Commission Regulation (EC) No 775/2008 of 4 August 2008 establishing maximum residue limits for the feed additive canthaxanthin in addition to the conditions provided for in Directive 2003/7/EC (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-08-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal nutrition, fish, food additive, food chemistry, foodstuffs legislation, poultry

5.8.2008

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 775/2008

of 4 August 2008

establishing maximum residue limits for the feed additive canthaxanthin in addition to the
conditions provided for in Directive 2003/7/EC

(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 the third sentence of Article 13(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(3)

(4)

(1)

For the additive canthaxanthin the conditions for auth­
orisation for certain categories of animals are provided
for in Commission Directive 2003/7/EC of 24 January
2003 amending the conditions
for authorisation of
in accordance with
canthaxanthin in feedingstuffs
Council Directive 70/524/EEC (2). For
the categories
covered by Directive 2003/7/EC, that Directive replaced
the
in
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2316/98 (3). That
additive was entered in the Community Register of
Feed Additives as an existing product
in accordance
with Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.

authorisation provided

conditions

for

of

(2)

On a request by the Commission, the European Food
Safety Authority (the Authority) adopted an opinion on

14 June 2007 on maximum residue limits (MRLs) for
canthaxanthin in foodstuffs coming from animals (4).
To respect the acceptable daily intake of canthaxanthin,
the Authority proposed to set MRLs for that substance
according to the values given in that opinion.

MRLs should therefore be established accordingly for the
feed additive canthaxanthin in addition to the existing
authorisation conditions of this additive.

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

in addition to the conditions of authoris-
For canthaxanthin,
ation provided for in Directive 2003/7/EC, maximum residue
limits shall apply as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following
the European
that of
Union.

its publication in the Official

Journal of

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

Done at Brussels, 4 August 2008.

For the Commission

Androulla VASSILIOU
Member of the Commission

(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) OJ L 22, 25.1.2003, p. 28.
(3) OJ L 289, 28.10.1998, p. 4.

(4) Scientific Opinion of

the Panel on Additives and Products or
Substances used in Animal Feed on the Maximum Residue Limits
for canthaxanthin in foodstuffs coming from animals fed with
canthaxanthin used as a feed additive. The EFSA Journal
(2007)
507, 1-19.

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ANNEX

EC No

Additive

Chemical
formula,
description

Species or category of animal

Maximum residue limits (MRLs) in the
relevant foodstuffs of animal origin

Colourants including pigments

1. Carotenoids and xanthophylls

E161 g

Canthaxanthin

C40H52O2

3.1 Canthaxanthin
for
authorised
food­
colouring
stuffs
by
Community rules

Poultry other than laying hens 15 mg canthaxanthin/kg liver (wet
tissue) and 2,5 mg canthaxanthin/
kg skin/fat (wet tissue)

Laying hens

Salmon

Trout

30 mg canthaxanthin/kg egg yolk
(wet tissue)

10 mg canthaxanthin/kg muscle
(wet tissue)

5 mg of canthaxanthin/kg muscle
(wet tissue)

Poultry other than laying hens 15 mg canthaxanthin/kg liver (wet
tissue) and 2,5 mg canthaxanthin/
kg skin/fat (wet tissue)

Laying hens

Salmon

Trout

30 mg canthaxanthin/kg egg yolk
(wet tissue)

10 mg canthaxanthin/kg muscle
(wet tissue)

5 mg canthaxanthin/kg muscle
(wet tissue)