++++

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2950/78

OF 14 DECEMBER 1978

AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 368/77 ON THE SALE BY TENDER OF SKIMMED-MILK POWDER FOR USE IN FEED FOR PIGS AND POULTRY

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 804/68 OF 27 JUNE 1968 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ( 1 ) , AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1761/78 ( 2 ) , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 7 ( 5 ) THEREOF ,

WHEREAS THE METHODS TO BE USED FOR DENATURING SKIMMED-MILK POWDER FOR USE IN FEED FOR PIGS AND POULTRY ARE GIVEN IN SECTION 1 OF THE ANNEX TO COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 368/77 ( 3 ) ; WHEREAS BOTH THE NORMAL PRACTICES OF THE INDUSTRIES CONCERNED AND THE EXPERIENCE GAINED IN THIS FIELD INDICATE THE DESIRABILITY OF ADDING A FURTHER FORMULA , THE USE OF WHICH WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL OUTLETS FOR SKIMMED-MILK POWDER ;

WHEREAS SECTION 3 , " GENERAL PRESCRIPTIONS CONCERNING DESNATURING AND INCORPORATION " , OF THE ANNEX TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 368/77 , SHOULD CONSEQUENTLY BE ADJUSTED ; WHEREAS THIS SECTION HAS BEEN AMENDED SEVERAL TIMES AND FOR REASONS OF CLARITY SHOULD BE PUBLISHED ANEW ;

WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS REGULATION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

THE ANNEX TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 368/77 IS AMENDED AS FOLLOWS :

1 . IN SECTION 1 , FORMULA I G IS REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING :

" FORMULA I G

- 7 KG NON-DEODORIZED FISH OIL AND/OR FISH LIVER OIL , AND

- 60 G COPPER , AS COPPER SULPHATE PENTAHYDRATE . "

2 . SECTION 3 , IS REPLACED BY THE ANNEX TO THIS REGULATION .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 JANUARY 1979 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 14 DECEMBER 1978 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

FINN GUNDELACH

VICE-PRESIDENT

( 1 ) OJ NO L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , P . 13 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 204 , 28 . 7 . 1978 , P . 6 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 52 , 24 . 2 . 1977 , P . 19 .

ANNEX

3 . GENERAL PRESCRIPTIONS CONCERNING DENATURING AND INCORPORATION

A . IT IS NOT PERMITTED TO SUBMIT SKIMMED-MILK POWDER IN ITS NATURAL STATE OR AFTER DENATURING TO A CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESS CAPABLE OF WEAKENING OR NEUTRALIZING THE EFFECTS OF DENATURING GIVEN BY USING THE FORMULAE SPECIFIED IN SECTIONS 1 AND 2 .

THIS PROHIBITION COVERS THE BINDING AGENTS OF COPPER , IRON , ETC . AND AGENTS DEODORIZING OR MODIFYING THE TASTE AND SMELL OF FISH MEAL , FISH OIL AND FISH LIVER OIL , REFERRED TO IN SECTIONS 1 AND 2 , BY ELIMINATING ONE OR MORE COMPONENTS RESPONSIBLE FOR GUSTATORY AND/OR OLFACTORY PERCEPTION CHARACTERISTIC OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION AND ADDING ONE OR MORE COMPOUNDS GIVING A TASTE AND/OR SMELL SUPERIMPOSED ON THOSE OF THE NATURAL PRODUCT .

ANTI-CAKING AND FLOWING AGENTS MAY BE USED FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE FORMULAE REFERRED TO IN SECTION 1 AND IN ADDITION TO THE PRODUCTS MENTIONED UP TO A MAXIMUM LEVEL OF 2 % CALCULATED IN THE MIXTURE OF SKIMMED-MILK POWDER AND ITS DENATURING AGENTS .

WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO ANY OTHER PRECAUTIONS WHICH MAY BE TAKEN , AND PARTICULARLY WITH REGARD TO FORMULA I C , IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT A CHECK BE KEPT UPON THE ACIDITY RATING OF THE FISH OIL USED , THAT PROVISION BE MADE FOR THE ADDITION OF ANTI-OXIDANTS AND THAT PROLONGED STORAGE OF SKIMMED-MILK POWDER DENATURED ACCORDING TO THIS FORMULA BE AVOIDED .

B . FISH MEAL , REFERRED TO IN FORMULAE I A AND I B , MUST HAVE AT LEAST 30 % OF ITS PARTICLES LESS THAN 300 MICRONS IN SIZE .

IRON SULPHATE REFERRED TO IN FORMULAE I B , I C , I D 1 AND I D 2 , I E AND I F MUST BE FINELY GROUND AND MUST HAVE AT LEAST 30 % OF ITS PARTICLES LESS THAN 250 MICRONS IN SIZE . COPPER SULPHATE REFERRED TO IN THE FORMULAE I B , I C , I D 2 , I E AND I F MUST BE FINELY GROUND AND MUST HAVE AT LEAST 30 % OF ITS PARTICLES LESS THAN 200 MICRONS IN SIZE .

COPPER SULPHATE REFERRED TO IN FORMULA I G MUST BE FINELY GROUND AND MUST HAVE AT LEAST 90 % OF ITS PARTICLES LESS THAN 200 MICRONS IN SIZE .

STARCH AND CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE , REFERRED TO IN FORMULAE I D 1 AND I D 2 , I E AND I F , MUST HAVE AT LEAST 50 % OF THEIR PARTICLES LESS THAN 80 MICRONS IN SIZE .

GROUND CEREALS , OIL-SEED CAKE , AND CRUDE FIBRE IN WHATEVER FROM AND WHETHER USED IN ONE FORM OR IN A MIXTURE OF FORMS , MUST HAVE AT LEAST 50 % OF THEIR PARTICLES LESS THAN 500 MICRONS IN SIZE .

GRASS MEAL AND LUCERNE MEAL , USED INDIVIDUALLY OR IN A MIXTURE , MUST HAVE AT LEAST 50 % OF THEIR PARTICLES NOT EXCEEDING 300 MICRONS IN SIZE .

FOR SKIMMED-MILK POWDER DENATURED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM THE PARTICLE SIZES GIVEN IN BS 410 : 1969 THAT ARE CLOSEST TO THE MAXIMUM DIMENSIONS SPECIFIED SHALL BE CONSIDERED AS EQUIVALENT .

" GROUND CEREALS " MEANS A PRODUCT FULLY MILLED FROM A MIXTURE OF OATS AND BARLEY OR FROM A MIXTURE OF OTHER CEREALS SUITABLE ONLY FOR ANIMAL FEEDING OR FROM BY-PRODUCTS OF CEREALS TO WHICH CRUDE FIBRE HAS IF NECESSARY BEEN ADDED .

GROUND CEREALS AND GROUND OIL-SEED CAKES , REFERRED TO IN FORMULAE I D 1 AND I D 2 , INCREASED IF NECESSARY BY ADDED CRUDE FIBRE , MUST HAVE A MINIMUM CRUDE FIBRE CONTENT IN DRY MATTER OF AT LEAST 8,0 % .

GRASS MEAL AND LUCERNE MEAL MUST HAVE AT LEAST A MINIMUM CRUDE FIBRE CONTENT IN DRY MATTER OF 20 % AND 15 % RESPECTIVELY .

FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS REGULATION :

- GROUND DRIED PLAIN SUGAR BEET PULP CAN BE CONSIDERED EQUIVALENT TO GROUND CEREALS ,

- STRAW MEAL CAN BE CONSIDERED EQUIVALENT TO GRASS MEAL .

CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE , REFERRED TO IN FORMULAE I D 1 AND I D 2 , I E AND I F , HAVING A MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF 200 000 TO 500 000 AND AT LEAST A 95 % LEVEL OF PURITY , MUST HAVE A TOTAL DEGREE OF SUBSTITUTION BETWEEN 0,6 AND 1,0 ( X = 2 TO 2,4 ; Y = 0,6 TO 1 ) . ITS 1 % SOLUTION IN WATER MUST HAVE A VISCOSITY OF AT LEAST 1 000 CPS MEASURED AT 20 * C BY THE HOEPPLER METHOD USING A NO 4 GLASS BALL .

FISH OIL AND FISH LIVER OIL REFERRED TO IN FORMULAE I C , MUST HAVE A FREE FATTY ACID CONTENT CALCULATED IN OLEIC ACID OF AT LEAST 7 % , THE RANGE OF FREE FATTY ACIDS BEING STRICTLY TIED TO THE COMPOSITION OF THE OIL CONCERNED .

FISH OIL AND FISH LIVER OIL REFERRED TO IN FORMULA I G , MUST HAVE A FREE FATTY ACID CONTENT CALCULATED IN OLEIC ACID OF AT LEAST 10 % , THE RANGE OF FREE FATTY ACIDS BEING STRICTLY TIED TO THE COMPOSITION OF THE OIL CONCERNED . FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS REGULATION NON-DEODORIZED FISH AND/OR FISH LIVER OIL SHALL BE OIL THAT HAS NOT BEEN PUT THROUGH PHYSICAL AND/OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES SUCH AS DEODORIZATION , DECOLORATION , DEACIDIFICATION , FRACTIONATION , TRANSESTERIFICATION AND HYDROGENATION .

WHEN SKIMMED-MILK POWDER IS DENATURED USING FORMULA I G , THE COPPER SULPHATE MUST BE INCORPORATED BEFORE THE FISH OIL OR FISH LIVER OIL IS INCORPORATED . THE OIL MUST BE INCORPORATED BY THE " SPRAY " METHOD OR ANOTHER OF EQUIVALENT EFFECT .

C . THE MINIMUM QUANTITIES OF THE PRODUCTS TO BE INCORPORATED IN THE SKIMMED-MILK POWDER , AS GIVEN IN THE FORMULAE IN SECTION 1 , ARE WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE MAXIMUM QUANTITIES OF ADDITIVES WHICH MAY BE CONTAINED IN ANIMAL FEED , AND IN PARTICULAR THE PROVISIONS LAID DOWN IN COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 70/524/EEC OF 23 NOVEMBER 1970 CONCERNING ADDITIVES IN FEEDINGSTUFFS ( 1 ) .

D . THE PRODUCTS ADDED TO SKIMMED-MILK POWDER WHEN THE FORMULAE IN SECTION 1 ARE USED MUST BE DISTRIBUTED IN A UNIFORM MANNER SO THAT WHEN TWO 50 G SAMPLES DRAWN AT RANDOM FROM A 25 KG PACKAGE ARE CHEMICALLY ANALYZED THE RESULTS ARE THE SAME FOR BOTH SAMPLES WITHIN THE TOLERATED ERROR LIMITS OF THE ANALYSIS METHOD USED .

THE PROVISIONS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 70/373/EEC OF 20 JULY 1970 ON THE INTRODUCTION OF COMMUNITY METHODS OF SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS FOR THE OFFICIAL CONTROL OF FEEDINGSTUFFS ( 2 ) , SHALL APPLY TO THE CONTROL OF DENATURING .

( 1 ) OJ NO L 270 , 14 . 12 . 1970 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 170 , 3 . 8 . 1970 , P . 2 .