Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1907 of 18 October 2017 concerning the authorisation of a preparation of Lactobacillus plantarum (KKP/593/p and KKP/788/p) and Lactobacillus buchneri (KKP/907/p) as a feed additive for cattle and sheep (Text with EEA relevance. )

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1907
• Articles: 3

Article 1

The preparation specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘technological additives’ and to the functional group ‘silage additives’, 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

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

CFU of additive/kg of fresh material

Technological additives: silage additives

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Lactobacillus plantarum KKP/593/p

Lactobacillus plantarum KKP/788/p

Lactobacillus buchneri KKP/907/p

Additive composition

Preparation of Lactobacillus plantarum KKP/593/p, Lactobacillus plantarum KKP/788/p and Lactobacillus buchneri KKP/907/p containing a minimum of 1 × 10 9 CFU/g additive, with a ration of 4:4:1 ( Lactobacillus plantarum KKP/593/p: Lactobacillus plantarum KKP/788/p: Lactobacillus buchneri KKP/907/p)

Characterisation of the active substance

Viable cells of Lactobacillus plantarum KKP/593/p, Lactobacillus plantarum KKP/788/p and Lactobacillus buchneri KKP/907p.

Analytical method

( 1 )

Enumeration in the feed additive: spread plate method on MRS agar (EN 15787).

Identification of the feed additive: Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE).

Cattle

Sheep

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1.

In the directions for use of the additive and premixtures, the storage conditions shall be indicated.

2.

Minimum content of the additive when used without combination with other micro-organisms as silage additives: 1 × 10 8 CFU/kg of fresh material.

3.

For users of the additive and premixtures, feed business operators shall establish operational procedures and organisational measures to address potential risks resulting from their use. Where those risks cannot be eliminated or reduced to a minimum by such procedures and measures, the additive and premixtures shall be used with personal protective equipment, including breathing protection.

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( 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