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Directive (EC) 32/2002
Annex Maximum levels of undesirable substances in animal feed

Inorganic contaminants and nitrogenous compounds 1. Arsenic

Reference Products intended for animal feed mg/kg Note
M22Feed materials2The maximum levels refer to total arsenic.

Upon request of the competent authorities, the responsible operator must perform an analysis to demonstrate that the content of inorganic arsenic is lower than 2 ppm. This analysis is of particular importance for the seaweed species Hizikia fusiforme.

M22Feed materials: meal made from grass, from dried lucerne and from dried clover, and dried sugar beet pulp and dried molasses sugar beet pulp4The maximum levels refer to total arsenic.

M22Feed materials: palm kernel expeller4The maximum levels refer to total arsenic.

Upon request of the competent authorities, the responsible operator must perform an analysis to demonstrate that the content of inorganic arsenic is lower than 2 ppm. This analysis is of particular importance for the seaweed species Hizikia fusiforme.

M22Feed materials: peat; leonardite5The maximum levels refer to total arsenic.

Upon request of the competent authorities, the responsible operator must perform an analysis to demonstrate that the content of inorganic arsenic is lower than 2 ppm. This analysis is of particular importance for the seaweed species Hizikia fusiforme.

M22Feed materials: phosphates, calcareous marine algae10The maximum levels refer to total arsenic.

M22Feed materials: calcium carbonate; calcium and magnesium carbonate (10); calcareous marine shells15The maximum levels refer to total arsenic.

Calcium and magnesium carbonate refers to the natural mixture of calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate as described in Commission Regulation (EU) No 575/2011 of 16 June 2011 on the Catalogue of feed materials (OJ L 159, 17.6.2011, p. 25)(M16).

M22Feed materials: magnesium oxide; magnesium carbonate20The maximum levels refer to total arsenic.

M22Feed materials: fish, other aquatic animals and products derived thereof25The maximum levels refer to total arsenic.

Upon request of the competent authorities, the responsible operator must perform an analysis to demonstrate that the content of inorganic arsenic is lower than 2 ppm. This analysis is of particular importance for the seaweed species Hizikia fusiforme.

M22Feed materials: seaweed meal and feed materials derived from seaweed.40The maximum levels refer to total arsenic.

Upon request of the competent authorities, the responsible operator must perform an analysis to demonstrate that the content of inorganic arsenic is lower than 2 ppm. This analysis is of particular importance for the seaweed species Hizikia fusiforme.

M22Iron particles used as tracer.50The maximum levels refer to total arsenic.

M22Feed additives belonging to the functional group of compounds of trace elements30The maximum levels refer to total arsenic.

M22Feed additives belonging to the functional group of compounds of trace elements: cupric sulphate pentahydrate; cupric carbonate; dicopper chloride trihydroxide; ferrous carbonate; dimanganese chloride trihydroxide50The maximum levels refer to total arsenic.

M22Feed additives belonging to the functional group of compounds of trace elements: zinc oxide; manganous oxide; cupric oxide.100The maximum levels refer to total arsenic.

M22Complementary feed4The maximum levels refer to total arsenic.

M22Complementary feed mineral feed12The maximum levels refer to total arsenic.

M22Complementary feed: complementary feed for pet animals containing fish, other aquatic animals and products derived thereof and/or seaweed meal and feed materials derived from seaweed10The maximum levels refer to total arsenic.

Upon request of the competent authorities, the responsible operator must perform an analysis to demonstrate that the content of inorganic arsenic is lower than 2 ppm. This analysis is of particular importance for the seaweed species Hizikia fusiforme.

M22Complementary feed: long-term supply formulations of feed for particular nutritional purposes with a concentration of trace elements higher than 100 times the established maximum content in complete feed30The maximum levels refer to total arsenic.

M22Complete feed2The maximum levels refer to total arsenic.

M22Complete feed: complete feed for fish and fur animals10The maximum levels refer to total arsenic.

Upon request of the competent authorities, the responsible operator must perform an analysis to demonstrate that the content of inorganic arsenic is lower than 2 ppm. This analysis is of particular importance for the seaweed species Hizikia fusiforme.

M22Complete feed: complete feed for pet animals containing fish, other aquatic animals and products derived thereof and/or seaweed meal and feed materials derived from seaweed.10The maximum levels refer to total arsenic.

Upon request of the competent authorities, the responsible operator must perform an analysis to demonstrate that the content of inorganic arsenic is lower than 2 ppm. This analysis is of particular importance for the seaweed species Hizikia fusiforme.