The Fertilizers and Animal Foodstuffs (Approved Animal Foodstuffs) Rules

Legal Notice 211 of 1972

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LAWS OF KENYA

FERTILIZERS AND ANIMAL FOODSTUFFS ACT

THE FERTILIZERS AND ANIMAL FOODSTUFFS (APPROVED ANIMAL FOODSTUFFS) RULES

LEGAL NOTICE 211 OF 1972

  • Published in Kenya Gazette Vol. LXXIV—No. 52 on 3 November 1972
  • Commenced on 3 November 1972
  1. [Revised by 24th Annual Supplement (Legal Notice 221 of 2023) on 31 December 2022]
1.These Rules may be cited as the Fertilizers and Animal Foodstuffs (Approved Animal Foodstuffs) Rules.
2.The animal foodstuffs specified in the first column of Part I of the Schedule hereto and having the implied definitions shown in the second column of Part I of the said Schedule and having the characteristics specified in Part II of the said Schedule, are hereby prescribed to be approved animal foodstuffs:Provided that an animal foodstuff shall be deemed to have complied with the requirements of the analysis guaranteed by the vendor if it is not deficient in any of its ingredients within the limits of variation specified in Part II of the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE [r. 2]

PART I

Animal FoodstuffImplied Definition
Alfalfa (lucerne) Meal 1 .............Alfalfa (lucerne), as grown, dried and ground, to which no other matter has been added.
Barley .....................Commercially pure barley, as grown.
Barley meal ......................The meal obtained by grinding barley, as grown, which shall be the whole grain together with only such other substance as may reasonably be expected to have become associated with the grain in the field and which contains not less than 96 per cent pure barley.
Barley meal, Grade II ...................The meal, other than barley meal as defined, contained by grinding barley, as grown, which shall be the whole grain together with only such other substances as may reasonably be expected to have become associated with the grain in the field and which contains not less than 99 per cent pure barley.
Bean mealThe meal obtained by grinding commercially pure beans of the species (1) Vicia faba (synonym faba vulgaris) or any of its varieties, commonly known as "horse bean", "field bean", or "broad bean", or (2) Phaseolus vulgaris the "true haricot bean" or any of its varieties, white or coloured, or (3) dolichos lablab, the dolichos, lablab or njahi bean or (4) Stizolobium or Mucuna species the valvet beans.
Cassava ...........................The commercially pure dried peeled root of the cassava plant.
Cassava meal ............................The meal obtained by grinding the commercially pure dried peeled root of cassava.
Clover meal ........................Whole clover, as grown, dried and ground to which no other matter has been added.
Compound cakes or meals ...................Cake or meals consisting of a mixture of two or more of the articles mentioned in column 1.
Cotton cakes or meals not decorticated ................The residue resulting from the removal of oil from commercially pure cotton seed, not decorticated.
Cotton cakes or meals from decorticated or partly decorticated cotton seed ......................The residue resulting from the removal of oil from commercially pure cotton seed from which the cortex, in whole or in part, has been removed.
Dried brewery grains ..................The article produced by drying the residue of malted and unmalted cereals used in brewing, to which no other matter has been added.
Dried distillery grains ..........The article produced by drying the residue from distillery mashtuns, to which no other matter has been added.
Dried green fodder crops .........................Any product which is obtained by artificially drying any green crop or crops suitable for use as dried fodder for cattle, pigs or poultry and is otherwise as grown (that is to say including any growths harvested there with but with no other substance added thereto), and
(i) High qualityContains not less than 13 per cent protein calculated on the assumption that it contains 10 per cent moisture
(ii) Medium qualityContains less than 13 per cent protein but not less than 10 per cent protein calculated on the assumption that it contains 10 per cent moisture.
(iii) Maintenance quality ..Contains less than 10 per cent protein calculated on the assumption that it contains 10 per cent moisture.
Dried Yeast ...................An article produced by drying yeast or yeast residues, to which no other matter has been added.
Extracted linseed meal ................The residue resulting from the removal of oil from commercially pure linseed by means of a solvent.
Feeding bone flour ..........................The produce obtained by grinding commercially pure steamed bone.
Feeding dried blood ..................Blood which has been dried, to which no other matter has been added.
Feeding meat and bone meal, carcass meal .............The product, containing not less than 40 per cent of protein and not more than 4 per cent of salt obtained by drying and grinding animal carcasses or portions thereof (excluding hoof and horn) and bone, to which no other matter has been added, but which may have been preliminarily treated for the removal of fat.
Feeding meat meal ..............The product, containing not less than 55 per cent of protein and not more than 4 per cent of salt, obtained by drying and grinding animal carcasses or portions thereof (excluding hoof and horn) which may have been preliminarily treated for the removal of fat.
Fish meal, fish residue meal ...................................A product obtained by drying and grinding or otherwise treating fish or waste of fish, to which no other matter has been added.
Flaked maize ...............................The product obtained by cooking and flaking commercially pure maize or Indian corn, either as grown or from which the germ, in whole or in part, has been removed.
Ground or crushed oats ..................The meal obtained by grinding or crushing commercially pure oats, as grown.
Linseed cakes or the meals of such cakes ...................The residue resulting from the removal of oil from commercially pure linseed or the meal obtained by grinding or crushing commercially pure linseed.
Liver meal .........................The meal obtained by drying and grinding animal livers which may have been preliminarily treated for the removal of fat or oil.
Locust bean meal .............The meal obtained by grinding or crushing commercially pure locust beans.
Maize .......................Commercially pure maize, as grown.
Maize germ cake or meal...........................A meal or cake resulting from the grinding of maize germs or of maize germs from which the oil has been removed in whole or part.
Maize-gluten feed ..............A by-product resulting from the removal of starch and germ from maize, to which no matter has been added.
Maize meal ...................The meal obtained by grinding commercially pure maize as grown.
Malt columns ..................The rootlets and shoots arising from the screening of malt, to which no other matter has been added.
Mineral feeding supplements ..............Any minerals stocklick or substance which could be used a stocklick which is alleged to posses nutritive properties but shall not apply to supplements not containing phosphoric acid.
Nut cakes or meal including coconut, copra, palm kernel and ground nut cakes and meals ................The residue resulting from the removal of oil from commercially pure nut kernels.
Oats ................Commercially pure oats as grown.
Oat feed  ............................The by-product of oatmeal milling consisting of hulls, floury materials, mealy matter, screen dust, all finely ground and containing no more than 27 per cent of fibre.
Pea meal ................The meal obtained by grinding commercially pure peas, as grown, of varieties of Pisum sativum or Pisum arvense, or the varieties of Vigna catiang "cow" peas, or the varieties of Cajanus, "pigeon" peas.
Pyrethrum marc ...............The steamed, dried residue from the extraction of dried, ground pyrethrum Chrysanthemum cinerariijolium flowers with a light petroleum solvent.
Rape cake or meal ...............The residue resulting from the removal of oil from commercially pure rape seed.
Rice bran, rice meal ...........The by-product produced in milling shelled rice to which no other matter has been added.
Sorghum: dari: durra ..............Commercially pure sorghum (dari: durra) as grown.
Sorghum meal (dari or durra meal) ..........The meal obtained by grinding commercially pure sorghum (dari: durra) as grown.
Soya cake or meal ...........The residue resulting form the removal of oil from commercially pure soya beans.
Sugar-beet treacle; sugar-beet molasses ..............A concentrated syrup product obtained in the manufacture of sugar from sugar-beet to which no other matter has been added.
Sugar-cane treacle; sugar-cane molasses ..............A concentrated syrup product obtained in the manufacture of sugar from sugarcane to which no matter has been added
Sunflower seed cakes or meal not decorticated ............The residue resulting from the removal of oil from commercially pure sunflower seed, not decorticated.
Sunflower seed cakes or meal from decorticated or partly decorticated sunflower seed ..........The residue resulting from the removal of oil from commercially pure sunflower seed from which the cortex in whole orin part, has been removed.
Wheat .............Commercially pure wheat, as grown.
Wheat germ ...............A meal or cake resulting from grinding of wheat germs.
Wheat meal ..............................The meal obtained by grinding commercially pure wheat, as grown.
Wheat offals, millers' offals ...........A product of wheat separated in the process of milling and containing no more than 4 per cent of vegetable substances other than wheat, extracted from wheat in the process of cleaning by the maker of the offals in the production of flow.
White fish meal ................A product (containing not more than 6 per cent of oil and not more than 4 per cent of salt) obtained by the drying and grinding or otherwise treating white fish or waste of white fish to which no other matter has been added.
Dried beet pulp .....................The article produced by drying the sugar beet residue produced in manufacture of sugar from sugar-beet, with or without the addition of molasses.
(The term "commercially pure" mentioned in this Legal Notice, implies that no other matter may be added.)

PART II

Particulars of composition to be contained in statutory statement
Particulars of composition to be contained in statutory statement
 LIMITATIONS OF VARIATION(Percentages are percentages of the wholebulk)
(a) None:
Barley .............................................Barley meal .....................................Barley meal (Grade II) .........................Bean meal ......................................Cassava ..........................................Cassava meal ...............................Ground or crushed oats .....................Locust bean meal ........................Maize .....................................Maize meal .........................Oats ...........................................Pea meal ....................................Pyrethrum marc .......................Wheat ..................................Wheat meal ........................ 
(b) Amount of fibre:
Dried plain beet pulp ..................Fibre, 1 per cent or 1/8th of the amount stated whichever is the greater.
Oatmeal by-products ..............Fibre, 1 per cent or 1/8th of the amount stated whichever is the greater provided that the name "oat feed" shall not be applied to any article containing more than 27 per cent of fibre.
Wheat offals or millers' offalsFibre, 1 per cent or 1/8th of the amount stated whichever is the greater; if the actual amount is less than that stated one-half the amount stated.
(c) Amount of oil:
Linseed mealOil, 0.75 per cent or 1/10th of the amount stated, whichever is the greater.
(d) Amount of protein: 
Dried green fodder crops high quality.Protein, 1/10th of the amount stated provided that the name "dried grass" shall not be applied to any article containing less than 13 per cent protein or the names "dried grass (maintenance)" or "dried green fodder crop" to any articles containing less than 10 per cent protein.
Medium quality maintenance quality.
Dried yeast feeding dried blood ..Protein, 1/10th of the amount stated or 4 per cent whichever is the less.
(e) Amount of fibre and protein respectively:
Clovermeal ..............Protein, 1/10th of the amount stated fibre, 1/8th of the amount stated.
Lucerne (alfalfa) meal...........Protein,1/5th of the amount stated
Malt culms ....................Fibre, 1 per cent or 1/8th of the amount stated, whichever is greater.
(f) Amounts of oil and protein respectively:
Coconut or copra cake or meal ....Oil, 0.75 per cent or 1/10th of the amount stated, whichever is the greater.
Cotton cakes or meal not decorticated.Protein, 1/10th of the amount stated.
Sunflower cakes or meal not decorticated.
Oil cakes or meal not otherwise specifically mentioned in this Schedule which are the product of any one under-corticated substance of seed from which oil has been removed.Oil, 0.75 per cent or 1/8th of the amount stated, whichever is the greater.
 Protein, 1/10th of the amount stated.
Liver meal, palm kernel cake or meal linseed cakes and the meal of such cakes; extracted linseed meal; maize flaked; maize germ cake or meal; maize gluten feed; rape cake or meal; soya cake or meal.Oil, 0.75 per cent or 1/5th of the amount stated whichever is the greater. Protein, 1/8th of the amount stated.
Wheat germ.Dried brewery and distillery grainsOil, 0.75 per cent or ⅕th of the amount stated whichever is the greater. Protein, ⅛th of the amount stated.
(g) Amounts of protein and phosphoric acid respectively:
Feeding bone flour ..Phosphoric acid, 1/20th of the amount stated. Protein, 1/10th of the amount stated.
Feeding bone meal, ground bone or any other bone product for feeding purposes.Phosphoric acid, 1/10th of the amount stated.Protein, 1/10th of the amount stated.
(h) Amount of calcium oxide; phosphoric acid and salt;
Mineral feeding supplements ..............Calcium oxide, 1/20th of the amount stated.Phosphoric acid, 1/20th of the amount stated. Salt, 1/20th of the amount stated.
(i) Amount of oil, protein and phosphoric acid respectively:
Feeding meat, bone meal or any other product of meat and bone for feeding purposes.Oil, 0.75 per cent or 1/10th of the amount stated whichever is the greater. Protein, 1/10th of the amount stated.
Feeding meat meal or any other product of meat for feeding purposesPhosphoric acid, 1/10th of the amount stated. Provided that the names "feeding meat meal" and "feeding meat and bone meal" shall not be applied to articles containing less than 55 per cent and less than 40 per cent of protein respectively.
(j) Amounts of oil, protein and fibre respectively:
Compound cakes or meal consisting of admixture of two or more of the articles mentioned in this Legal Notice.Oil, 0.75 per cent or 1/10th of the amount stated. whichever is the greater. Protein, 1/10th of the amount stated. Fibre, 1 per cent or 1/10th of the amount stated, whichever is the greater; if the actual amount is less than that stated, one-half of the amount stated.
Cotton cakes or meal from decorticated or partly decorticated cotton seed. 
Maize by-products not otherwise specifically mentioned in this Legal Notice. Oil cakes or meal not otherwise specifically mentioned in this Notice which are the product of any one decorticated or partly decorticated substance or seed from which oil has been removed.Rice bran or rice meal or the by-product produced in milling shelled rice.Oil, 0.75 per cent or 1/10th of the amount stated, whichever is the greater. Protein, 1/10th of the amount stated. Fibre, 1 per cent or 1/10th of the amount stated, whichever is greater the greater.
Sunflower cakes or meal decorticated or partly decorticated. 
(k) Amount of oil. protein phosphoric acid and salt respectively:
Fish meal, white fish meal or other product obtained by grinding or otherwise treating fish or fish waste.Oil, 0.75 per cent or 1/10th of the amount stated, whichever is the greater. Protein, 1/10th of the amount stated. Phosphoric amount stated. Salt, 0.75per cent: Provided that the names "white fish meal" shall not be applied to any article containing more than 6 per cent oil or 4 per cent salt.
(l) Sugar
MolassesMolasses feeds containing not less than 10 per cent sugar.Sugar 1/10th of the amount stated.
The amount, in each case, shall be stated as a definite percentage of the weight of the articles.
Phosphoric acid shall be stated in terms of phosphoric anhydride (P2O5).
The amount of protein stated shall be the amount of nitrogen, other than ammonia or nitric nitrogen multiplied by 6.25 or, in the case of pure wheat products, by 5.70.
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