Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 414/2012 of 15 May 2012 amending Regulation (EC) No 554/2008 as regards the minimum content and the minimum recommended dose of an enzyme preparation of 6-phytase as a feed additive in feed for turkeys for fattening  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-05-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal feedingstuffs, fattening, food additive, market approval, poultry




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16.5.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 128/5








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 414/2012
of 15 May 2012
         
amending Regulation (EC) No 554/2008 as regards the minimum content and the minimum recommended dose of an enzyme preparation of 6-phytase as a feed additive in feed for turkeys for fattening
(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 13(3) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


An enzyme preparation of 6-phytase (EC 3.1.3.26), belonging to the additive category of ‘zootechnical additives’, was authorised for 10 years as a feed additive for use for chickens for fattening, laying hens, ducks for fattening, turkeys for fattening and weaned piglets by Commission Regulation (EC) No 554/2008 (2).












(2)


In accordance with Article 13(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, the holder of the authorisation has proposed changing the terms of authorisation of the preparation concerned by reducing its minimum content and the minimum recommended dose from 1 000 FTU/kg to 500 FTU/kg complete feedingstuff, as regards use for turkeys for fattening. That application was accompanied by the relevant supporting data.












(3)


The European Food Safety Authority concluded in its opinion of 13 November 2011 that the preparation concerned has the potential to improve phosphorus utilisation in turkeys for fattening at the requested minimum dose of 500 FTU/kg (3) complete feedingstuff.












(4)


The conditions provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 are satisfied.












(5)


Regulation (EC) No 554/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.












(6)


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
Regulation (EC) No 554/2008 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of 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, 15 May 2012.


For the Commission


The President

José Manuel BARROSO
            





(1)  
            OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 29.

(2)  
            OJ L 158, 18.6.2008, p. 14.

(3)  
            EFSA Journal 2012; 10(1):2533.




ANNEX
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 554/2008 is replaced by the following:




                     ‘ANNEX














Identification number of the additive


Name of the holder of authorisation


Additive


Composition, chemical formula, description, analytical method


Species or category of animal


Maximum age


Minimum content


Maximum content


Other provisions


End of period of authorisation




Units of activity/kg of complete feedingstuff with a moisture content of 12 %





Category of zootechnical additives. Functional group: digestibility enhancers






4a5


AB Enzymes GmbH


6-phytase
EC 3.1.3.26








 



Additive composition

Preparation of 6-phytase EC 3.1.3.26 produced by Pichia pastoris (DSM 15927) having a minimum activity of:






 


Solid form: 2 500  FTU/g (1)











 


Liquid form: 5 000  FTU/ml














 



Characterisation of the active substance

6-phytase EC 3.1.3.26 produced by Pichia pastoris (DSM 15927)










 



Analytical method
 (2)

Colorimetric method based on reaction of vanadomolybdate on organic phosphate produced by reaction on a phytate-containing substrate (sodium phosphate) at pH 5,5 and 37 °C.






Chickens for fattening


—


500  FTU


—








1.


In the directions for use of the additive and premixture, indicate the storage temperature, storage life, and stability to pelleting.










2.


Recommended dose per kilogram of complete feedingstuff:






—


chickens for fattening: 500-2 500  FTU,










—


laying hens: 250-2 000  FTU,










—


ducks for fattening: 250-2 000  FTU,










—


turkeys for fattening: 500-2 700  FTU,










—


piglets (weaned): 100-2 500  FTU.














3.


For use in compound feed containing more than 0,25 % phytin-bound phosphorus.










4.


For use in weaned piglets up to approximately 35 kg.










5.


For safety: breathing protection glasses and gloves shall be used during handling.






8.7.2018




Laying hens


—


250  FTU


—




Ducks for fattening


—


250  FTU


—




Turkeys for fattening


—


500  FTU


—




Piglets (weaned)


—


100  FTU


—









(1)  1 FTU is the amount of enzyme which liberates 1 micromole of inorganic phosphate per minute from sodium phytate at pH 5,5 and 37 °C.

(2)  Details of the analytical methods are available at the following address of the Community Reference Laboratory: www.irmm.jrc.be/crl-feed-additives’