Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/95 of 15 January 2026 withdrawing from the market oct-2-enal, dec-2-enal, 2-hexenal, 3,5- octadiene-2-one, dec-2-enoic acid, phenethyl propionate, methyl decanoate, ethyl dec-2-enoate, ethyl dec-4-enoate, butylamine, 3-methylbutane-1-thiol, 2-methylfuran, 2-acetyl-5-methylfuran, 2-acetyl-3-methylpyrazine and picoline beta (3-methylpyridine) as feed additives for cats and dogs
Date: 2026-01-15
Institutions: Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, European Commission
Subjects: domestic animal, food additive, market approval, pet food, withdrawal from the market




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Official Journal of the European Union


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2026/95


16.1.2026







            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2026/95
of 15 January 2026
         
withdrawing from the market oct-2-enal, dec-2-enal, 2-hexenal, 3,5- octadiene-2-one, dec-2-enoic acid, phenethyl propionate, methyl decanoate, ethyl dec-2-enoate, ethyl dec-4-enoate, butylamine, 3-methylbutane-1-thiol, 2-methylfuran, 2-acetyl-5-methylfuran, 2-acetyl-3-methylpyrazine and picoline beta (3-methylpyridine) as feed additives for cats and dogs
(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 10(5) 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 authorisation. In particular, Article 10(2) of that Regulation provides rules for the re-evaluation of additives authorised pursuant to Council Directive 70/524/EEC (2).












(2)


Article 10(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 imposes an obligation on the Commission to adopt a Regulation requiring the withdrawal from the market of feed additives for which no applications as required by Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 were submitted before the deadline provided for in that provision. Similarly, a Regulation should be adopted concerning feed additives for which an application was submitted but subsequently withdrawn.












(3)


As the applications concerning the feed additives oct-2-enal, dec-2-enal, 2-hexenal, 3,5- octadiene-2-one, dec-2-enoic acid, phenethyl propionate, methyl decanoate, ethyl dec-2-enoate, ethyl dec-4-enoate, butylamine, 3-methylbutane-1-thiol, 2-methylfuran, 2-acetyl-5-methylfuran, 2-acetyl-3-methylpyrazine and picoline beta (3-methylpyridine) were withdrawn for the use for cats and dogs, these additives should be withdrawn from the market for the use for these animal species.












(4)


It is appropriate to allow for a transitional period within which existing stocks of the additives concerned, premixtures, compound feed and feed materials which have been produced with those additives may be used up in respect of cats and dogs, in order to allow interested parties to adapt to the obligation to withdraw those products from the market.












(5)


The withdrawal from the market of the products listed in the Annex does not prevent them from being authorised or from being subject to a measure concerning their status in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.












(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

Withdrawal from the market

The feed additives specified in the Annex, as authorised pursuant to Directive 70/524/EEC, shall be withdrawn from the market in respect of the use for the animal species referred to in that Annex.


Article 2


Transitional measures



1.   Existing stocks of the feed additives referred to in Article 1 may continue to be placed on the market and used until 5 February 2027.


2.   Premixtures produced with the feed additives referred to in paragraph 1 may continue to be placed on the market and used until 5 May 2027.


3.   Compound feed and feed materials produced with the feed additives referred to in paragraph 1 or with the premixtures referred to in paragraph 2 may continue to be placed on the market and used until 5 February 2028.



Article 3

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, 15 January 2026.


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)  Council Directive 70/524/EEC of 23 November 1970 concerning additives in feedingstuffs (OJ L 270, 14.12.1970, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/1970/524/oj).




ANNEX
Feed additives to be withdrawn from the market, as referred to in Article 1








Identification number


Additive


Animal species or category





Flavouring and appetising substances






Natural products and corresponding synthetic products





 


CAS No 2363-89-5 / Oct-2-enal / Flavis No 05.060


Cats and dogs




 


CAS No 3913-71-1 / Dec-2-enal / Flavis No 05.076


Cats and dogs




 


CAS No 505-57-7 / 2-Hexenal (synonym hex-2-enal)/ Flavis No 05.189


Cats and dogs




 


CAS No 30086-02-3 / 3,5-Octadiene-2-one / Flavis No 07.247


Cats and dogs




 


CAS No 3913-85-7 / Dec-2-enoic acid / Flavis No 08.073


Cats and dogs




 


CAS No 122-70-3 / Phenethyl propionate / Flavis No 09.137


Cats and dogs




 


CAS No 110-42-9 / Methyl decanoate / Flavis No 09.251


Cats and dogs




 


CAS No 7367-88-6 / Ethyl dec-2-enoate / Flavis No 09.283


Cats and dogs




 


CAS No 76649-16-6 / Ethyl dec-4-enoate / Flavis No 09.284


Cats and dogs




 


CAS No 109-73-9 / Butylamine / Flavis No 11.003


Cats and dogs




 


CAS No 541-31-1 / 3-Methylbutane-1-thiol / Flavis No 12.171


Cats and dogs




 


CAS No 534-22-5 / 2-Methylfuran / Flavis No 13.030


Cats and dogs




 


CAS No 1193-79-9 / 2-Acetyl-5-methylfuran / Flavis No 13.083


Cats and dogs




 


CAS No 23787-80-6 / 2-Acetyl-3-methylpyrazine / Flavis No 14.082


Cats and dogs




 


CAS No 108-99-6 / Picoline beta (3-methylpyridine) / Flavis No 14.135


Cats and dogs







ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/95/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)