South Australia
Stock Foods Regulations 1996
under the Stock Foods Act 1941

Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1	Short title
2	Commencement
3	Revocation
4	Interpretation
Part 2—Standards under section 7
5	Standards under section 7
6	Foreign ingredients
7	Stock medicines
8	Agricultural chemicals
8A	Restricted animal material in stock food
9	Schedule 1 substances
10	Schedule 2 substances
Part 3—Labelling of stock foods
10B	Label or invoice on sale of stock food
10C	Label or invoice on sale of stock food containing restricted animal material
10D	Label or invoice on sale of stock food not containing restricted animal material
Part 4—Offences
11	Offences
Schedule 1—Substances that may not be contained in stock food
Schedule 2—Substances that may be contained in stock food in certain quantities
Legislative history

Part 1—Preliminary
1—Short title
These regulations may be cited as the Stock Foods Regulations 1996.
2—Commencement
These regulations will come into operation on 1 September 1996.
3—Revocation
All regulations previously made under the Stock Foods Act 1941 are revoked.
4—Interpretation
In these regulations—
Act means the Stock Foods Act 1941;
agricultural chemical has the same meaning as in the Agricultural Chemicals Act 1955;
restricted animal material means material derived, wholly or in part, from a vertebrate but does not include milk, milk products, gelatine, tallow or extracted oils;
stock medicine has the same meaning as in the Stock Medicines Act 1939.

Part 2—Standards under section 7
5—Standards under section 7
This Part is made for the purposes of section 7 of the Act.
6—Foreign ingredients
The following are foreign ingredients relative to stock food:
	(a)	stock medicines;
	(b)	agricultural chemicals;
	(c)	the substances listed in Schedule 1;
	(d)	the substances listed in Schedule 2.
7—Stock medicines
	(1)	Stock food must not contain stock medicine unless administration of the medicine in stock food to stock of a kind or species for which the stock food is intended is within the purposes in respect of which the stock medicine is registered under the Stock Medicines Act 1939.
	(2)	If stock medicine is added to stock food, the stock food must contain the appropriate proportion or amount of stock medicine determined in accordance with the directions for use of the medicine.
8—Agricultural chemicals
Stock food must not be contaminated with an agricultural chemical of a kind prescribed for the purposes of section 24(8) of the Agricultural Chemicals Act 1955 to a level of contamination that exceeds that prescribed in relation to the chemical under that section.
8A—Restricted animal material in stock food
	(1)	Stock food intended for ruminants must not consist of, contain or be derived from restricted animal material.
	(2)	Stock food intended for stock other than ruminants or dogs must not consist of, contain or be derived from restricted animal material derived from a placental mammal unless that material has been treated or processed in a manner approved by the Chief Inspector (within the meaning of the Livestock Act 1997) as rendering it suitable for animal consumption.
9—Schedule 1 substances
	(1)	Stock food must not contain any of the substances listed in Schedule 1.
	(2)	Subregulation (1) does not apply in relation to stock food intended for stock of a kind or species expressly excepted in Schedule 1.
10—Schedule 2 substances
	(1)	If a substance in respect of which a minimum permitted level is specified in Schedule 2 is added to stock food, the stock food must contain at least that minimum level of the substance.
	(2)	Stock food must not contain more of a substance in respect of which a maximum permitted level is specified in Schedule 2 than that maximum level.

Part 3—Labelling of stock foods
10B—Label or invoice on sale of stock food
	(1)	For the purposes of section 5(2)(d) of the Act, if a label or certificate relating to stock food to which this regulation applies does not contain a statement indicating that it is only for consumption by non-ruminant species, the label or certificate must include—
	(a)	a statement about whether or not the stock food consists of or contains mammalian material; and
	(b)	if it does consist of or contain such material—a statement indicating that it must not be fed to ruminants.
	(2)	A statement referred to in subregulation (1) must be displayed prominently on the label or invoice certificate.
	(3)	This regulation only applies to stock food—
	(a)	that consists of or contains material from animals other than fish or birds; and
	(b)	that is not supplied as food for dogs or pigeons; and
	(c)	that was produced or manufactured before 20 December 2001.
10C—Label or invoice on sale of stock food containing restricted animal material
	(1)	For the purposes of section 5(2)(d) of the Act, if stock food manufactured or produced on or after 20 December 2001 is, contains or is derived from restricted animal material, the following statement must be prominently displayed on the label or invoice certificate:
This product contains restricted animal material DO NOT FEED TO CATTLE, SHEEP, GOATS, DEER OR OTHER RUMINANTS
	(2)	This regulation does not apply in relation to stock food intended for dogs.
10D—Label or invoice on sale of stock food not containing restricted animal material
	(1)	For the purposes of section 5(2)(d) of the Act, if stock food manufactured or produced on or after 20 December 2001 is not, does not contain and is not derived from restricted animal material, the following statement must be prominently displayed on the label or invoice certificate:
This product does not contain restricted animal material.
	(2)	This regulation does not apply in relation to stock food intended for dogs.

Part 4—Offences
11—Offences
	(1)	A person must not sell, offer or expose for sale, or have in his or her possession for sale stock food that does not comply with these regulations.
	(2)	A person must not mark or deface an invoice certificate so as to obscure the statement it is required by Part 3 to contain.

Schedule 1—Substances that may not be contained in stock food
2-Amino-5 nitrothiazole
Anabolic agents
Bromsalans
Chrome green
Crystal (gentian) violet
Dibromsalans
3, 5-Dienoestrol diacetate
Dinitrobenzamide
Feed green
Glycarbylamide
Halquinol
Hormones (whether a natural or synthetic product)
Hydroquinone
Phenothiazine
Phthalysulfacetamide
Piperazine and related compounds
Promazines
Reserpine
Selenium
Sulfacetamide
Sulfacetamide sodium
Sulfachloropyridazine
Sulfafurazole
Sulfaguanidine
Sulfamethoxydiazine
Sulfamonomethoxine
Sulfanilimide
Sulfanitran
Sulfapyridine
Sulfathiazole
Thiofurfuran (except in stock food intended for pigs)
Thiouracil

Schedule 2—Substances that may be contained in stock food in certain quantities

Substance	Permitted levels		
	Minimum	Maximum	
Amino acids including—
Glutamic acid
Glycine
Lysine
Methionine
Tryptothane	250 ppm in aggregate		
Antioxidants			
Mixed esters of p-hydroxy benzoic acid		100 ppm	
Other antioxidants including—
Butylated hydroxy toluene
Butylated hydroxy anisole		150 ppm if ethoxyquin is the only antioxidant contained in the stock food;	
Ethoxyquin			
Propyl gallate		100 ppm in any other case	
Miscellaneous			
Thiofurfuran	16 ppm	40 ppm	
Fermasol	2 268 ppm	6 804 ppm	
Fermacto 500	454 ppm	3 402 ppm	
Orotic acid	50 ppm		
ppm = parts per million			

Legislative history
Notes
	•	For further information relating to the Act and subordinate legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian Statutes.
Revocation of regulations
The Stock Foods Regulations 1996 were revoked by r 6 of the Livestock Variation Regulations 2004 on 29.8.2004.
Principal regulations and variations
Year	No	Reference	Commencement	
1996	205	Gazette 29.8.1996 p992	1.9.1996: r 2	
1997	219	Gazette 6.11.1997 p1262	6.3.1998: r 2	
2000	128	Gazette 8.6.2000 p3104	8.10.2000: r 2	
2001	270	Gazette 20.12.2001 p5668	20.12.2001: r 2	
Provisions varied
Entries that relate to provisions that have been deleted appear in italics.
Provision	How varied	Commencement	
Pt 1	heading inserted by 219/1997 r 3	6.3.1998	
r 4			
mammalian material	inserted by 128/2000 r 3	8.10.2000	
	deleted by 270/2001 r 3	20.12.2001	
restricted animal material	inserted by 270/2001 r 3	20.12.2001	
ruminant material	inserted by 219/1997 r 4	6.3.1998	
	deleted by 128/2000 r 3	8.10.2000	
Pt 2	heading inserted by 219/1997 r 5	6.3.1998	
r 5	varied by 219/1997 r 6	6.3.1998	
r 8A	inserted by 270/2001 r 4	20.12.2001	
Pt 3	inserted by 219/1997 r 7	6.3.1998	
r 10A	varied by 128/2000 r 4	8.10.2000	
	deleted by 270/2001 r 5	20.12.2001	
r 10B			
r 10B(1)	varied by 128/2000 r 5	8.10.2000	
	varied by 270/2001 r 6(a)	20.12.2001	
r 10B(3)	inserted by 270/2001 r 6(b)	20.12.2001	
rr 10C and 10D	inserted by 270/2001 r 7	20.12.2001	
Pt 4	heading inserted by 219/1997 r 8	6.3.1998	
r 11			
r 11(1)	r 11 redesignated as r 11(1) by 219/1997 r 9	6.3.1998	
r 11(2)	inserted by 219/1997 r 9	6.3.1998	
Sch 1	varied by 219/1997 r 10	6.3.1998	
	varied by 270/2001 r 8	20.12.2001	
Transitional etc provisions associated with regulations or variations
No. 128 of 2000
6—Transitional provision
	(1)	Part 3 of the principal regulations, as amended by these regulations, only applies in relation to stock food manufactured after the commencement of these regulations.
	(2)	Part 3 of the principal regulations, as in force immediately before the commencement of these regulations, continues to apply to stock food manufactured prior to the commencement of these regulations.