Statutory Instrument 1994 No. 1610
The Feedingstuffs (Sampling and Analysis) (Amendment) Regulations 1994
(The document as of February, 2008)
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
1994 No. 1610
AGRICULTURE
The Feedingstuffs (Sampling and Analysis) (Amendment) Regulations 1994
| Laid before Parliament | 20th June 1994 |
| Coming into force | 11th July 1994 |
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 66(1), 79(2) and 84 of the Agriculture Act 1970[1], and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, after consultation as required by section 84(1) of the said Act with such persons or organisations as appear to them to represent the interests concerned, hereby make the following Regulations:
Title, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) The Regulations may be cited as the Feedingstuffs (Sampling and Analysis) (Amendment) Regulations 1994 and shall come into force on 11th July 1994.
(2) In these Regulations "the principal Regulations" means the Feedingstuffs (Sampling and Analysis) Regulations 1982[2].
Amendment of the principal Regulations
2. The principal Regulations are hereby further amended in accordance with regulation 3 below.
3. In Schedule 2 (METHODS OF ANALYSIS)— (a) in paragraph 3 (Methods of Analysis)— (i) item 16 shall be deleted,
(ii) for item 26a there shall be substituted the following item: "26a. Aflatoxin B1— one-dimensional thin layer chromatographic method", and
(iii) for item 26b there shall be substituted the following item: "26b. Aflatoxin B1— high performance liquid chromatographic method";
(b) for the provisions relating to method 4: Protein, there shall be substituted the provisions set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations;
(c) for the provisions relating to method 9: Fibre, there shall be substituted the provisions set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations;
(d) the provisions contained in method 16: Copper — Diethyldithiocarbamate spectrophotometric method, shall be deleted;
(e) in method 26a: Aflatoxin B1— for certain straight feedingstuffs— (i) for the heading and paragraph 1 there shall be substituted the following provisions: "26a.
AFLATOXIN B1— ONE-DIMENSIONAL THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHIC METHOD
Scope and field of application
1. This method is for the determination of aflatoxin B1 in raw materials and straight feedingstuffs. This method is not applicable to raw materials and straight feedingstuffs containing citrus pulp. The lower limit of determination is 0.01 mg/kg (10 ppb). In the presence of interfering substances it is necessary to repeat the analysis using method 26b (high performance liquid chromatography).";
(ii) in paragraph 5.0 (Defatting) for the word "before" there shall be substituted the word "after";
(f) for the provisions relating to method 26b: Aflatoxin B1— for all other feedingstuffs, there shall be substituted the provisions set out in Schedule 3 to these Regulations.
In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on
Gillian Shephard
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
26th May 1994.
Hector Monro
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
6th June 1994
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Wyn Roberts
Minister of State, Welsh Office
31st May 1994
Notes:[1] 1970 c. 40. The Act was amended by the Agriculture Act 1970 Amendment Regulations 1982 (S.I. 1982/980). Section 66(1) contains definitions of the expressions "the Ministers", "prescribed" and "regulations". The definition of "the Ministers" was amended by the Transfer of Functions (Wales) (No.1) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/272), Schedule 5, paragraph 1.
[2] S.I. 1982/1144, amended by S.I. 1984/52 and S.I. 1985/1119.
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