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)
Date: 2008-07-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal nutrition, environmental impact, food colouring, freshwater fish, health risk

26.7.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 198/23

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)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

the
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of
European Parliament and of
the Council of 22 September
2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition (1), and in
particular Article 9(2) thereof,

It

rich bacterium Paracoccus carotinifaciens (NITE SD 00017)
does not have an adverse effect on animal health, human
health or the environment and that it favourably affects
the characteristics of animal products (2).
further
concluded that that preparation does not present any
other risk which would, in accordance with Article 5(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, exclude authorisation.
The Authority made a recommendation concerning
maximum residue limits. It did not consider that there
is a need for specific requirements of post market moni­
It also verified the report on the method of
toring.
analysis of the feed additive in feed submitted by the
Community Reference Laboratory set up by Regulation
(EC) No 1831/2003.

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 provides for the authori­
sation of additives for use in animal nutrition and for the
grounds and procedures for granting such authorisation.

In accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No
1831/2003, an application was submitted for the auth­
orisation of the preparation set out in the Annex to this
Regulation. That application was accompanied by the
particulars and documents required under Article 7(3)
of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.

The application concerns authorisation of preparation of
dried killed cells of red carotenoid-rich bacterium Para­
coccus carotinifaciens (NITE SD 00017) as a feed additive
for salmon and trout, to be classified in the additive
category ‘sensory additives’.

(5)

(6)

that preparation shows

The assessment of
the
conditions for authorisation, provided for in Article 5
satisfied.
of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003,
Accordingly,
that preparation should be
the use of
authorised, as specified in the Annex to this Regulation.

that

are

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with
Standing
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

opinion

the

the

of

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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.

(4)

The European Food Safety Authority (the Authority)
concluded in its opinion of 18 September 2007 that
that preparation of dried killed cells of red carotenoid-

(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).

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

(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.

Article 2

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Official Journal of the European Union

26.7.2008

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

Done at Brussels, 25 July 2008.

For the Commission

Androulla VASSILIOU
Member of the Commission

26.7.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 198/25

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