AGRICULTURE Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 31st July 1996. 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Amendment of the Feeding Stuffs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 2 The Feeding Stuffs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 shall be amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 8. 3 In regulation 2(1) ( Interpretation ), after the definition of “daily ration” there shall be inserted the following definitions— “ EEA Agreement” means the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 as amended by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993; “EEA State” means a State which is a Contracting Party to the EEA Agreement; . 4 For regulation 10 ( Limits of variation ) there shall be substituted the following regulation: 10 For the purposes of section 74, the limits of variation in relation to any mis-statement in a statutory statement or mark as to the nature, substance or quality of a feeding stuff, where the mis-statement relates to— a an analytical constituent specified in the first column of any of Parts A to D of Schedule 3; or b energy value of a feeding stuff specified in the first column of Part E of that Schedule, shall be as set out with respect to that constituent or feeding stuff in the corresponding entry in the second column of the relevant Part of that Schedule. . 5 In regulation 15 ( Control of feeding stuffs and ingredients containing undesirable substances )— a in paragraphs (3), (4) and (6), for the words “a member State of the European Community” in each place where they occur, there shall be substituted “an EEA State”; b in paragraph (11) for sub-paragraph ( b ) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph: b hide treated with tanning substances and its waste; ; c for paragraph (12), there shall be substituted— 12 For the purposes of paragraph (11), except sub-paragraph ( e ), “waste” shall mean material of any applicable category listed in Annex 1 to Council Directive 75/442/ EEC on waste, as amended by Council Directive 91/156/EEC , which is discarded or intended or required to be discarded. . 6 In Schedule 4— a in Part II (“ Permitted Colourants ”)— i for the provisions in Columns 1 to 3 relating to the names or descriptions “Carotenoids and xanthophylls” and “Capsanthin” there shall be substituted the following provisions: E 160c 1 Carotenoids and xanthophylls: Capsanthin C 40 H 56 O 3 ii for the provisions in Column 2 relating to item 3 there shall be substituted the following provisions: All colourants (other than Patent Blue V and Acid Brilliant Green BS ) at present permitted for use in human food by European Community legislation, as implemented by Regulations made under the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 ; b in Part VI (“ Trace Elements ”), for the provisions relating to the element Iodine-I there shall be substituted the contents of Schedule 1. 7 In Schedule 5 (“ Prescribed Limits For Undesirable Substances ”) in Part I Chapter B for the provisions relating to the substance Aflatoxin B 1 there shall be substituted the contents of Schedule 2. 8 In Schedule 7 (“ Control of Certain Protein Sources ”)— a after the provisions relating to item 1.1.1 (“Bacteria cultivated on methanol”) there shall be inserted the contents of Schedule 3; and b for the provisions in Column 5 relating to item 3.2.2 (“Concentrated liquid L-Lysine (base)”) there shall be substituted the following provisions: L-Lysine: min. 50% . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland on 27th June 1996. L. G. McKibben Assistant Secretary