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

Harmful botanical impurities 6. Seeds from Ambrosia spp.

Reference Products intended for animal feed mg/kg Note
M19Feed materials50In case unequivocal evidence is provided that the grains and seeds are intended for milling or crushing, there is no need to perform a cleaning of the grains and seeds containing con-compliant levels of seeds of Ambrosia spp. before milling or crushing on the condition that the consignment is transported as a whole to the milling or crushing plant, and the milling or crushing plant is informed in advance of the presence of high level of Ambrosia spp. seeds in order take additional prevention measures to avoid dissemination into the environment, and solid evidence is provided that prevention measures are taken to avoid dissemination of Ambrosia spp. seeds into the environment during transport to the crushing or milling plant, and nthe competent authority agrees to the transport, after having ensured that the abovementioned conditions are fulfilled. In case these conditions are not fulfilled, the consignment must be cleaned before any transport into the EU and the screenings must be appropriately destroyed.

M19Feed materials (53) Millet (grains of Panicum miliaceum L.) and sorghum (grains of Sorghum bicolor (L) Moench s.l.) not directly fed to animals (53)200In case unequivocal evidence is provided that the grains and seeds are intended for milling or crushing, there is no need to perform a cleaning of the grains and seeds containing con-compliant levels of seeds of Ambrosia spp. before milling or crushing on the condition that the consignment is transported as a whole to the milling or crushing plant, and the milling or crushing plant is informed in advance of the presence of high level of Ambrosia spp. seeds in order take additional prevention measures to avoid dissemination into the environment, and solid evidence is provided that prevention measures are taken to avoid dissemination of Ambrosia spp. seeds into the environment during transport to the crushing or milling plant, and nthe competent authority agrees to the transport, after having ensured that the abovementioned conditions are fulfilled. In case these conditions are not fulfilled, the consignment must be cleaned before any transport into the EU and the screenings must be appropriately destroyed.

M19Compound feed containing unground grains and seeds50