Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1007 of 15 June 2017 concerning the authorisation of a preparation of lecithins as feed additive for all animal species (Text with EEA relevance. )
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Authorisation
The additive specified in the Annex belonging to the additive category ‘technological additives’ and to the functional group ‘emulsifiers’, is authorised as additive in animal nutrition, subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.
Transitional measures
1. The additive specified in the Annex and premixtures containing those additive which are produced and labelled before 6 January 2018 in accordance with the rules applicable before 6 July 2017 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the existing stocks are exhausted. 2. Compound feed and feed materials containing the additive as specified in the Annex which are produced and labelled before 6 July 2018 in accordance with the rules applicable before 6 July 2017 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the existing stocks are exhausted if they are intended for food-producing animals. 3. Compound feed and feed materials containing the additive as specified in the Annex which are produced and labelled before 6 July 2019 in accordance with the rules applicable before 6 July 2017 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the existing stocks are exhausted if they are intended for non-food-producing animals.
Entry into force
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 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 of lecithins/kg of complete feedingstuff with a moisture content of 12 % Category of technological additives. Functional group: emulsifiers 1c322 — Lecithins Additive composition Preparation of lecithins having a minimum of: — phospholipids ≥ 18 %, — lysophospholipids ≥ 11 %, — other phospholipids ≤ 6 %, Moisture ≤ 1 % Characterisation of the active substance Lecithins (CAS No 8002-43-5) extracted from soybeans Analytical method ( 1 ) For the characterisation of feed additive: Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 ( 2 ) and the corresponding tests in the FAO JECFA monograph ‘Lecithin’ ( 3 ) ( 4 ) All animal species — — — Use level in complete feed: 100-1 500 mg of additive/kg complete feed 6 July 2027 ( 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. ( 2 ) Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 of 9 March 2012 laying down specifications for food additives listed in Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( OJ L 83, 22.3.2012, p. 1 ). ( 3 ) FAO JECFA Combined Compendium of Food Additive Specifications, ‘Lecithin’, Monograph No. 4 (2007), http://www.fao.org/food/food-safety-quality/scientific-advice/jecfa/jecfa-additives/detail/en/c/260/. ( 4 ) FAO JECFA Combined Compendium for Food Additive Specifications — Analytical methods, test procedures and laboratory solutions used by and referenced in the food additive specifications, Vol. 4, http://www.fao.org/docrep/009/a0691e/a0691e00.htm.
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