COMMI SSION REGUL ATION (EU) 2019/1869 
of 7 November 2019 
amending and correcting Annex I to Directiv e 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council as regards maximum levels for certain undesirable subst ances in animal feed 
(Text with EEA relevance) 
THE EUR OPEAN COMMISSION, 
Havi ng regar d to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, 
Havi ng regard to Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 May 2002 on undesirable 
substances in animal feed (1), and in particular Article 8(1) thereof, 
Whereas: 
(1) Directive 2002/32/EC provid es that the use of products intended for animal feed which contain levels of undesirable 
substances exceed ing the maximum levels laid down in Annex I to that Directive is prohibit ed. 
(2) Data have been received from compet ent author ities and concer ned feed business operat ors indicating that the 
general maximum level of 2 mg/kg for arsenic in feed mat erials of plant origin, is not achi evable in the specific feed 
mater ials leonardite and peat. It is theref ore appropr iate to increase the maximum level for total arsenic in these feed 
mater ials to ensure the supply . The increase does not adversely affect the animal or public health as the maximum 
level laid down for arsenic in compl ementar y feed and compl ete feed remains unch anged. 
(3) Data have been received from concer ned feed business operat ors indicating that the general maximum level of 
30 mg/kg for arsenic in feed additives belonging to the functional group of compo unds of trace elements is not 
achi evable for the trace element dimangan ese chlor ide trihydro xide. It is theref ore appropr iate to increase the 
maximum level for arsenic in dimangan ese chlor ide trihydro xide,, based on the data obtained by the analytical 
method Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometr y (ICP -MS). The European Reference Laboratory for metals 
and nitrogen ous compo unds has confir med that this method provid es the correct results as regards the presence of 
arsenic in trace elements. This increase does not adversely affect the animal or public health as the maximum level 
laid down for arsenic in compl ementar y feed and compl ete feed remains uncha nged. 
(4) The Joint Research Centre of the European Commission has examined in cooperation with the concer ned parties 
certain findings concer ning fluor ine in calcareous mar ine algae . That examination has established that the 
backg round presence of fluor ine in calcareous mar ine algae in some instances exceed s the maximum level laid 
down for fluor ine in calcareous mar ine algae . It is theref ore appropr iate to increase the maximum level for fluor ine 
in calcareous mar ine algae from 1 000 mg/kg to 1 250 mg/kg. This increase does not adversely affect the animal or 
public health as the maximum level established for fluor ine in complementary feed and complet e feed remains 
uncha nged. 
(5) Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/2229 (2) amended Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC as regar ds, inter alia, lead. 
For reasons of clarity the whole entr y for lead was replaced. In this replacement, in the list of feed mate rials for 
which the maximum level of 15 mg/kg is applicable, the feed mate rial calcareous mar ine shells was erroneously 
omitt ed. Regulation (EU) 2017/2229 established also a new maximum level for lead in dicopper oxide. However , 
the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistr y (IUP AC) name of the additive is copper(I) oxide. In line with 
the European Food Safe ty Auth ority’s (‘EFSA ’) recommendation in its opinion on cupr ic oxide (3) the additive should 
be named copper(I) oxide, which was not done in the English, Italian and Slovak languag e versions of the Regulation. 
Those errors should be corrected. 
(1)OJ L 140, 30.5.2002, p. 10. 
(2)Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/2229 of 4 December 2017 amending Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC of the European 
Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum levels for lead, mercur y, melamine and decoquinate (OJ L 319, 5.12.2017, p. 6). 
(3)EFSA Jour nal 2015;13(4):4057. EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union L 289/32                                                                                                                                         8.11.2019   (6) Certain feed mater ials belonging to the catego ry of ‘fish, other aquatic animals and products derived thereof’ are 
placed on the mark et as canned wet feed mater ial for direct feeding of dogs and cats. As this canned wet feed 
mater ial replaces the compound feed, it is theref ore appropr iate to apply the same maximum level of mercur y to 
this canned wet feed mater ial as the maximum level applicable to compo und feed as this change does not adversely 
affect the animal health. 
(7) EFSA adopt ed a scientific statement on the presence of free gossypol in whole cottons eed (4). It concluded that an 
update to the Scientific opinion as rega rds the animal health risks of the presence of gossypol as an undesirable 
substance in animal feed was not necessar y,. Taking into account the occur rence data refer red to in that statement, 
it is appropr iate to establish a higher maximum level for free gossypol in the feed mat erial cotton seed. This increase 
does not adversely affect the animal health as the maximum level laid down for free gossypol in complet e feed 
remains unchang ed. 
(8) Directive 2002/32/EC establishes a maximum level for dioxins, sum of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs and non-dio xin- 
like PCBs only in certain feed additives belonging to the functional groups of binders and anti-caking agents. 
However , recent findings notifi ed through the Rapid Aler t System for Food and Feed show high levels of dioxins 
and dioxin-like PCBs, in other feed additives belonging to that functional group. It is theref ore appropr iate to 
establish the maximum level for dioxins and PCBs to all feed additives belonging to the functional groups of binders 
and anti-caking agents. Further more, those maximum levels should also apply where the same feed additives are 
author ised in the functional groups ‘Substances for the control of radionuclide contamination’ and ‘Substances for 
reduction of the contamination of feed by mycotoxins’. 
(9) Directive 2002/32/EC should theref ore be amended according ly. 
(10) The measures provid ed for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committ ee on 
Plants, Animals Food and Feed, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGUL ATION: 
Article 1 
Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC is amended and corrected in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation. 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day followi ng that of its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Union. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. 
Done at Brussels, 7 November 2019.  
For the Commission 
The President 
Jean-Claude JUNCKER     
(4)https://efsa.onlinelibrar y.wiley .com/doi/epdf/10.2903/j.efsa.2017.4850 EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union 8.11.2019                                                                                                                                         L 289/33   ANNEX 
Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC is amended as follows: 
(1) Row 1 of Section I, Arsenic, is replaced by the followi ng:                                                              
Undesirable substance Products intended for animal feed Maximum conten t in mg/kg 
(ppm) relative to a feed with 
a moisture conten t of 12 % 
‘1. Arsenic (1) Feed mater ials 2  
with the excep tion of: 
— meal made from grass, from dried lucer ne and from dried clover , 
and dried sugar beet pulp and dried molasses sugar beet pulp; 4  
— palm kernel expeller; 4 (2)  
— peat ; leonardite; 5 (2)  
— phosphat es, calcareous mar ine algae; 10  
— calcium carbonate; calcium and magnesium carbonate (10); 
calcareous mar ine shells; 15  
— magnesium oxide; magnesium carbonate; 20  
— fish, other aquatic animals and products derived thereof; 25 (2)  
— seaweed meal and feed mat erials 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 excep tion of: 
— cupr ic sulphat e pentah ydrate; cupr ic carbonate; dicopper 
chlor ide trihydro xide; ferrous carbonate ; dimanga nese chlor ide 
trihydro xide 50  
— zinc oxide; manganous oxide; cupr ic oxide. 100  
Com plementar y feed 4  
with the excep tion of: 
— mineral feed; 12  
— compl ementar y feed for pet animals containing fish, other 
aquatic animals and products derived thereof and/or seaweed 
meal and feed mater ials derived from seaweed; 10 (2)  
— long-t erm supply formulations of feed for particular nutr itional 
purposes with a concentration of trace elements higher than 100 
times the established maximum content in complet e feed; 30  
Com plete feed 2  
with the excep tion of: 
— compl ete feed for fish and fur animals; 10 (2)  
— compl ete feed for pet animals containing fish, other aquatic 
animals and products derived thereof and/or seawe ed meal and 
feed mater ials derived from seaweed. 10 (2)’   EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union L 289/34                                                                                                                                         8.11.2019   (2) In Row 3 of section I, fluor ine, in the column ‘Maximum conte nt in mg/kg (ppm) relative to a feed with a moisture 
cont ent of 12 %’, the figure for the maximum level for calcareous mar ine algae is replaced by ‘1 250’; 
(3) Row 4 of Section I, Lead, is replaced by the followi ng:                                                              
Undesirable substance Products intended for animal feed Maximum conten t in mg/kg 
(ppm) relative to a feed with 
a moisture conten t of 12 % 
‘4. Lead (12) Feed mater ials 10  
with the excep tion of: 
— forag e (3); 30  
— phosphat es, calcareous mar ine algae and calcareous mar ine 
shells; 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 excep tion of: 
— zinc oxide; 400  
— manganou s oxide, ferrous carbonate, cupr ic carbonate , copper 
(I) oxide. 200  
Feed additives belonging to the functional groups of binders and anti- 
caking agents 30  
with the excep tion of: 
— clinopt ilolite of volcan ic origin; natrolite -phonolite. 60  
Premixtures (6) 200  
Com plementar y feed 10  
with the excep tion of: 
— mineral feed; 15  
— long-t erm supply formulations of feed for particular nutr itional 
purposes with a concentration of trace elements higher than 100 
times the established maximum content in complet e feed. 60  
Com plete feed. 5’   
(4) Row 5 of Section I, Mercur y, is replaced by the following:                                                              
Undesirable substance Products intended for animal feed Maximum conten t in mg/kg 
(ppm) relative to a feed with 
a moisture conten t of 12 % 
‘5. Mercur y (4) Feed mater ials 0,1  
with the excep tion of: 
— fish, other aquatic animals and products derived thereof intended 
for the production of compo und feed for food producing 
animals; 0,5  
— fish, other aquatic animals and products derived thereof intended 
for the production of compo und feed for dogs, cats, ornamental 
fish and fur animals; 1,0 (13) EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union 8.11.2019                                                                                                                                         L 289/35   Undesirable substance Products intended for animal feed Maximum conten t in mg/kg 
(ppm) relative to a feed with 
a moisture conten t of 12 %  
— fish, other aquatic animals and products derived thereof as 
canned wet feed mater ial for direct feeding of dogs and cats 0,3  
— calcium carbonate; calcium and magnesium carbonate (10). 0,3  
Com pound feed 0,1  
with the excep tion of: 
— mineral feed; 0,2  
— compo und feed for fish; 0,2  
— compo und feed for dogs, cats, ornamental fish and fur animals. 0,3’   
(5) In row 1 of Section III, Free gossypol, in the column ‘Maximum content in mg/kg (ppm) relative to a feed with a 
moisture cont ent of 12 %’, the figure for the maximum level for cottonseed is replaced by ‘6 000’; 
(6) In row 1 of Section V, Dioxins, in the column ‘Products intended for animal feed’, the fourth entr y, concer ning the feed 
additives kaolinitic clay, vermiculite, natrolit e-phonolite, synthetic calcium aluminates and clinoptilolit e of sedimentar y 
origin belonging to the functional groups of binders and anti-caking agents, is replaced by the followi ng: 
‘Feed additives belonging to the functional groups of binders and anti-caking agents (*). 
_____________ 
(*)  The maximum level is also applicable to the feed additives belonging to the functional groups of substances for the 
control of radionuclide contamination and substances for reduction of the contamination of feed by mycotoxins 
which are also belonging to the functional groups of binders and anti-caking agents.’; 
(7) In row 2 of Section V, Sum of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs, in the column ‘Products intended for animal feed’, the 
fourth entr y, concer ning the feed additives kaolinitic clay, vermiculite, natrolite-phonolit e, synthetic calcium 
aluminat es and clinop tilolit e of sedimentar y origin belonging to the functional groups of binders and anti-caking 
agents, is replaced by the follo wing: 
‘Feed additives belonging to the functional groups of binders and anti-caking agents (*). 
_____________ 
(*)  the maximum level is also applicable to the feed additives belonging to the functional groups of substances for the 
control of radionuclide contamination and substances for reduction of the contamination of feed by mycotoxins 
which are also belonging to the functional groups of binders and anti-caking agents.’; 
(8) In row 3 of Section V, Non-dio xin-like PCBs, in the column ‘Products intended for animal feed’, the fourth entr y, 
concer ning the feed additives kaolinitic clay, vermiculite, natrolit e-phonolite, synthetic calcium aluminates and 
clinop tilolit e of sedimentar y origin belonging to the functional groups of binders and anti-caking agents, is replaced 
by the following: 
‘Feed additives belonging to the functional groups of binders and anti-caking agents (*). 
_____________ 
(*)  The maximum level is also applicable to the feed additives belonging to the functional groups of substances for the 
control of radionuclide contamination and substances for reduction of the contamination of feed by mycotoxins 
which are also belonging to the functional groups of binders and anti-caking agents.’.   EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union L 289/36                                                                                                                                         8.11.2019