The Animal Feed
(Basic Safety Standards) (England) Regulations 2019
Laid before Parliament 26th March 2019
Coming into force 17th April 2019
These Regulations provide for the transposition in England of the
requirements of Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom of 5th December
2013 laying down basic safety standards for protection against
the dangers arising from exposure to ionising radiation, and
repealing Directives 89/618/Euratom, 90/641/Euratom,
96/29/Euratom, 97/43/Euratom and 2003/122/Euratom (OJ L 13,
17.1.2014, p. 1).
In particular, the Regulations provide that a person commits an
offence if they intentionally add any radioactive substance to
animal feed during production of the feed.
The Regulations also provide that a person commits an offence if
they import to, or export from, the United Kingdom and animal
feed to which, during production, a radioactive substance has
been intentionally added.
The Animal Feed
(Composition, Marketing and Use) (England) (Amendment) Regulations
2019
Laid before Parliament 26th March 2019
Coming into force 17th April 2019
These Regulations provide for the execution and enforcement of
Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/327 amending
Regulation (EC) No.
1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council
as regards requirements for the placing on the market and
conditions of use of additives consisting of preparations (OJ No.
L58, 3.3.2015, p.46) and of Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/2294
amending Regulation (EC) No.
1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council
as regards the establishment of a new functional group of feed
additives (OJ No. L324, 10.12.2015, p.3).
These Regulations amend the Animal Feed (Composition, Marketing
and Use) (England) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015 No.255) by—
re-stating the definition of Regulation (EC) No
1831/2003 so it includes the amendments made by
Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/327 and Commission Regulation
(EU) 2015/2294;
providing that any reference in S.I. 2015/255 to an
Annex to Regulation (EC) No
1831/2003 is to be construed as a reference to that
Annex as it may be amended from time to time;
providing that certain potential offences of contravening
Regulation (EC) No
1831/2003 are subject to transitional arrangements set
out in Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/327; and
correcting a typographical error in regulation 19
of S.I. 2015/255 in
reference to Regulation (EC) No
1829/2003.
