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Dairy cattle feed premix  — Specification  
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 Dairy cattle feed premix   — Specification  
1 Scope  
This Draft East African Standard specifies  requiremen ts and methods of sampling and test for the 
dairy cattle feed premix as a sole source of vitamins and trace elements for cattle . 
2 Normative references  
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated 
references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced 
document (including any amendments) applies.  
CAC/RCP 54, Code of practice on good animal feeding  
EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General require ments  
ISO 6497, Animal feeding stuffs — Sampling  
3 Terms and definitions  
For the purposes of this standard, the following terms and definitions shall apply.  
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses : 
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at http://www.iso.org/obp  
3.1  
premix  
concentrated mixture of vitamins, trace minerals and diluents. It may contain other feed additives such 
as amino acids or medicaments.   
3.2  
compounded feed  
mixture of at least  two feed ingredient, whether or not containing feed additives, for oral animal 
feeding in the form of a complementary feed or a complete feed  
3.3  
feed (feedingstuff)  
any single or multiple materials, whether pro cessed, semi -processed or raw, which is intended to be 
fed directly to food producing animals.  
3.4  
feed ingredient  
component part or constituent of any mixture making up a feed, whether or not it has a nutritional 
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 Note 1 to entry:  Ingredients are of plant, animal or aquatic origin, or other organic or inorganic substances.  
4 Requirements  
4.1 Ingredients for dairy cattle feed premix   
4.1.1 Dairy cattle feed premix shall be:  
a) in the form of a fine powder, g ranular or liquid ;  
b) free from harmful constituents, metallic objects, adulterants, moulds, pathogenic micro -
organisms or insect infestation; and  
c) free from fermented, musty, rancid or uncharacteristic odour.  
4.1.2 Dairy cattle feed premix shall contain the  nutrients levels given in Table 1.  
Table 1 — Nutritional  requirements for dairy cattle  feed premix  
S/N Nutrient  Minimum requirement  
mg/kg  Test method  
i.  Manganese  20 000  AOACa  
ISO 6869  ii.  Zinc 40 000  
iii.  Cobalt  100 
iv.  Copper  10 000  
v.  Iodine  800 AOAC 993.20  
vi.  [Selenium]  10 AOAC 2011.19  
vii.  Vitamin D , IU/kg  1 000 000  AOAC  982.29  
ISO 14565  
ISO 6867  viii.  Vitamin A , IU/kg  6 000 000  
ix.  Vitamin E , IU/kg  18 000  
a Association of Official Analytical Chemists Methods.  
NOTE 1  The above levels are applicable for a metric to nne of feed. Premixes labelled at 
different inclusion rate shall contain a pro rata level of nutrient.  
NOTE 2  Vitamin B 12 may substitute cobalt at a minimum rate of 3  000 µg/kg to represent 
100 mg/kg of cobalt with no upper limit.  
 
5 Feed additive s 
Only t he food additives permitted  may be used  in accordance with Codex Stan 192 . 
6 Hygiene  
6.1 Dairy c attle feed premix shall be produced and handled in accordance with CAC/RCP 54.  DEAS 1095 :2022  
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 6.2 Dairy cattle feed  premix shall comply with microbiologi cal limits as shown in  Table 2. 
Table 2 — Microbiological requirements for dairy cattle feed premix  
S/N Microorganism  Requirement  Test method  
i.  Salmonella  spp Absent  ISO 6579 -1 
ii.  Escherichia coli  Absent  ISO 16654  
 
7 Packaging  
7.1 Dairy c attle feed premix shall be packaged in food grade material to safeguard the safety, 
hygienic, nutritional and organoleptic qualities of the product . 
7.2 Dairy c attle feed premix for sale shall be packed in containers which are of sufficient strength 
and sufficiently sealed so as to withstand re asonable handling without tearing, bursting or falling open 
during normal handling and transportation.  
7.3 Each container for  dairy  cattle  feed premix shall be new, clean and free from visible indications 
of contamination, infection and insect infestation . 
8 Weights and measures  
Dairy c attle feed premix shall be packaged in accordance with the Weights and Measures 
requirements of the destination country . 
9 Labelling  
In ad dition to the requirements in  EAS 38, the following specific labelling requirements sh all apply and 
shall be legibly and indelibly marked:  
a) name of product as “ Dairy c attle feed premix” or “X premix” where X is the stage;  
b) category of cattle  for which it is intended;  
c) net weight in metric units;  
d) batch number;  
e) name and physical address of the m anufacturer/processors;  
f) date of manufacture;  
g) expiry/best before date;  
h) nutrient declaration;  
i) instructions for use and storage;  
j) country of origin;  and 
k) the statement “ Cattle  food” . DEAS 1095 : 2022 
 
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 10 Sampling  
Dairy c attle feed premix shall be sampled  in accordance with ISO 6 497.