Statutory Instrument 1998 No. 104

The Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) Regulations 1998

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" "mammalian meat and bone meal" has the meaning given to it by article 4(1) of the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (No. 2) Order 1996;";[5] and

(b) in the definition of "protein", after the word ""protein"" there shall be inserted the words ", subject to paragraph (1A) below,".

     4. After regulation 2(1) there shall be added the following paragraph - 

    " (1A) For the purposes of paragraphs 6A(1) and 19A(1) of Schedule 1, "protein" has the meaning given to it by article 4(1) of the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (No. 2) Order 1996.".[6]

     5. In regulation 14 (control of added substances contained in feeding stuffs) - 

(a) for paragraphs (1) to (3) there shall be substituted the following paragraph:


    " (1) No person shall sell, or have in possession with a view to sale, for use as a feeding stuff, or use as a feeding stuff, any material containing any additive, or sell, or have in possession with a view to sale, for incorporation in a feeding stuff, any additive, unless - 


(a) where the additive is contained in any material, the additive is referred to in paragraph 6(1) of, or in any of Parts I to X of, the Table to Schedule 4, and the material complies with the relevant provisions of that Schedule,

(b) where the additive is not so contained, it is referred to in paragraph 6(1) of, or in any of Parts I to X of, the Table to Schedule 4; or

(c) the additive, whether or not contained in any material or in a preparation, is - 


(i) an enzyme; or

(ii) a micro-organism;



and in either case is referred to in Part XI of that Table."; and



(b) in paragraph (4), for the expression "Paragraphs (1) to (3) of this regulation" there shall be substituted the expression "Paragraph (1) of this regulation".

     6. In Schedule 1 (contents of the statutory statement) - 

(a) after paragraph 6 there shall be added the following paragraphs - 


     " 6A.  - (1) In the case of any straight feeding stuff comprising protein derived from mammalian tissue but containing no mammalian meat and bone meal, and intended for animals other than pet animals, the statutory statement shall contain the declaration specified in sub-paragraph (2) below.

    (2) The declaration referred to in sub-paragraph (1) above is - 


" This straight feeding stuff comprises protein derived from mammalian tissue the feeding of which to ruminants is prohibited".

     6B. In the case of any straight feeding stuff comprising or containing mammalian meat and bone meal, and intended for animals other than pet animals, the statutory statement shall contain the following declaration - 



" This straight feeding stuff comprises protein derived from mammalian tissue the feeding of which to ruminants, all other categories of farmed creatures and equine animals is prohibited"."; and

(b) after paragraph 19 there shall be added the following paragraphs - 


     " 19A.  - (1) In the case of any compound feeding stuff containing protein derived from mammalian tissue but containing no mammalian meat and bone meal, and intended for animals other than pet animals, the statutory statement shall contain the declaration specified in sub-paragraph (2) below.

    (2) The declaration referred to in sub-paragraph (1) above is - 


" This compound feeding stuff comprises protein derived from mammalian tissue the feeding of which to ruminants is prohibited".

     19B. In the case of any compound feeding stuff containing mammalian meat and bone meal, and intended for animals other than pet animals, the statutory statement shall contain the following declaration - 



" This compound feeding stuff contains protein derived from mammalian tissue the feeding of which to ruminants, all other categories of farmed creatures and equine animals is prohibited".".

[2] S.I. 1972/1811.back

[3] 1972 c.68; section 2 is subject to Schedule 2 of the Act and is to be read, as regards England and Wales, with section 40 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c.48), and, as regards Scotland, with sections 289F and 289G of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c.21), which were inserted by section 54 of the said Act of 1982.back

[4] S.I. 1995/1412, amended by S.I. 1996/1260.back

[5] S.I. 1996/3183, amended by S.I. 1997/2387.back

[6] S.I. 1996/3183, amended by S.I. 1997/2387.back