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Consolidated text: Commission Regulation (EC) No 721/2008 of 25 July 2008 concerning the authorisation of a preparation of red carotenoid-rich bacterium Paracoccus carotinifaciens as a feed additive (Text with EEA relevance)

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02008R0721 — EN — 13.05.2010 — 001.001


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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 721/2008

of 25 July 2008

concerning the authorisation of a preparation of red carotenoid-rich bacterium Paracoccus carotinifaciens as a feed additive

(Text with EEA relevance)

(OJ L 198 26.7.2008, p. 23)

Amended by:

 

 

Official Journal

  No

page

date

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 334/2010 of 22 April 2010

  L 102

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23.4.2010




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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 721/2008

of 25 July 2008

concerning the authorisation of a preparation of red carotenoid-rich bacterium Paracoccus carotinifaciens as a feed additive

(Text with EEA relevance)



Article 1

The preparation specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘sensory additives’ and to the functional group ‘a (ii). Colourants; substances which when fed to animals add colours to food of animal origin’, 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 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.




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

Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) in the relevant foodstuffs of animal origin

End of period of authorisation

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

Category of sensory additives. Functional group: colourants; substances which when fed to animals add colours to food of animal origin

2a(ii)167

Red carotenoid-rich Paracoccus carotinifaciens

Active substances:

Astaxanthin (C40H52O4, CAS: 472-61-7)

Adonirubin (C40H52O3, 3-Hydroxy-beta,beta-carotene-4,4′-dione CAS: 511-23801)

Canthaxanthin (C40H52O2, CAS: 514-78-3)

Additive composition:

Preparation of dried killed cells of Paracoccus carotinifaciens (NITE SD 00017) containing:

— 20-23 g/kg astaxanthin

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— 7-15 g/kg adonirubin

— 1-5 g/kg canthaxanthin

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Analytical methods

Normal phase High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) coupled to UV/visible detection for determination of astaxanthin, adonirubin and canthaxanthin in feedingstuffs and fish tissue (1)

Salmon, trout

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1.  The maximum content is expressed as the sum of astaxanthin, adonirubin and canthaxanthin.

2.  Use permitted from the age of 6 months onwards or weight of 50 g.

3.  The mixture of the additive with astaxanthin or canthaxanthin is allowed provided that the total concentration of the sum of astaxanthin, adonirubin and cantaxanthin from other sources does not exceed 100 mg/kg in complete feedingstuff.

For salmon: 10 mg/kg for the sum of adonirubin and canthaxanthin/kg muscle (wet tissue)

For trout: 8 mg/kg for the sum of adonirubin and canthaxanthin/kg muscle (wet tissue)

15.8.2018

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Further details of the analytical methods are available at the following address of the Community Reference Laboratory: www.irmm.jrc.be/crl-feed-additives



( 1 )  OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 29. Regulation as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 378/2005 (OJ L 59, 5.3.2005, p. 8).

( 2 ) Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed (FEEDAP) on a request from the European Commission on safety and efficacy of Panaferd-AX (red carotenoid-rich bacterium Paracoccus carotinifaciens) as feed additive for salmon and trout. The EFSA Journal (2007) 546, p. 1-30.

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