S.L. 437.59 Art. 2Interpretation. Cap. 437.

(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 Order 70/524/EEC; "animals" means animals belonging to species normally fed and kept or consumed by man and also animals living freely in the wild in cases where they are fed with feeding stuffs;

"authorised provider" means a person authorised by the authority to import and, or wholesale or retail substances or products for animal feed according to the establishment of these rules; "background level" means a standard level taken into consideration to minimise or eliminate the sources of undesirable substances according to such level, as long as the maximum levels of such substances are exceeded and, or where added levels of the same substance are found in products intended for animal feed; "the Commission" means the Commission of the European Union; "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;

"complete feeding stuffs" means mixtures of feeding stuffs which, by reason of their composition, are sufficient for a daily portion; "compound feeding stuffs" means mixtures of feed materials, whether or not containing additives, which are intended for oral animal feeding as complete or complementary 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; "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 or not containing additives, for oral animal feeding; "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 or not containing additives, which are intended for use in oral animal feeding either directly as such or, after processing, in the preparation of compound feeding stuffs or as substrates for premixtures;

"final consumer" means a person who buys particular nutritive products produced by animals for own personal use;

"Member State" means a member state of the European Union; "premixtures" means mixtures of additives or mixtures of one or more additives with substances used as carriers, intended for the manufacture of feeding stuffs;

"products intended for animal feed" means feed materials, premixtures, additives, feeding stuffs and all other products intended for use or used in animal feed; "putting into circulation" or "circulation" means the holding of products intended for animal feed for the purposes of sale, including offering for sale, or any other form of transfer, whether free or not, to third parties, and the sale or other forms of transfer themselves; "undesirable substance" means any substance or product, with the exception of pathogenic agents, which is present in and, or on the product intended for animal feed and which presents a potential danger to animal or human health or to the environment or could adversely affect livestock production.