Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/244 of 16 February 2015 concerning the authorisation of Quinoline Yellow as a feed additive for non food-producing animals Text with EEA relevance
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The substance specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘sensory additives’ and to the functional group ‘colourants: substances that add or restore colour in feedingstuffs’, 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 9 March 2017 in accordance with the rules applicable before 9 March 2015, 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 % Category of sensory additives. Functional group: Colourants. (i) substances that add or restore colour in feedingstuffs 2a104 Quinoline Yellow Additive composition Quinoline Yellow Quinoline Yellow is described as the sodium salt as the principal component Characterisation of the active substance Percentage for the components of Quinoline yellow is: — 2-(2-quinolyl) indan-1,3-dione-disulfonates: ≥ 80 %, — 2-(2-quinolyl) indan-1,3-dione-monosulfonates: ≤ 11 %, — 2-(2-quinolyl) indan-1,3-dione-trisulfonates: ≤ 7 %. Chemical formula: C 18 H 9 N Na 2 O 8 S 2 (sodium salt) CAS No: 8004-92-0 (principal component) Quinoline Yellow solid form, produced by chemical synthesis Purity criteria: Colouring matter ≥ 70 % of, calculated as the sodium salt Calcium and potassium salts ≤ 30 % Analytical methods ( 1 ) For the quantification of total colouring matters content of Quinoline Yellow in the feed additive and feedingstuffs: spectrophotometry at 411 nm (FAO JECFA monographs No 1, Vol. 4). Non food-producing animals — — 25 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. 9 March 2025 ( 1 ) Details of the analytical methods are available at the following address of European Union Reference Laboratory: https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/eurl/feed-additives/evaluation-reports
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