Proposed document to be incorporated by reference – List of Weed Seeds and Maximum Levels for Feeds
This document was part of a consultation on proposed changes to the Feeds Regulations, which ran from June 12, 2021 to October 15, 2021. This consultation is now closed.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is proposing the List of Weed Seeds and Maximum Levels for Feeds to be incorporated by reference (IbR) into the proposed Feeds Regulations, 2022.
This IbR document contains a list of weed seeds and the maximum levels of these weed seeds allowed in feed and screenings. The information in this IbR document is based on the list of weeds found in Tables 1 and 2 of Schedule II of the current Feeds Regulations. In addition, updates to the maximum levels allowed of these weed seeds in feed and screenings have been proposed.
| Item | Column 1 Species |
Column 2 Maximum in feeds |
Column 3 Maximum in screenings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Agrostemma githago L. – Corn (Purple) cockle | 0.5% | 1% |
| 2. | Vaccaria hispanica (Mill.) Rauschert (=Saponaria vaccaria L.) – Cow Cockle | 0.5% | 1% |
| 3. | Lolium temulentum L. – Darnel | 0.5% | 1% |
| 4. | Rumex spp – Dock | 0.5% | 1% |
| 5. | Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl – Flixweed | 0.5% | 1% |
| 6. | Halogeton glomeratus (M. Bieb.) Ledeb. – Halogeton | 0.5% | 1% |
| 7. | Solanum carolinense L. – Horse nettle | 0.5% | 1% |
| 8. | Berteroa incana (L.) D.C. – Hoary alyssum | 0.5% | 1% |
| 9. | Conringia orientalis (L.) C. Presl – Mustard, hare's ear | 0.5% | 2% |
| 10. | Sinapis arvensis L. – Mustard, wild | 0.5% | 2% |
| 11. | Erysimum cheiranthoides L. – Mustard, wormseed | 0.5% | 1% |
| 12. | Jacobaea vulgaris Gaertn. – Ragwort, tansy | 0.5% | 1% |
| 13. | Thlaspi arvense L. – Stinkweed | 0.5% | 1% |
| 14. | Euphorbia spp. – Spurge | 0.5% | 1% |
| 15. | Linaria vulgaris Mill. – Yellow Toad flax | 0.5% | 1% |
| 16. | Raphanus raphanistrum L. – Wild radish | 0.5% | 1% |
| 17. | Brassica rapa L. subsp. oleifera (DC.) Metzg (=Brassica campestris L.) – Wild turnip | 0.5% | 1% |
| 18. | Xanthium strumarium L. – Cocklebur | 0.5% | 1% |
| 19. | Descurainia pinnata (Walter) Britton – Mustard, tansy | 0.5% | 1% |
| 20. | Erucastrum gallicum (Willd.) O.E. Schulz – Mustard, dog | 0.5% | 1% |
| 21. | Neslia paniculata (L.) Desv. – Mustard, ball | 0.5% | 1% |
| 22. | Cynoglossum officinale L. – Hound's tongue | 0.5% | 1% |
| 23. | Sisymbrium altissimum L. – Mustard, tumble | 0.5% | 1% |
| 24. | Sisymbrium loeselii L. – Mustard, tall hedge | 0.5% | 1% |
| 25. | Datura stramonium L. – Jimsonweed | 0.5% | 1% |
| 26. | Consolida ajacis (L.) Schur – Larkspur | 0.5% | 1% |
| 27. | Lupinus polyphyllus Lindl. – Large-leaf Lupine | 0.5% | 1% |
| 28. | Solanum spp – Nightshade | 0.5% | 1% |
| 29. | Conium maculatum L. – Poison hemlock | 0.5% | 1% |
| 30. | Cicuta spp – Water hemlock | 0.5% | 1% |
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