Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1947 of 22 November 2019 concerning the authorisation of cassia gum as a feed additive for cats and dogs (Text with EEA relevance)

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1947
• Articles: 4

Article 1 Authorisation

The additive specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘technological additives’ and to the functional group ‘gelling agents’, is authorised as an additive in animal nutrition, subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.

Article 2 Transitional measures

1.   The feed additive cassia gum which is produced and labelled before 16 December 2019 in accordance with the rules applicable before 16 December 2019 may continue to be placed on the market and used until 16 March 2020.

2.   Premixtures containing the feed additive referred to in paragraph 1 which are produced and labelled before 16 March 2020 in accordance with the rules applicable before 16 December 2019 may continue to be placed on the market and used until 16 June 2020.

3.   Compound feed and feed materials containing the feed additive referred to in paragraph 1 or premixtures referred to in paragraph 2 which are produced and labelled before 16 June 2020 in accordance with the rules applicable before 16 December 2019 may continue to be placed on the market and used until 16 December 2020.

Article 3 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 .

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

mg of additive/kg of complete feedingstuff with a moisture content of 12 %

Additive category: technological additives. Functional group: gelling agents

1f499

Cassia gum

Additive composition:

Preparation of purified endosperm of Cassia tora, Cassia obtusifolia (Leguminosae) containing less than 0,05 % Cassia occidentalis.

Anthraquinones (total) < 0,5 mg/kg

Powder form

Characterisation of active substance:

Mainly 1,4-β-D-mannopyranose units with 1,6-linked α-D-galactopyranose units.

Ratio mannose to galactose is 5:1.

Galactomannans > 75 %

Analytical method

( 1 ) :

For the determination of cassia gum in feed additive:

FAO JECFA monograph No 10  ( 2 ) as referred in Commission Directive 2010/67/EU  ( 3 )

Dogs

Cats

-

-

13 200

1.

The additive shall be only used in complete feed having a moisture content > 20 % in combination with carrageenan (representing at least 25 % of the amount of cassia gum used).

2.

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 skin, eyes and breathing protections.

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

( 2 )   FAO JECFA Combined Compendium of Food Additive Specifications, ‘Cassia Gum’, Monograph No 10 (2010) http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/jecfa_additives/docs/monograph10/additive-513-m10.pdf

( 3 )   Commission Directive 2010/67/EU of 20 October 2010 amending Directive 2008/84/EC laying down specific purity criteria on food additives other than colours and sweeteners ( OJ L 277, 21.10.2010, p. 17 ).