European Communities (Feeding Stuffs) (Tolerances of Undesirable Substances and Products) Regulations, 1989.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

num: 2
paragraphs: (1) In these Regulations—
"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 products of vegetable or animal origin in the natural state, fresh or preserved, and products derived from the industrial processing thereof, or of organic or inorganic substances, whether or not containing additives, for oral animal feeding in the form of complete feedingstuffs 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 1975(2), Commission Directive No. 76/934/EEC of 1 December 1976(3), Council Directive No. 80/502/EEC of 6 May 1980(4), Commission Directive No. 83/381/EEC of 28 July 1983(5), Commission Directive No. 86/299/EEC of 3 June 1986(6), Council Directive No. 86/354/EEC of 21 July 1986(7), and Commission Directive No. 87/238/EEC of 1 April 1987(8);
1 O.J. No. L38, 11.2.1974, p31.
2 O.J. No. L4, 9.1.1976, p24.
3 O.J. No. L364, 31.12.1976, p20.
4 O.J. No. L124, 20.5.1980, p17.
5 O.J. No. L222, 13.8.1983, p31.
6 O.J. No. L189, 11.7.1986, p40.
7 O.J. No. L212, 2.8.1986, p27.
8 O.J. No. L110, 25.4.1987, p25.
"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;
"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 (Feeding Stuffs) (Methods of Analysis) Regulations, 1978 ( S.I. No. 250 of 1978 );
"raw materials" means ingredients being 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 to be entered for circulation as straight feedingstuffs or for the preparation of compound feedingstuffs or as carriers of premixtures;
"the State Chemist" means the head of the State Laboratory or a person authorised by him in writing to perform the functions assigned to the State chemist by these Regulations;
"straight feedingstuffs" means the various vegetable or animal products in their natural state, fresh or preserved, and products derived from the industrial processing thereof, and various organic or inorganic substances, whether or not containing additives, intended as such for oral animal feeding;
"third country" means a country or territory which is not a Member State;