Stock Foods Regulation 1997

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Stock Foods Regulation 1997.

2 Commencement

This Regulation commences on 1 September 1997.

3 Definitions

In this Regulation:

label has the same meaning as in the Agvet Code.

manufactured stock food means stock food that has undergone a manufacturing process, but does not include hay, straw, chaff or any stock food that consists entirely of milk or products derived from milk.

MRL Standard means the document entitled MRL Standard: Maximum residue limits in food and animal feedstuffs, being a document published in November 1996 by the National Registration Authority, together with such amendments to that document as are from time to time published in the Commonwealth Gazette.

restricted animal material means tissue, blood or feathers derived from the carcass of an animal and includes any substance produced from or containing any such tissue, blood or feathers, but does not include tallow or gelatin.

Note—

Milk products are not regarded as restricted animal material as they are not tissue or blood derived from the carcass of an animal.

ruminant means an animal that has a rumen, and includes an animal belonging to any of the following classes of animal, namely, cattle, sheep, goats and deer.

the Act means the Stock Foods Act 1940.

cl 3: Am 17.12.1999; 2.11.2001.

4 Notes

The explanatory note, table of contents and notes in the text of this Regulation do not form part of this Regulation.

5 Definition of “foreign ingredient”: section 3

The substances and things referred to in:

(a)  Column 1 of Schedule 1, or

(b)  Column 1 of Table 4 to the MRL Standard,

are declared to be foreign ingredients for the purposes of the Act.

6 Definition of “stock”: section 3

The following are prescribed as stock for the purposes of the Act:

(a)  horses,

(b)  animals belonging to food producing species.

cll 6: Subst 2.11.2001.

7 Definition of “stock food”: section 3

(1)  Meal derived from restricted animal material is prescribed as stock food for the purposes of the Act.

(2)  Any substance:

(a)  that is of a kind generally supplied otherwise than for use as stock food, and

(b)  that, in a particular supply, is not represented as being suitable for use as stock food,

is prescribed as not being stock food for the purposes of the Act in relation to that supply.

cll 7: Subst 2.11.2001.

Part 2 Labels and written statements for stock foods

8 Labelling of packages generally: section 6

A package of any manufactured stock food must have on it, or on a label securely and conspicuously attached to it:

(a)  a statement indicating the particular class of stock, and the age or stage of production of such stock, which the stock food will maintain or for which it will promote the growth or productive capacity, and

(b)  if the stock food contains more than 30 grams per kilogram of urea:

(i)  a statement of the proportion (in grams per kilogram) of urea in the stock food, and

(ii)  a warning that the stock food may be poisonous for some classes of stock, and

(iii)  directions as to the proper use of the stock food, and

(c)  if the stock food contains more than 5 grams per kilogram of added salt, a statement of the proportion (in grams per kilogram) of salt added to the stock food.

Note—

Examples of a class of stock might include stock of a particular species, or of a type within a species. Examples of an age or stage of production of stock might include weaner pigs, broiler chickens or lactating cows.

cl 8: Am 2.11 2001.

9 Labelling of packages of stock food: section 6

(1)  A package of any manufactured stock food containing restricted animal material must have on it, or on a label securely and conspicuously attached to it, the following statement:

This product contains restricted animal material—DO NOT FEED TO CATTLE, SHEEP, GOATS, DEER OR OTHER RUMINANTS.

(2)  A package of any manufactured stock food that does not contain restricted animal material must have on it, or on a label securely and conspicuously attached to it, the following statement:

This product does not contain restricted animal material.

(3)  The lettering in any statement referred to in subclause (1) or (2):

(a)  must:

(i)  if the statement is on a woven bag—be prominently displayed in letters of at least 10 millimetres in height, or

(ii)  in any other case—be prominently displayed in letters of at least 3 millimetres in height, and

(b)  must be printed on a background of contrasting colour.

(4)  If the statement referred to in subclause (1) or (2) is on a label, the label must measure at least 45 millimetres by 120 millimetres.

(5)  This clause does not apply to packages of manufactured stock food that complied with clause 9, as in force immediately before the commencement of the Stock Foods Amendment (Ruminants’ Feed) Regulation 2001.

(6)  Subclause (5) ceases to have effect on 1 January 2002.

cl 9: Subst 17.12.1999; 2.11 2001.

9A Offence to remove or interfere with label: section 6

A person must not, without reasonable excuse, remove, alter, obliterate or deface, or cause or permit the removal, alteration, obliteration or defacement of, any statement on, or any label attached to, a package of manufactured stock food in accordance with section 6 of the Act.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

cl 9A: Ins 17.12.1999. Subst 2.11.2001.

10 Written statements concerning stock food supplied in bulk: section 6A

A written statement about stock food that is supplied in bulk must contain the same information as is required by clauses 8 and 9 to appear on a label of stock food of the same kind supplied in a package.

10A Offence to remove or interfere with written statement: section 6A

A person must not, without reasonable excuse, alter, obliterate or deface, or cause or permit the alteration, obliteration or defacement of, any written statement provided in accordance with section 6A of the Act.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

cl 10A: Ins 17.12.1999.

Part 3 Foreign ingredients

11 Restrictions on foreign ingredients: section 7

For the purposes of section 7 of the Act:

(a)  the maximum proportion or amount of any foreign ingredient specified in Column 1 of Schedule 1 that may be contained in stock food of a kind specified in Column 2 of that Schedule is the proportion or amount (if any) specified in Column 3 of that Schedule, and

(b)  the maximum proportion or amount of any foreign ingredient specified in Column 1 of Table 4 to the MRL Standard that may be contained in stock food of a kind specified in Column 2 of that Table is the proportion or amount (if any) specified in Column 3 of that Table.

Part 4 Miscellaneous

12 Taking of samples: section 21

(1)  For the purposes of section 21 (1) of the Act, a sample of stock food must weigh at least one kilogram or, if the bulk from which it is taken weighs less than one kilogram, must comprise the whole of the bulk.

(2)  A sample may be taken from any part of the bulk and portions of a sample may be taken from different parts of the bulk so long as the portions are properly mixed before the sample is divided.

(3)  For the purposes of section 21 (3) of the Act, delivery of a sample to an analyst may be effected by causing the sample to be sent to the analyst, by post or otherwise, in a package of a kind approved by the Chief, Division of Animal Industries.

(4)  For the purposes of section 21 (4) of the Act, the part of a sample retained by an inspector must be kept:

(a)  in the possession of the inspector, or

(b)  in a place to which only the inspector, and persons authorised by the inspector, have access,

until the Chief, Division of Animal Industries, directs the inspector as to the manner in which the sample is to be disposed of.

13 Repeal

(1)  The Stock Food Regulation 1992 is repealed.

(2)  Any act, matter or thing that, immediately before the repeal of the Stock Foods Regulation 1992, had effect under that Regulation continues to have effect under this Regulation.

Schedule 1 Foreign ingredients

(Clauses 5 and 11)

Part 1 Prohibited substances

Column 1		Column 2	Column 3
Foreign ingredient		Kind of stock food	Proportion or amount
1	Carbadox	All stock foods	Nil
2	Chloramphenicol	All stock foods	Nil
3	Clenbuterol	All stock foods	Nil
4	Hormones of any kind, natural or synthetic, including dienoestrol diacetate, diethylstilboestrol, medroxyprogesterone acetate, trenbolone, zeranol	All stock foods	Nil
5	Hydroxyquinone	All stock foods	Nil
6	Nitrofuran and its derivatives, including furaltadone, furazolidone, nifursol and nitrofurazone	All stock foods	Nil
7	Phenothiazine	All stock foods	Nil
8	Piperazine and related compounds	All stock foods	Nil
9	Promazine and related compounds	All stock foods	Nil
10	Reserpine	All stock foods	Nil
10A	Restricted animal material	Manufactured stock food for ruminants	Nil
11	Sulfathiazole, sulfaguanidine, sulfanilamide, sulfamonomethoxine, sulfachloropyridazine, sulfapyridine, sulfafurazole, sulfamethoxydiazine, sulfacetamide sodium, sulfanitran, phthalylsulfacetamide, sulfacetamide	All stock foods	Nil
12	Thiouracil	All stock foods	Nil

Part 2 Weed seeds and plants

Column 1		Column 2	Column 3
Foreign ingredient		Kind of stock food	Proportion or amount
1	Allium vineale (Crow garlic)	Grain	5 seeds per kilogram
2	Argemone mexicana (Mexican poppy)	Grain	20 seeds per kilogram
3	Corchorus olitorius (Jute)	Grain	20 seeds per kilogram
4	Datura spp. (Thornapples)	Grain	5 seeds per kilogram
5	Echium plantagineum (Paterson’s curse)	Grain	100 seeds per kilogram
6	Emex australis (Double gees, Spiny emex)	Grain	20 seeds per kilogram
7	Heliotropium europaeum (Common heliotrope)	Grain	20 seeds per kilogram
8	Homeria spp. (Cape tulips)	Grain	5 seeds per kilogram
9	Ipomoea plebera (Bellvine)	Grain	500 seeds per kilogram
10	Lolium temulentum (Darnel)	Grain	50 seeds per kilogram
11	Melilotus indicus (Hexham scent)	Grain	50 seeds per kilogram
12	Polygonum convolvulus (Black bindweed)	Grain	1,500 seeds per kilogram
13	Salvia reflexa (Mint weed)	Grain	50 seeds per kilogram
14	Sesbania cannibina (Sesbania pea)	Grain	200 seeds per kilogram
15	Solanum spp. (Solanums, Nightshades)	Grain	50 seeds or 1 fruit per kilogram
16	Tribulus terrestris (Caltrop, Cats head)	Grain	5 seeds per kilogram
17	Vicia sativa (Common vetch, tare)	Grain	10 seeds per kilogram
18	Xanthium spp. (Burrs)	Grain	5 seeds or 2 burrs per kilogram
19	Crotolaria spp. (Rattlepods)	All stock foods	Nil seeds or plant parts
20	Ricinus communis (Castor-oil plant)	All stock foods	Nil seeds or plant parts

Part 3 Toxic compounds

Column 1		Column 2	Column 3
Foreign ingredient		Kind of stock food	Proportion or amount
1	Aflatoxin B1	Peanut meal, cotton seed meal, peanut shells and screenings	0.2 grams per tonne
2	Aflatoxin B1	Coconut meal, linseed meal, lupin meal, pea meal, rapeseed meal, safflower meal, soybean meal, sunflower meal	0.1 grams per tonne
3	Aflatoxin B1	Grain and crushed grain	0.01 grams per tonne
4	Aflatoxin B1	Manufactured stock foods for beef cattle and sheep	0.05 grams per tonne
5	Aflatoxin B1	Manufactured stock foods for weaner or suckling pigs	0.01 grams per tonne
6	Aflatoxin B1	Manufactured stock foods for pigs (other than weaner or suckling pigs)	0.05 grams per tonne
7	Aflatoxin B1	Manufactured stock foods for dairy cows	0.02 grams per tonne
8	Aflatoxin B1	Manufactured stock foods for ducks	0.001 grams per tonne
9	Aflatoxin B1	Manufactured stock foods for layer chickens	0.02 grams per tonne
10	Aflatoxin B1	Manufactured stock foods for poultry (other than ducks or layer chickens)	0.01 grams per tonne
11	Polychlorinated biphenyls	All stock foods	0.05 grams per tonne
12	Polybrominated biphenyls	All stock foods	Nil
13	Aldrin	Manufactured stock foods	0.01 grams per tonne
14	Chlordane	Manufactured stock foods	0.01 grams per tonne
15	DDT, TDE and DDE (Any combination)	Manufactured stock foods	0.05 grams per tonne
16	Dieldrin	Manufactured stock foods	0.01 grams per tonne
17	Endrin	Manufactured stock foods	0.03 grams per tonne
18	HCB	Manufactured stock foods	0.01 grams per tonne
19	Heptachlor	Manufactured stock foods	0.02 grams per tonne
20	Lindane (gamma BHC)	Manufactured stock foods	0.1 grams per tonne
21	Any combination of the substances listed in items 13–20	Manufactured stock foods	0.1 grams per tonne
22	Ergots (Claviceps spp.) (including all fruiting bodies) other than sorghum ergot (Claviceps africana)	All stock foods	200 grams per tonne
23	Cadmium	Stock food for pigs	0.5 grams per tonne
24	Cadmium (where occurring as part of a phosphorus compound)	Stock food for stock other than pigs	100 grams per tonne of phosphorus in the stock food
25	Fluorine	Manufactured stock foods for adult dairy cattle	40 grams per tonne
26	Fluorine	Manufactured stock foods for sheep	200 grams per tonne
27	Fluorine	Manufactured stock foods for pigs (other than breeding pigs)	200 grams per tonne
28	Fluorine	Manufactured stock foods for breeding pigs	150 grams per tonne
29	Fluorine	Manufactured stock foods for poultry	350 grams per tonne
30	Fluorine (where occurring as part of a phosphorus compound)	All stock foods other than manufactured stock foods for adult dairy cattle, sheep, pigs or poultry	40 grams per tonne of phosphorus in the stock food
31	Lead	All stock foods	0.2 grams per tonne
32	Mercury	Stock food (other than fish meal for pigs or poultry)	0.02 grams per tonne
33	Mercury	Fish meal for pigs or poultry	0.4 grams per tonne
34	Sorghum ergot (Claviceps africana)	All stock foods	3,000 grams per tonne

Part 4 Antioxidants, minerals and urea

Column 1		Column 2	Column 3
Foreign ingredient		Kind of stock food	Proportion or amount
Antioxidant
1	Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA), Isopropyl gallate or Lauryl gallate	Blood meal, meat meal, meat and bone meal, bone and meat meal or fish meal	200 grams per tonne
2	Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA), or Isopropyl gallate or Lauryl gallate	Mixed concentrate or manufactured stock foods other than blood meal, meat meal, meat and bone meal, bone and meat meal or fish meal	100 grams per tonne
3	Ethoxyquin	Blood meal, meat meal, meat and bone meal, bone and meat meal or fish meal	800 grams per tonne
4	Ethoxyquin	Mixed concentrate or manufactured stock foods other than blood meal, meat meal, meat and bone meal, bone and meat meal or fish meal	150 grams per tonne
5	Any combination of the substances listed in items 2 and 4	Manufactured stock foods	150 grams per tonne
Minerals
6	Copper	Manufactured stock food for any stock other than pigs or meat or breeding chickens	20 grams per tonne
7	Copper	Manufactured stock food for breeding chickens	20 grams per tonne
8	Copper	Manufactured stock food for breeding pigs	50 grams per tonne
9	Copper	Manufactured stock food for meat chickens or pigs (other than breeding pigs)	220 grams per tonne
10	Copper	Stock licks for cattle, sheep or goats	1400 grams per tonne
11	Selenium	Stock licks for cattle, sheep or goats	5 grams per tonne
12	Selenium	Manufactured stock foods	0.5 grams per tonne
Urea
13	Urea	Manufactured stock food for stock other than cattle, sheep and goats	Nil

sch 1: Am 6.2.1998; 17.12.1999; 2.11.2001.