antibiotic — antimicrobials produced by, or derived from, a micro-organism, which destroys or inhibits the growth of other micro-organisms (j)

antimicrobials — substances produced either synthetically or naturally, used to kill or inhibit the growth of micro-organisms, including bacteria, viruses or fungi, or of parasites, in particular protozoa (i)

complementary feedingstuffs — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (d)

complete feedingstuffs — products as defined in Article 2(c) of Council Directive 1999/29/EC of 22 April 1999 on the undesirable substances and products in animal nutrition OJ L 115, 4.5.1999, p. 32. Directive as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 806/2003. (g)

compound feedingstuffs — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (c)

daily ration — the average total quantity of feedingstuffs, calculated on a moisture content of 12 %, required daily by an animal of a given species, age category and yield, to satisfy all its needs (f)

feed additives — substances, micro-organisms or preparations, other than feed material and premixtures, which are intentionally added to feed or water in order to perform, in particular, one or more of the functions mentioned in Article 5(3) (a)

feed materials — products as defined in Article 2(a) of Council Directive 96/25/EC of 29 April 1996 on the circulation of feed materials OJ L 125, 23.5.1996, p. 35. Directive as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 806/2003 (OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1). (b)

first placing on the market — the initial placing on the market of an additive after its manufacture, the import of an additive, or, where an additive has been incorporated into feed without being placed on the market, the first placing on the market of that feed (n)

histomonostats — substances intended to kill or inhibit protozoa (k)

maximum residue limit — the maximum concentration of residue resulting from the use of an additive in animal nutrition which may be accepted by the Community as being legally permitted or recognised as acceptable in or on a food (l)

micro-organism — colony-forming micro-organisms (m)

premixtures — mixtures of feed additives or mixtures of one or more feed additives with feed materials or water used as carriers, not intended for direct feeding to animals (e)

processing aids — any substance not consumed as a feedingstuff by itself, intentionally used in the processing of feedingstuffs or feed materials to fulfil a technological purpose during treatment or processing which may result in the unintentional but technologically unavoidable presence of residues of the substance or its derivatives in the final product, provided that these residues do not have an adverse effect on animal health, human health or the environment and do not have any technological effects on the finished feed (h)