Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/377 of 5 March 2020 concerning the authorisation of sodium selenate as a feed additive for ruminants (Text with EEA relevance)

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/377
• Articles: 3

Article 1

The substance specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘nutritional additives’ and to the functional group ‘compounds of trace elements’, 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

Selenium in mg/kg of complete feed with a moisture content of 12 %

Category of nutritional additives. Functional group: compounds of trace elements

3b803

Sodium selenate

Characterisation of the additive

Sodium selenate, as a powder, with a minimum content of 41 % selenium

Characterisation of the active substance

Disodium selenate

Chemical formula: Na 2 SeO 4

CAS number 13410-01-0

Analytical method

( 1 )

For the quantification of total selenium in the feed additive:

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Titration

For the quantification of total sodium in sodium selenate:

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Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS) – EN ISO 6869:2000; or

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Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES) – EN 15510:2007

For the quantification of total selenium in premixtures, feed materials and compound feed:

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Hydride Generation Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (HGAAS) after microwave digestion – EN 16159:2012

Ruminants

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0,50 (total)

1.

Sodium selenate may be placed on the market and used as an additive consisting of a preparation.

2.

The additive shall be incorporated into feed in the form of a premixture.

3.

For users of the additive and premixture, feed business operators shall establish operational procedures and organisational measures to address potential risks by inhalation, dermal contact or eye contact. Where those risks cannot be eliminated or reduced to a minimum by such procedures and measures, the additive and premixture shall be used with appropriate personal protective equipment.

26 March 2030

( 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