Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/346 of 5 March 2018 concerning the authorisation of a preparation of Lactobacillus buchneri NRRL B-50733 as a feed additive for all animal species (Text with EEA relevance. )

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/346
• 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 buchneri NRRL B-50733

Additive composition:

Preparation of Lactobacillus buchneri NRRL B-50733 containing a minimum of 1 × 10 10 CFU/g additive.

Characterisation of the active substance:

Viable cells of Lactobacillus buchneri NRRL B-50733

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).

All animal species

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1.

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

2.

Minimum content of Lactobacillus buchneri NRRL B-50733 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 its 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