Commission Regulation (EU) amending and correcting Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum levels for certain undesirable substances in animal feed
Regular notification
2019-08-07
G/SPS/N/EU/341
Description
The draft Regulation amends and establishes maximum levels of several undesirable substances in certain feed materials and feed additives arsenic in leonardite, peat and dimanganese chloride trihydroxide, fluorine in calcareous marine algae, mercury in canned wet feed material for direct feeding of dogs and cats, gossypol in whole cottonseed and dioxins, sum of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs and for non-dioxin-like PCBs in feed additives belonging to the functional group of binders and anti-caking agents. In addition errors as regards provisions on lead, introduced by the previous amendment to the Directive, are corrected by this Regulation.
Keywords
Food
safety;
Animal
feed;
Contaminants;
Heavy
metals;
Dioxins;
Human
health;
Feed
additives;
Maximum
residue
limits
(MRLs)