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(1) Unless otherwise stated in these rules, the definitions prescribed in the Act shall apply.

(2) For the purpose of these rules and unless the context otherwise requires: "the Act" means the Veterinary Services Act;

"additives" shall have the same meaning as defined in Article 2(a) of Council Directive 70/524/EEC;

"animals" means continuous food-producing animals and shall also include animals which belong to species and, or categories normally fed and kept or consumed by man; "authorisation for additives" means an authorisation issued by the competent authority in order to authorise the use of coccidiostats and histomonostats in animal feed when such substances are used as authorised feed additives;

"authorised provider" means a person authorised by the competent authority to import, wholesale or retail substances or products for animal feed in terms of these rules; "business operators" means and includes any person who produces, within one establishment, a broad range of feeds and different types of products may have to be manufactured after each other in the same production line;

"carry over or cross-contamination" means the transfer from one production lot to another which may occur when the coccidiostats and histomonostats are used as authorised feed additives and which transfer may result in the contamination of feed produced subsequently by the presence of technically unavoidable traces of S.L.437.96 IN NON-TARGET FEED

such substances in non-target feed. Such unavoidable cross-contamination may occur at all stages of production and processing of feed and also during storage and transport of feed;

"coccidiostats and histomonostats" means substances intended to kill or inhibit protozoa, which may, inter alia, be authorised for use as feed additives in accordance with the regulations on additives for use in animal feeds; "the Commission" means the Commission of the European Union; "the Community" means the European Community; "the competent authority" means the Veterinary Services Authority as established by the Act; "complementary feeding stuffs" means mixtures of feeding stuffs which have a high content of certain substances and which, by reason of their composition, are sufficient for a daily portion only if used in combination with other feeding stuffs;

"the Council" means the Council of the European Union; "daily portion" means the average total quantity of feeding stuffs, calculated on a moisture content of 12%, required daily by an animal of a given species, age class and yield, to satisfy all its needs; "feed materials" means various products of vegetable or animal origin, in their natural state, fresh or preserved, and products derived from the industrial processing thereof, and organic or inorganic substances, whether containing additives or not, which are intended for use in oral animal feeding either directly as such or after the processing thereof; "feeding stuffs" means products of vegetable or animal origin, in their natural state, fresh or preserved, and products derived from the industrial processing thereof, and organic or inorganic substances, used singly or in mixtures, whether containing additives or not, for oral animal feeding; "final consumer" means a person who buys particular nutritive products produced by animals for one’s own personal use; "maximum levels" means such levels which the competent authority shall establish for the use of coccidiostats and histomonostats when these substances may leave unavoidable traces of a product which, in the process of production or manufacturing, end up in another feed product and which levels are listed in the Schedule;

"maximum residue limits" means such limits which cannot be exceeded and as established by the Community regarding the maximum residue of veterinary medical products authorised in products of animal origin; "non-target feed" means feed for which the use of coccidiostats or histomonostats are not authorised, such as feed intended for animal species or categories not provided for in the authorisation for additives; "undesirable substance" means any substance or product, with the exception of pathogenic agents, which is present in, or on the product intended for animal feed and which presents a potential danger to animal or human health or to the environment or which could adversely affect livestock production; and "withdrawal feed" means feed used for the period before slaughter.