Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1408 of 19 August 2015 concerning the authorisation of DL-methionyl-DL-methionine as a feed additive for fish and crustaceans (Text with EEA relevance)

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1408
• Articles: 3

Article 1

The substance specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘nutritional additives’ and to the functional group ‘amino acids, their salts and analogues’, is authorised as an additive in animal nutrition, subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

Identification number of the additive

Name of the holder of authorisation

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/kg of complete feed with a moisture content of 12 %

Category of nutritional additives. Functional group: amino acids, their salts and analogues

3c306

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DL-methionyl-DL-methionine

Additive composition

Crystalline powder from chemical synthesis with a minimum of 93 % DL-methionyl-DL-methionine, a maximum of 3 % DL-methionine and a maximum of 3 % sodium sulphate (on a dry matter basis)

Characterisation of the active substance

DL-methionyl-DL-methionine (2-[(2-amino-4-methylsulfanylbutanoyl)amino]-4-methylsulfanylbutanoic acid)

Chemical formula: C 10 H 20 N 2 O 3 S 2

CAS number: 52715-93-2

Analytical method

( 1 )

For the quantification of DL-methionyl-DL-methionine in the feed additive: reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography coupled to photometric detection at 205 nm (RP-HPLC-UV).

For the quantification of DL-methionyl-DL-methionine in premixtures, compound feed and feed materials: ion exchange chromatography coupled with post-column derivatisation and photometric detection at 570 nm (IEC-UV).

Fish and crustaceans

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The moisture content shall be indicated on the labelling.

9 September 2025

( 1 )   Details of the analytical methods are available at the following address of the Reference Laboratory: https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/eurl/feed-additives/evaluation-reports