Definitions

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires“Act” means the Belize Agricultural Health Authority Act; CAP. 211. “amount of protein” means– (a) except in the case of compound feeding stuffs or feed supplements, the amount of nitrogen, other than ammoniacal, nitrate or urea nitrogen, multiplied by 6.25; (b) in the case of compound feeding stuffs or feed supplements, the amount of nitrogen, including urea and ammoniacal nitrogen but not nitrate nitrogen multiplied by 6.25; “antioxidant” means any substance which delays, retards or prevents the development in a feeding stuff or rancidity or other deterioration arising from oxidation; “binder” means any non-nutritional substance which aids the compaction of feeding stuffs; “colourant” means any substance, other than a basic feed ingredient, which is added to a feeding stuff only to import colour to a feeding stuff or to an animal product; 408 “compound feeding stuffs” means a product, other than a feeding supplement, obtained by mixing two or more materials, including at least one of the materials mentioned in the first column of Part II of the First Schedule to these Regulations, for the purpose of this definition, the presence of any added substance of a kind referred to in regulation 9 shall be disregarded; First Schedule. “daily ration” means the total quantity of feeding stuffs, expressed on a 12 percent moisture basis necessary on average for an animal of a given kind: age group and level of production in order to satisfy its nutritional needs; “emulsifier” means any substance, other than a basic feed ingredient, which aids the formation of the uniform dispersion of two or more immiscible substances; “feed supplement” means a product obtained by mixing two or more materials, being a product of kind commonly sold or used to supplement other feeding stuffs to an extent of not more than one-twentieth of the total quantity; “fibre” means the organic matter calculated as the result of treatment of the feeding stuff according to the method of analysis described in paragraph 7.2 of the Fourth Schedule, to these Regulations; Fourth Schedule. “oil” means the extract obtained as a result of treatment of a feeding stuff according to the method of analysis described in paragraph 3.21 or 3.22 of the Fourth Schedule, to these Regulations; Fourth Schedule. “stabiliser” means any substance, other than a basic feed ingredient, which maintains the uniform dispersion of two or more immiscible substances; “sugar” means total reducing sugars after inversion expressed as sucrose; “whole feeding stuff” means a mixture of feeding stuffs which by reason of its composition, is sufficient to ensure a daily ration. First Schedule.