European Communities (Feeding Stuffs) (Tolerances of Undesirable Substances and Products) Regulations, 1989.

A person shall not : (a) place on the market ; (b) use to feed animals ; (c) use in the manufacture of compound feedingstuffs ; (d) have in his possession for such uses : (i) a feedingstuff to which these Regulations apply and which contains an undesirable substance or product unless the feedingstuff complies with regulation 5 of these Regulations, or (ii) a raw material unless the raw material complies with regulations 7 and 8 of these Regulations. The amount of any undesirable substance or product contained in a feedingstuff mentioned in the second column of the first Schedule to these Regulations opposite the mention of the substance or product in the first column of the said Schedule shall not exceed the maximum content specified in the third column of the said Schedule opposite the mention of the feedingstuff in the said second column. Where a person has on his premises any feedingstuff which he has purchased and which he proposes to use in the course of his farming operations, he may apply to the Minister to have a sample thereof taken for analysis.