COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 892/2010  
of 8 October 2010  
on the status of certain products with regard to feed additives within the scope of Regulation 
(EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council  
(Text with EEA relevance)  
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,  
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European 
Union,  
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the 
European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 
2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition (  1 ), and in 
particular Article 2(3) thereof,  
Whereas:  
(1) For certain substances, micro-organisms or preparations, 
referred to as products, there is uncertainty whether they 
are feed additives. This uncertainty concerns some 
products which are authorised as feed additives 
included in the Register of feed additives and also 
included in the Catalogue of feed materials provided 
for in Article 24 of Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 of 
the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 
2009 on the placing on the market and use of feed, 
amending European Parliament and Council Regulation 
(EC) No 1831/2003 and repealing Council Directive 
79/373/EEC, Commission Directive 80/511/EEC, 
Council Directives 82/471/EEC, 83/228/EEC, 93/74/EEC, 
93/113/EC and 96/25/EC and Commission Decision 
2004/217/EC (  2 ), some products which are neither au- 
thorised as feed additives nor included in the Catalogue 
of feed materials and some products which are auth ­
orised as feed additives, but could be included in the 
Catalogue of feed materials in accordance with the 
conditions laid down in Regulation (EC) No 767/2009.  
(2) To avoid inconsistencies in the treatment of such 
products, to facilitate the work of the national 
competent control authorities and to lighten the 
burden of the interested parties, as regards certain 
products it is necessary to adopt a Regulation 
determining those products that are not feed additives.  
(3) For that determination all the characteristics of the 
products concerned have to be taken into account.  
(4) From a comparison between the characteristics of the 
products included in the Register of feed additives on the one hand and of the products mentioned in the 
Catalogue of feed materials on the other hand, several 
criteria may be derived for the classification of products 
as feed material, feed additive or other products. Useful 
criteria for this differentiation are amongst others the 
production and processing method, the level of standard ­
isation, the homogenisation, the purity, the chemical 
definition and the mode of use of the products. For 
the sake of consistency, products with similar properties 
should be classified by analogy. For products for which 
there were doubts whether they were feed additives, an 
examination has been carried out taking into account 
these criteria.  
(5) Based on that examination, the products set out in the 
Annex should not be considered as feed additives within 
the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.  
(6) As regards the labelling of the products which were au- 
thorised as feed additives and the labelling of feed 
materials and compound feed containing those 
products, a transitional period should be provided to 
allow feed business operators to adapt. Furthermore 
those products should be deleted from the Register of 
feed additives.  
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in 
accordance with the opinion of the Standing 
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,  
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:  
Article 1  
The substances, micro-organisms and preparations (referred to 
as ‘products’), as set out in the Annex, are not feed additives 
within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.  
Article 2  
The products listed under Part 1 of the Annex shall no longer 
be considered as authorised feed additives within the scope of 
Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.EN L 266/6 Official Journal of the European Union 9.10.2010  
( 1 ) OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 29.  
( 2 ) OJ L 229, 1.9.2009, p. 1.Article 3  
Products set out in Part 1 of the Annex which are labelled as 
feed additives and pre-mixtures in accordance with Regulation 
(EC) No 1831/2003 may continue to be placed on the market 
until 9 October 2013 and remain on the market until stocks 
are exhausted. The same applies to feed materials or compound feed which refer to these products in their labelling as feed 
additives in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 767/2009.  
Article 4  
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.  
Done at Brussels, 8 October 2010.  
For the Commission  
The President  
José Manuel BARROSOEN 9.10.2010 Official Journal of the European Union L 266/7ANNEX  
Products which are not feed additives within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003  
PART 1  
Products which were authorised as feed additives  
1.1. Calcium carbonate  
1.2. Sodium dihydrogen orthophosphate  
1.3. Disodium hydrogen orthophosphate  
1.4. Trisodium orthophosphate  
1.5. Sodium sulphate  
1.6. Calcium tetrahydrogen diorthophosphate  
1.7. Calcium hydrogen orthophosphate  
1.8. Tetrasodium diphosphate  
1.9. Pentasodium triphosphate  
1.10. Dicalcium diphosphate  
1.11. Calcium sulphate, dihydrate  
1.12. Sodium carbonate  
1.13. Sodium hydrogen carbonate  
1.14. Sodium, potassium and calcium salts of edible fatty acids with at least four carbon atoms/stearates  
1.15. Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids with at least four carbon atoms  
1.16. Mono- and diglycerides of edible fatty acids with at least four carbon atoms esterified with the following acids: 
acetic, lactic, citric, tartaric, mono- and diacetyltartaric  
1.17. Glycerol  
1.18. Propane-1,2-diol  
1.19. PectinsEN L 266/8 Official Journal of the European Union 9.10.2010PART 2  
Products which were not authorised as feed additives  
2.1. Potassium chloride  
2.2. Calcium chloride  
2.3. Calcium sodium phosphate  
2.4. Sodium magnesium phosphate  
2.5. Methyl sulfonyl methane (MSM)  
2.6. Plain caramel  
2.7. Glucosamine, Chitosamine (amino sugar (monosaccharide) being part of the structure of the polysaccharides 
chitosan and chitin, produced, for example, by the hydrolysis of crustacean and other arthropods exoskeletons 
or by fermentation of a grain such as maize or wheat)  
2.8. Chondroitin sulphate (polysaccharide with repeating unit consisting of an amino sugar and D-glucuronic acid, 
sulphate esters of chondroitin are major structural components of cartilage, tendons and bones)  
2.9. Hyaluronic acid (glucosamineglucan (polysaccharide) with repeating unit consisting of an amino sugar (N-acetyl-D- 
glucosamine) and D-glucuronic acid present in the skin, synovial fluid and the umbilical cord, produced, for 
example, from animal tissue or by bacterial fermentation)  
2.10. Egg powder (dried eggs without shells or a mixture of dried albumen and dried egg yolk)  
2.11. Lactulose (disaccharide (4-O-D-galactopyranosyl-D-fructose) obtained from lactose through the isomerisation of 
glucose to fructose. Naturally present in heat treated milk and milk products)  
2.12. Plant sterols (phytosterols are a group of steroid alcohols, naturally occurring in plants in small quantities and 
presented as free sterols or esterified with fatty acids)  
2.13. Tagetes flower meal (ground meal of dried flowers of  Tagetes sp. ) 
2.14. Paprika meal (ground meal of dried fruits of  Capsicum sp. ) 
2.15. Chlorella suspension or meal (suspension of the living  Chlorella sp.  in water or dried and ground meal of  
Chlorella sp. ) 
2.16. Algae meal (dried and ground meal of micro-algae such as  Schizochytrium sp. , the cells of which have been 
inactivated)  
2.17. Fermentation products and by-products (fermented feed materials after inactivation of the fermentative micro- 
organism and fermentation by-product (dried and ground by product of solid state or liquid fermentation) after 
extraction of the active component or activity, inactivation of the micro-organism and with only residual content(s) 
of active component(s) or activity remaining in the product)EN 9.10.2010 Official Journal of the European Union L 266/9