European Communities (Feedingstuffs) (Tolerances of Undesirable Substances and Products) Regulations, 1998
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Feedingstuffs) (Tolerances of Undesirable Substances and Products) Regulations, 1998.
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paragraphs: (1) In these Regulations -
"animals" means animals belonging to species normally nourished and kept or consumed by man, as well as animals living freely in the wild in cases where they are nourished with feedingstuffs;
"authorised officer" means a person authorised in writing by the Minister for the purposes of these Regulations;
"complementary feedingstuffs" means mixtures of feedingstuffs which have a high content of certain substances and which, by reason of their composition, are sufficient for a daily ration only if they are used in combination with other feedingstuffs;
"complete feedingstuffs" means mixtures of feedingstuffs which, by reason of their composition, are sufficient for a daily ration;
"compound feedingstuffs" means mixtures of feed materials, whether or not containing additives, which are intended for oral animal feeding as complete or complementary feedingstuffs;
"the Directive" means Council Directive No. 74/63/EEC of 17 December 1973 1 , as amended by:-
Commission Directive No. 76/14/EEC of 15 December 19752.
Commission Directive No. 76/934/EEC of 1 December 19763,
Council Directive No. 80/502/EEC of 6 May 19804,
Commission Directive No. 83/381/EEC of 28 July 19835.
Commission Directive No. 86/299/EEC of 3 June 19866,
Council Directive No. 86/354/EEC of 21 July 19867,
Commission Directive No. 87/238/EEC of 1 April 19878.
Commission Directive No. 91/126/EEC of 13 February, 19919
Commission Directive No. 92/63/EEC of 10 July, 199210
Council Directive No. 92/88/EEC of 26 October, 199211
Commission Directive No. 94/16/EEC of 22 April, 199412
Council Directive No. 95/69/EEC of 22 December, 199513
Commission Directive No. 96/6/EEC of 16 February, 199614,
Commission Directive No. 96/25/EC of 29 April, 199615,
Commission Directive No. 97/8/EC of 7 February, 199716, and
Commission Directive No. 98/60/EC of 25 July, 199817
"feedingstuffs" means products of vegetable or animal origin, in their natural state, fresh or preserved, and products derived from the industrial processing thereof, and organic or inorganic substances, used singly or in mixtures. whether or not containing additives, for oral animal feeding;
"feed materials" means various products of vegetable or animal origin, in their natural state, fresh or preserved, and products derived from the industrial processing thereof, and organic or inorganic substances, whether or not containing additives, which are intended for use in oral animal feeding, either directly as such or after processing, in the preparation of compound feeding stuffs or as carriers of premixtures;
"Member State" means a Member State of the European Communities;
"Minister" means the Minister for Agriculture and Food;
"official method of analysis" means a method of analysis specified in the European Communities (Feedingstuffs) (Method of Analysis) Regulations, 1978 to 1994;
"pet animals" means animals belonging to species normally nourished and
kept but not consumed by man, except animals bred for fur production;
"the State Chemist" means the head of the State Laboratory or a person authorised by him/her in writing to perform, the functions assigned to the State Chemist by these Regulations;
"third country" means a country or territory which is not a Member State;