The Feeding Stuffs (Scotland) Regulations 2005
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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Feeding Stuffs (Scotland) Regulations 2005 and come into force on 1st January 2006.(2) These Regulations extend to Scotland only.(1) In these Regulations–
- “the Act” means the Agriculture Act 1970;
- “additive”, except in the context of the definition of “compound feeding stuff”, means a feed additive to which the Additives Regulation applies that is not an excluded additive;
- “the Additives Directive” means Council Directive 70/524/EEC concerning additives in feeding stuffs, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1800/2004;
- “the Additives Regulation” means Regulation (EC) No. 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on additives for use in animal nutrition;
- “ash” means the matter which results from the treatment of a feeding stuff in accordance with the appropriate procedure set out in the method of analysis for ash specified in Point 5 of the Annex to First Commission Directive 71/250/EEC, as last amended by Commission Directive 1999/27/EC;
- “the Animal Nutrition Directive” means Council Directive 82/471/EEC concerning certain products used in animal nutrition, as last amended by Commission Directive 2004/116/EC;
- “complementary feeding stuff” means a compound feeding stuff which has a high content of certain substances and which, by reason of its composition, is sufficient for a daily ration only if it is used in combination with other feeding stuffs;
- “complete feeding stuff” means a compound feeding stuff which, by reason of its composition, is sufficient for a daily ration;
- “compound feeding stuff”, subject to regulation 14(6) , means a mixture of feed materials, whether or not containing any additive falling within the scope of the Additives Regulation, for oral feeding to pet animals or farmed creatures in the form of complementary feeding stuffs or complete feeding stuffs;
- “the Compound Feedingstuffs Directive” means Council Directive 79/373/EEC on the circulation of compound feedingstuffs, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No. 807/2003 of 14 April 2003 adapting to Decision 1999/468/EC the provisions relating to committees which assist the Commission in the exercise of its implementing powers laid down in Council instruments adapted in accordance with the consultation procedure (unanimity) ;
- “daily ration” means the average total quantity of feeding stuff, expressed on a 12% moisture basis, required daily by an animal of a given kind, age group and level of production in order to satisfy all its nutritional needs;
- “EEA State” means a member State, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein;
- “energy value” means the energy value of a compound feeding stuff calculated in accordance with the relevant method specified in Schedule 1;
- “establishment” has the meaning given by Article 3(d) of Regulation (EC) No. 183/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down requirements for feed hygiene;
- “excluded additive” means any of the following:
- (a) coccidiostats;
- (b) histomonostats; or
- (c) any zootechnical additive falling within category (d) of Article 6(1) of the Additives Regulation;
- “fat” means the extract obtained following the treatment of a feeding stuff in accordance with the appropriate procedure set out in the method of analysis for oils and fats specified in Part IV of the Annex to Second Commission Directive 71/393/EEC, as last amended by Commission Directive 98/64/EC;
- “feeding stuff intended for a particular nutritional purpose” means a compound feeding stuff, the composition or method of manufacture of which distinguishes it from other feeding stuffs and from the type of products covered by Council Directive 90/167/EEC laying down the conditions governing the preparation, placing on the market and use of medicated feeding stuffs in the Community, and in respect of which any indication is given that it is intended for a particular nutritional purpose;
- “feed material” means–
- (a) any product of vegetable or animal origin, in its natural state, fresh or preserved;
- (b) any product derived from such a product by industrial processing; or
- (c) any organic or inorganic substance,
- (whether or not containing any additive) and for use in oral feeding to pet animals or farmed creatures, directly as such, or after processing, in the preparation of a compound feeding stuff or as a carrier of a premixture;
- “the Feed Materials Directive” means Council Directive 96/25/EC on the circulation of feed materials, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No. 806/2003;
- “fibre” means the organic matter calculated following the treatment of a...
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