Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1151 of 28 May 2026 concerning the renewal of the authorisation of inositol as a feed additive for food-producing finfish, ornamental finfish, food-producing crustaceans and ornamental crustaceans and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1249/2014

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1151
• Articles: 5

Article 1 Renewal of the authorisation

The authorisation of the substance specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘nutritional additives’ and to the functional group ‘vitamins, pro-vitamins and chemically well-defined substances having similar effect’, is renewed subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.

Article 2 Repeal

Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1249/2014 is repealed.

Article 3 Transitional measures

1.   The feed additive inositol as authorised by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1249/2014 and premixtures containing that additive which are intended for fish and crustaceans, and which are produced and labelled before 18 December 2026 in accordance with the rules applicable before 18 June 2026 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the stocks concerned are exhausted.

2.   Compound feed and feed materials containing the feed additive referred to in paragraph 1, which are produced and labelled before 18 June 2027 in accordance with the rules applicable before 18 June 2026 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the stocks concerned are exhausted if they are intended for food-producing animals.

3.   Compound feed and feed materials containing the feed additive referred to in paragraph 1, which are produced and labelled before 18 June 2028 in accordance with the rules applicable before 18 June 2026 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the stocks concerned are exhausted if they are intended for non-food producing animals.

Article 4 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

Name of the 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 active substance/kg of complete feed with a moisture content of 12 %

Category: nutritional additives. Functional group: vitamins, pro-vitamins and chemically well-defined substances having similar effect

3a900

Inositol

Additive composition

Inositol

Solid form

Characterisation of the active substance

Inositol

Chemical formula: C 6 H 12 O 6

CAS No: 87-89-8

Inositol produced by chemical synthesis.

Purity criteria: min. 97 %.

Solid form

Analytical method

( 1 )

For identification of inositol in the feed additive: Liquid Chromatography and infrared absorption spectrophotometry – European Pharmacopoeia monograph 1805.

For the quantification of inositol in the feed additive, premixtures and compound feed: microbiological activity analysis

Food-producing finfish

Ornament al finfish

Food-producing crustaceans

Ornamental crustaceans

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1.

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

18 June 2036

( 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 .