Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1249/2014 of 21 November 2014 concerning the authorisation of inositol as a feed additive for fish and crustaceans Text with EEA relevance
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The substance specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘nutritional additives’ and to the functional group ‘vitamins, pro-vitamins and chemically well-defined substances having similar effect’, is authorised as an additive in animal nutrition subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.
The substance specified in the Annex and feed containing that substance, and which are produced and labelled before 12 June 2015 in accordance with the rules applicable before 12 December 2014 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the existing stocks are exhausted.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
ANNEX Identification number of the additive Additive Composition, chemical formula, description, analytical method Species or category of animal Maximum age Minimum content Maximum content Other provisions End of period of authorisation mg of active substance of kg of complete feedingstuff with a moisture content of 12 %. Nutritional additives: Vitamins, provitamins and chemically well-defined substances having similar effect 3a900 Inositol Additive composition Inositol Characterisation of the active substance Inositol Chemical formula: C 6 H 12 O 6 CAS No: 87-89-8 Inositol, solid form, produced by chemical synthesis. Purity criteria: min. 97 %. Analytical methods ( 1 ) : For identification of inositol in the feed additive: Liquid Chromatography and infrared absorption spectrophotometry (Ph. Eur. 01/2008:1805). For the quantification of inositol in the feed additive, premixtures and feedingstuffs microbiological activity analysis. Fish and crustaceans — — — 1. In the directions for use of the additive and premixture, indicate the storage and the stability conditions. 2. For safety: breathing protection, safety glasses and gloves should be worn during handling. 12 December 2024. ( 1 ) Details of the analytical methods are available at the following address of the Community Reference Laboratory: https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/eurl/feed-additives/evaluation-reports
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