Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1523 of 28 July 2025 concerning the authorisation of a preparation of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum NCIMB 30094 as a feed additive for all animal species
Date: 2025-07-28
Institutions: Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, European Commission
Subjects: fodder, food additive, market approval, microorganism








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Official Journal of the European Union


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2025/1523


29.7.2025







            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2025/1523
of 28 July 2025
         
concerning the authorisation of a preparation of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum NCIMB 30094 as a feed additive for all animal species
(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 9(2) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


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












(2)


In accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, an application was submitted for the authorisation of a preparation of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum NCIMB 30094. That application was accompanied by the particulars and documents required under Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.












(3)


The application concerns the authorisation of the preparation of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum NCIMB 30094 as a feed additive for all animal species, requesting that additive to be classified in the category ‘technological additives’ and in the functional group ‘silage additives’.












(4)


The European Food Safety Authority (‘the Authority’) concluded in its opinion of 26 November 2024 (2) that Lactiplantibacillus plantarum NCIMB 30094 is safe for the target species, consumers and the environment. It also concluded that the additive is not a skin irritant, but it is an eye irritant, it should be considered as a potential skin and respiratory sensitiser, and any exposure through skin and respiratory tract is considered a risk. The Authority further concluded that Lactiplantibacillus plantarum NCIMB 30094 is efficacious as a silage additive at the proposed conditions of use. The Authority also verified the report on the method of analysis of the feed additive in feed submitted by the Reference Laboratory set up by Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.












(5)


In view of the above, the Commission considers that the preparation of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum NCIMB 30094 satisfies the conditions provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003. Accordingly, the use of that preparation should be authorised. In addition, the Commission considers that appropriate protective measures should be taken to prevent adverse effects on the health of the users of the additive.












(6)


The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1

Authorisation

The preparation specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘technological additives’ and to the functional group ‘silage additives’, is authorised as an additive in animal nutrition, subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.


Article 2

Entry into force

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, 28 July 2025.


For the Commission


The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 29, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2003/1831/oj.

(2)  
            EFSA Journal, 23(1), e9144. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2025.9144.




ANNEX













Identification number of the feed additive


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




CFU/kg of fresh material





Category: technological additives. Functional group: silage additives





1k20723



Lactiplantibacillus plantarum NCIMB 30094



Additive composition

Preparation of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum NCIMB 30094 containing a minimum of 5 × 1010 CFU/g additive
Solid form
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Characterisation of the active substance

Viable cells of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum NCIMB 30094
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Analytical method
 (1)

Identification of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum NCIMB 30094:






—


DNA sequencing methods or Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE) (CEN/TS 17697)




Enumeration of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum NCIMB 30094:






—


Spread plate (or pour plate) method on MRS agar (EN 15787)






All animal species


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-


-








1.


In the directions for use of the additive and premixtures, the storage conditions shall be indicated.










2.


Minimum dose of the additive when it is not used in combination with other micro-organisms as silage additives: 1 × 109 CFU/kg fresh plant material.










3.


Cryoprotectants used in the preparation of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum NCIMB 30094 may include inter alia:






—


glycine ≤ 18 %










—


sodium erythorbate ≤ 18 %














4.


For users of the additive and premixtures, feed business operators shall establish operational procedures and organisational measures to address potential risks resulting from their use. Where those risks cannot be eliminated by such procedures and measures, the additive and premixtures shall be used with personal skin, eye and breathing protective equipment.






18 August 2035






(1)  Details of the analytical methods are available at the following address of the Reference Laboratory: https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/eurl-fa-eurl-feed-additives/eurl-fa-authorisation/eurl-fa-evaluation-reports_en.



ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/1523/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)