CELEX: 32008R0775
Language: en
Date: 2008-08-04 00:00:00
Title: 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)

5.8.2008   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 207/5
            
         
      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 establishing the European Community,
   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 the third sentence of Article 13(2) thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               For the additive canthaxanthin the conditions for authorisation for certain categories of animals are provided for in Commission Directive 2003/7/EC of 24 January 2003 amending the conditions for authorisation of canthaxanthin in feedingstuffs in accordance with Council Directive 70/524/EEC (2). For the categories covered by Directive 2003/7/EC, that Directive replaced the conditions of authorisation provided for 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.
            
         
               (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.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               MRLs should therefore be established accordingly for the feed additive canthaxanthin in addition to the existing authorisation conditions of this additive.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               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
   For canthaxanthin, in addition to the conditions of authorisation 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 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, 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.
   
      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
                  
               
               
                  Poultry other than laying hens
               
               
                  15 mg canthaxanthin/kg liver (wet tissue) and 2,5 mg canthaxanthin/kg skin/fat (wet tissue)
               
            
                  Laying hens
               
               
                  30 mg canthaxanthin/kg egg yolk (wet tissue)
               
            
                  Salmon
               
               
                  10 mg canthaxanthin/kg muscle (wet tissue)
               
            
                  Trout
               
               
                  5 mg of canthaxanthin/kg muscle (wet tissue)
               
            
                   
               
               
                  
                              3.1
                           
                           
                              Canthaxanthin authorised for colouring foodstuffs 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
               
               
                  30 mg canthaxanthin/kg egg yolk (wet tissue)
               
            
                  Salmon
               
               
                  10 mg canthaxanthin/kg muscle (wet tissue)
               
            
                  Trout
               
               
                  5 mg canthaxanthin/kg muscle (wet tissue)