Fact sheet:

Hydrocarbons

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General Summary

Summary of GMP+ products standards for the animal feed sector

More Facts
1. Nature, history and prevalence of hydrocarbons
2. Transmission to the environment, plants, animals and humans
3. Diagnose of poisoning
4. Potential hazards and adverse effects
5. Severity of the hazard
6. Standards
7. Analysis methods
8. Control measures
9. References
10. Websites

APPENDIX / APPENDICES

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 General Summary

Name: Hydrocarbons

code: C24

Description: Hydrocarbons (C10-C40) do not normally occur in feedingstuffs but feed materials
can become contaminated with hydrocarbons from mineral fuels, waste oils or
transformer oils. Note: for Sunflower oil originating in or sent from the Ukraine a norm
applies based on the sum of C10-C56/C20-C56 minus C27+C29+C31.
Type: chemical

Severity: high

Control measures: - (Locked) closed storage

- Bark peeling (or entry check)
- Chemical treatment
- Closed production system
- Establish purchasing requirements
- Feed/Food grade lubricants
- Finished product analysis
- Maintenance of machines and safe fuels
- Monitor cultivation area (certified)
- Monitor fish catch area
- PEFC-certified wood
- Plot history
- Product analysis (in oil)
- Safe fuels for the heating process
- Use clean seawater
- Use food grade lubricants
- Use new packaging material
- Visual inspection
- Washing

The control measures specified in this fact sheet are all control measures which can be used depending on the
product and/or process step.

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 SUMMARY OF GMP+ SPECIFIC FEED SAFETY LIMITS FOR THE ANIMAL FEED SECTOR
Contaminant Product Action limit(1) Rejection limit(1) Source Supplementary Analysis method7
requirements
Chemical: Toxic substances

C24 Hydrocarbons (C10-C40) Animal fat, with the exception of: - 400 mg/kg (on GMP+ OZM Part 2; OSP-
product basic) 15a
- crude fish oil - 3,000 mg/kg (on
product basic)
Vegetable oil (with the exception of sunflower oil) - 400 mg/kg (on
product basic)
Sunflower oil and sunflower fatty acids - 1,000 mg/kg (on
product basic)

Vegetable fatty acids incl. Mixes of fatty acids (with - 3,000 mg/kg (on
the exception of sunflower fatty acids) product basic)

Palm oil - 25 mg/kg This norm applies if the OZM Part 2; OSP-
calculated as hydrocarbons (calculated 15b
diesel oil as diesel oil) are
determined via the GC-
MS method. If use is
made of the GC-FID
method, then the norm for
vegetable oil applies

Hydrocarbons (mineral Sunflower oil (falling within CN code 15121191 or 50 mg/kg (on Commission The batch must be The sampling has
paraffin/oil) : saturated TARIC Code 1512199010) originating in or product basic) Regulation (EC) accompanied by a report to be performed in
hydrocarbons in the range C10- consigned from Ukraine 1151/2009 of 27 of analysis and a Health accordance with
C56 from external sources minus November 2009 certificate Commission
the alkanes C27, C29 and C31 Regulation (EC) No
333/2007 and the
standard
ISO5555:2003 and
the analysis by a
laboratory
accredited
according to EN
ISO/IEC 17025

[1 ] Action limit: A feasible limit agreed in consultation with the sector, supplier or customer. If this limit is exceeded then an investigation into the cause should be undertaken and corrective measures should be
taken to remove or control that cause. Maximum levels in mg/kg (ppm) of the feed materials or compound feeds, derived to a moisture content of 12% unless mentioned differently.
Rejection limit: A feasible limit agreed in consultation with the sector, supplier or customer. If this limit is exceeded then the product is not suitable for use as feed material or animal feed. Maximum levels in mg/kg
(ppm) of the feed materials or compound feeds, derived to a moisture content of 12% unless mentioned differently.
[7] The research methods (OZM) can be found via the PDV website (www.pdv.nl ; quality; research methods)

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