Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/159 of 29 January 2025 concerning the renewal of the authorisation of a preparation of Pediococcus pentosaceus DSM 14021 as a feed additive for all animal species and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) No 84/2014
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Renewal of the authorisation
The authorisation of the preparation specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘technological additives’ and to the functional group ‘silage additives’, is renewed subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.
Repeal of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 84/2014
Implementing Regulation (EU) No 84/2014 is repealed.
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.
ANNEX Identification number of the feed 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 1k1009 Pediococcus pentosaceus DSM 14021 Additive composition Preparation of Pediococcus pentosaceus DSM 14021 containing a minimum of 1 × 10 11 CFU/g additive Solid form ------------- All animal species - - - 1. In the directions for use of the additive and premixtures, the storage conditions shall be indicated. 2. The additive shall only be used in easy and moderately difficult to ensile fresh material ( 2 ) . 3. Minimum dose of the additive, when it is not used in combination with other micro-organisms as silage additives: 1 × 108 CFU/kg fresh material. 4. 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, eye and breathing protective equipment. 19 February 2035 Characterisation of the active substance Viable cells of Pediococcus pentosaceus DSM 14021 ------------- Analytical method ( 1 ) Enumeration in the feed additive of Pediococcus pentosaceus DSM 14021: — Spread plate method on MRS agar (EN 15786). Identification of Pediococcus pentosaceus DSM 14021: — Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE) - CEN/TS 17697 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 , , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2008/429/oj ).
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