Notice - Notification of WTO Members: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/506 concerning the authorisation of methanethiol as a feed additive for all animal species
| WTO code |
G/SPS/N/EU/476 |
| Date notice |
06/04/2021 |
| Notice type |
Regular |
| Title |
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/506 concerning the authorisation of methanethiol as a feed additive for all animal species |
| Summary |
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. Article 10(2) of that Regulation provides for the re-evaluation of additives authorised pursuant to Council Directive 70/524/EEC. Methanethiol was authorised without a time limit, in accordance with Directive 70/524/EEC, as a feed additive for all animal species. This additive was subsequently entered in the Register of feed additives as an existing product, in accordance with Article 10(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003. In accordance with Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 in conjunction with Article 7 thereof, an application was submitted for the re-evaluation of methanethiol as a feed additive for all animal species. The applicant requested the additive to be classified in the additive category 'sensory additives' and in the functional group 'flavouring compounds'. That application was accompanied by the particulars and documents required under Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003. The European Food Safety Authority ('the Authority') concluded in its opinions of 17 April 2013 and 30 September 2020 that, under the proposed conditions of use, methanethiol does not have an adverse effect on animal health, human health or the environment. It also concluded that the additive should be considered as irritant to skin and eyes and to the respiratory tract and no conclusions could be drawn on skin sensitisation. Therefore, the Commission considers that appropriate protective measures should be taken to prevent adverse effects on human health, in particular as regards the users of the additive. The Authority does not consider that there is a need for specific requirements of postmarket monitoring. It also verified the report on the methods of analysis of the feed additives in feed submitted by the Reference Laboratory set up by Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003. The assessment of methanethiol shows that the conditions for authorisation, as provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, are satisfied. Accordingly, the use of methanethiol should be authorised as specified in the Annex to this Regulation.
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| Product |
Preparation of a kind used in animal nutrition (HS Code: 2309) |
| Country |
European Union |
File attach:
NEU476.pdf
Orther Notice: