Notice - Notification of WTO Members: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1375 of 5 August 2022 concerning the denial of authorisation of ethoxyquin as a feed additive belonging to the functional group of antioxidants and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/962
| WTO code |
G/SPS/N/EU/590 |
| Date notice |
18/08/2022 |
| Notice type |
Regular |
| Title |
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1375 of 5 August 2022 concerning the denial of authorisation of ethoxyquin as a feed additive belonging to the functional group of antioxidants and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/962 |
| Summary |
The authorisation of ethoxyquin used as an antioxidant feed additive for all animal species had been suspended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/962 of 7 June 2017, as amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/412, on the basis of the opinion of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) of 21 October 2015 (cf notification G/SPS/N/EU/190). The authorisation of the additive was suspended pending the submission and assessment of supplementary data to be produced by the applicant for authorisation, in accordance with a time schedule listing the necessary studies to be carried out. Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/962 provided for a review of the suspension measure by 31 December 2022 at the latest and in any event after the adoption by EFSA of a non-favourable opinion on the safety and efficacy of the additive ethoxyquin.
After assessment of the submitted supplementary data, EFSA adopted on 27 January 2022 a new opinion, which was not favourable as regards the safety of the additive, in particular for long-living and reproductive animals, for consumers and for the environment. Therefore, since the conditions for authorisation of the additive laid down by the relevant EU legislation are still not met, the authorisation of ethoxyquin had to be denied, which is the subject matter of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1375. The notified measure therefore confirms the withdrawal from the EU market of the feed additive ethoxyquin for use for all animal species.
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| Product |
Ethoxyquin (6-ethoxy-1,2-dihydro-2,2,4-trimethylquinoline) as a feed additive and all types of animal feed containing ethoxyquin |
| Country |
European Union |
File attach:
NEU590.pdf
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