G/SPS/N/GBR/23  
 
23 November 2022  
(22-8737) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED KINGDOM  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  The UK Food Safety Authorities comprising of the Food Standards 
Agency (FSA) and Food Standards Scotland (FSS)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Feed additives  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Notifying Great Britain's register of feed additive 
authorisations and the authorisation of eleven feed additives for the GB market . 
Language(s):  English . Number of pages:   
A link to the notified document is available here:  
https://data.food.gov.uk/regulated -products/feed_authorisations  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/GBR/22_7976_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The UK Food Safety Authorities are notifying Members of GB's 
feed additives authorisation register and the authorisation of eleven feed additives for use 
in the GB market consisting of new authorisations, renewals, modifications and a 
re-evaluation of an existing feed additive.  
These authorisations are made on the basis of the uses and specifications set out in the 
consultations linked in section 9.  
The eleven feed a dditives are:  
Authorisation as a new feed additive (or new use):  
• RP15 (3b509) - Manganese chelate of lysine and glutamic acid  
• RP27 (1k20759) - Lactobacillus buchneri  DSM 29026  
• RP65 (4a13) - Serine protease (EC 3.4.21.) - produced by Bacillus licheniformis  
DSM 19670  
• RP161 (4b1828) - Bacillus licheniformis  DSM 28710  
• RP808 (4a32) - 6-phytase produced by Komagataella phaffii  DSM 32854  
Renewal of authorisation:  
• RP96 (3a831) - Pyridoxi ne hydrochloride (vitamin B6)  
• RP130 (4b1702) - Saccharomyces cerevisiae  CNCM I -4407 
Renewal and a new use:  
• RP664 (4b1830) - Clostridium butyricum  FERM BP ‐2789 
Renewal, modification and new use:  
• RP131 (4b1823) - Bacillus velezensis ATCC PTA -6737 (formerly Bacillus subtilis ATCC 
PTA-6737)  
Re-evaluation:  
• RP1030 (51756i) - Decoquinate (Deccox®)  G/SPS/N/GBR/23  
 
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  Modification:  
• RP419 (51756ii) - Decoquinate (Avi -Deccox®)  
For more information on the authorisations please see the table in the attached Annex.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [X]  animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
− CXG-62-2007 - Working Principles for Risk Analysis for Food Safety for 
Application by Governments  
− CXG-80-2013 - Guidelines on the Application of Risk Assessment for Feed  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the r elevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
Full details of the applications for authorisation of these Feed Additives are laid out in 
previous public consultations on the FSA and FSS websites. The consultations also link to 
the FSA/FSS risk assessment on the uses, available below:  
FSA Consultation on Feed Additives  
FSS Consult ation on Feed Additives  
The FSA/FSS opinions are available below:  
Feed Additives FSA and FSS opinions  
Full text of the legislation is linked for England , Scotland  and Wales . 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 3 November 2022  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 4 November 2022  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 25 November 2022  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
Agency or authority designated to handle commen ts: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
UK SPS Contact Point, Defra, Nobel House, London SW1P 3JR  
E-mail: UKSPS@defra.gov.uk