Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1709 of 7 September 2023 concerning the authorisation of a preparation of Lentilactobacillus diolivorans DSM 33625 as a feed additive for all animal species (Text with EEA relevance)

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1709
• 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/kg of fresh material

Category: technological additives. Functional group: silage additives

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Lentilactobacillus diolivorans DSM 33625

Additive composition

Preparation of Lentilactobacillus diolivorans DSM 33625 containing a minimum of 2 × 10 11 CFU/g additive

Solid form

All animal species

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1.

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

2.

Minimum dose of the additive when used without combination with other micro-organisms as silage additives: 1 × 10 8 CFU/kg of easy and moderately difficult to ensile fresh material  ( 2 ) .

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 by such procedures and measures, the additive and premixtures shall be used with personal skin and breathing protective equipment.

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Characterisation of the active substance

Viable cells of Lentilactobacillus diolivorans DSM 33625

Analytical method

( 1 )

Enumeration in the feed additive of Lentilactobacillus diolivorans DSM 33625:

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Spread plate method on MRS agar (EN 15787)

Identification of Lentilactobacillus diolivorans DSM 33625:

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Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE) or DNA sequencing methods

( 1 )   Details of the analytical methods are available at the following address of the Reference Laboratory: https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/eurl-fa-eurl-feed-additives/eurl-fa-authorisation/eurl-fa-evaluation-reports_en.

( 2 )   Easy to ensile forage: > 3 % soluble carbohydrates in fresh material; moderately difficult to ensile forage: 1,5–3,0 % soluble carbohydrates in the fresh material in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 429/2008 of 25 April 2008 on detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the preparation and the presentation of applications and the assessment and the authorisation of feed additives ( OJ L 133, 22.5.2008, p. 1 ).