’jaqsam ma’

materjal tal-g&alf b’kontenut

imxarrab ta’ 12%

L-g"alf kollu "lief g"al

Endrin (sum of endrin All feeding stuffs with the

0.01

and of delta-ketoi-

exception of

endrin, expressed as

endrin)

- fats

0.05

Heptachlor (sum of

All feeding stuffs with the

0.01

heptachlor and of

exception of

heptachlorepoxide,

expressed as

-

fats

0.2

heptachlor)

Hexachlorobenzene

All feeding stuffs with the

0.01

(HCB)

exception of

-

fats

0.2

Hexachlorocyclo-

All feeding stuffs with the

0.02

hexane (HCH)

exception of

26.1 alpha-isomer

-

fats

0.2

26.2 beta-isomers

Compound feeding stuffs

0.01

with the exception of

-

feeding stuffs for

0.005

daily cattle

Feed materials with the

0.01

exception of

-

fats

0.1

26.3 gamma-isomers

All feeding stuffs with the

0.2

exception of

-

fats

2.0

B

B

3. 3. The

The Maltese

Maltese text

text of

of Schedule

Schedule II II to to

the the

principal

rules rules

shall shall be substituted as

Substitutes Maltese

principal

text of Schedule II to

Substitutes

be follows

substituted as follows

the principal rules.

Maltese text of

Schedule II to the

principal rules.

“SKEDA II

Regolamenti 5 u 9

Sustanzi mhux

Prodotti ma!suba

Linja ta’ limitu f’dak li g!andu

Kummenti u informazzjoni

mixtieqa

g!all-g!alf

x’jaqsam ma’ prodott ma!sub

supplimentari (e". ix-xorta ta’

tal-annimali

g!all-g!alf tal-annimali

investigazzjonijiet li g!andhom isiru)”.

b’kontenut imxarrab ta’ 12 %

B

€1.30

Dioxin (ta"lita ta’ PCDD

Polpa ta%-%itru

500 pg I –TEQ/kg

u PCDF), meqjus

(limitu stabbilit lejn il-

massimu) ( 3 )

f’ekwivalenti ta’ tossiku

internazzjonali

)ew# tal-fagu ming"ajr

qoxra - Fagus silvatica L

Purghera – Jatropha

curcas L.

Mustarda Indjana –

Brassica juncea (L.)

(errieg"a u frott tal-

Czern. And Coss. ssp.

Intergrifolia (West.) Thell

ispe%i ta’ pjanti

mni##la fa%%ata kif

Mustarda sareptian –

ukoll id-derivati

Brassica juncea (L.)

L-g"alf kollu

pro%essati

Czern. And Coss. ssp.

tag"hom jistg"u

Juncea

jkunu pre#enti

fl-g"alf f’ammonti

Mustarda 'ini#a –

ta’ tra%%i li ma

Brassica juncea (L.)

jistg"ux ikunu

Czern. And Coss. ssp.

determinati

Juncea var. lutea Batalin

kwantitivament.

Mustarda sewda –

Brassica nigra (L.) Koch

Mustarda Etijopjana

mustard – Brassica

carinata A. Braun

( 1 ) L-Awtorità Kompetenti tista’ wkoll tistabbilixxi kontenut massimu ta’ kadmijun ta’ 0.5

mg kull 1% fosfru.

( ) L-Awtorità Kompetenti tista’ wkoll tistabbilixxi kontenut massimu ta’ kadmijum ta’ 0.75

mg kull 1% fosforu.

( 3 ) Kon%entrazzjonijiet lejn il-massimu huma kalkulati bl-assunzjoni li l-valuri kollha tal-

congeners differenti li jkunu inqas mill-limitu stabbilit huma ugwali g"al limitu stabbilit.

B

3. It-test Malti ta’ Skeda II li tinsab mar-regoli prinċipali

Tissostitwixxi t-test

Malti ta’ Skeda II

għandhu of

jiġi Schedule

sostitwit kif

ġej: the principal rules shall be substituted

The

Maltese

text

II to

as

3. li tinsab mar-regoli

Substitutes

Maltese text of

prinċipali.

follows

Schedule II to the

principal rules.

“SKEDA II

Regolamenti 5 u 9

Sustanzi mhux

Prodotti ma!suba

Linja ta’ limitu f’dak li g!andu

Kummenti u informazzjoni

mixtieqa

g!all-g!alf

x’jaqsam ma’ prodott ma!sub

supplimentari (e". ix-xorta ta’

tal-annimali

g!all-g!alf tal-annimali

investigazzjonijiet li g!andhom isiru)”.

b’kontenut imxarrab ta’ 12 %