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Official Journal of the European Union
20.9.2012
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 849/2012
of 19 September 2012
concerning the authorisation of the preparation of citric acid, sorbic acid, thymol and vanillin as a
feed additive for chickens for fattening, chickens reared for laying, all minor avian species for
fattening and reared for laying and weaned Suidae other than Sus scrofa domesticus (holder of
the authorisation Vetagro SpA)
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
under the proposed conditions of use, the preparation
of citric acid, sorbic acid, thymol and vanillin set out
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
in the Annex does not have an adverse effect on
Union,
animal health, human health or the environment, and
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the
that this additive has the potential to improve
European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September
performance of the target species. The Authority does
2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition ( 1 ), and in
not consider that there is a need for specific requirements
particular Article 9(2) thereof,
of post-market monitoring. It also verified the report on
the method of analysis of the feed additive in feed
Whereas:
submitted by the Reference Laboratory set up by Regu
(1) Regulation
(EC)
No
1831/2003
provides
for
the
auth
lation (EC) No 1831/2003.
orisation of additives for use in animal nutrition and
for the grounds and procedures for granting such auth
(6) The
assessment
of
that
preparation
shows
that
the
orisation.
conditions for authorisation, as provided for in
Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, are satisfied.
(2) In
accordance
with
Article
7
of
Regulation
(EC)
No
Accordingly, the use of this preparation should be auth
1831/2003, an application was submitted for the auth
orised as specified in the Annex to this Regulation.
orisation of a preparation of citric acid, sorbic acid,
thymol and vanillin. The application was accompanied
(7) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in
by the particulars and documents required under
accordance with the opinion of the Standing
Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
(3) The
application
concerns
the
authorisation
of
a
prep
aration of citric acid, sorbic acid, thymol and vanillin
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
as a feed additive for chickens for fattening, chickens
reared for laying, all minor avian species for fattening
Article 1
and reared for laying and all minor porcine species
(weaned), to be classified in the additive category ‘zoo
The preparation specified in the Annex, belonging to the
technical additives’.
additive category ‘zootechnical additives’ and to the functional

group ‘other zootechnical additives’, is authorised as an additive
(4)
The use of a preparation of citric acid, sorbic acid,
in animal nutrition as specified in that Annex.
thymol and vanillin was authorised for 10 years as a
feed additive for use in weaned piglets by Commission
Article 2
Regulation (EU) No 1117/2010 ( 2 ).
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day
(5) The
European
Food
Safety
Authority
(‘the
Authority’) following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
concluded in its opinion of 25 May 2012 ( 3 ) that
European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 19 September 2012.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
( 1 ) OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 29.
( 2 ) OJ L 317, 3.12.2010, p. 3.
( 3 ) EFSA Journal (2012); 10(5):2670.

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ANNEX
Minimum
Maximum
content
content
Identification
number of Name of the holder
Species or category of
Other provisions
End of period of
the additive
of authorisation
Additive
Composition, chemical formula, description,
analytical method
animal
Maximum age
mg/kg of complete
authorisation
feedingstuff with a moisture
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content of 12 %

Category of zootechnical additives. Functional group: other zootechnical additives (improvement of zootechnical parameters)
4d 3 Vetagro
SpA Preparation
of Additive composition
Chickens for
— 200
— For
safety:
breathing
10 October
citric acid, sorbic
fattening and
protection, glasses and
2022
acid, thymol and Preparation of protected microbeads
reared for laying
gloves shall be used during
vanillin
containing citric acid, sorbic acid, thymol
handling.
and vanillin with a minimum of:
Minor avian species
Citric acid: 25 g/100 g
for fattening and
reared for laying
Sorbic acid: 16,7 g/100 g
icial
Thymol: 1,7 g/100 g
Jour
Weaned Suidae
1 000
Vanillin: 1 g/100 g
nal
other than Sus
of
the
Characterisation of active substances
scrofa domesticus
European
Citric acid C 6H 8O 7 (purity ≥ 99,5 %)
2-hydroxy-1,2,3-propanetricarboxylic
acid, CAS number 77-92-9 anhydrous
Union
Sorbic acid C 6H 8O 2 (purity ≥ 99,5 %)
2,4-hexadienoic acid, CAS number
110-44-1
Thymol (purity ≥ 98 %)
5-methyl-2-(1-methylethyl)phenol, CAS
number 89-83-8)
Vanillin (purity ≥ 99,5 %)
4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde, CAS
number 121-33-5)
Analytical methods (1 )
Determination of sorbic acid and thymol
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in feed: reverse phase high performance
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liquid chromatography method equipped

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Minimum
Maximum
content
content
Identification
number of Name of the holder
Species or category of
Other provisions
End of period of
the additive
of authorisation
Additive
Composition, chemical formula, description,
analytical method
animal
Maximum age
mg/kg of complete
authorisation
feedingstuff with a moisture
content of 12 %
with ultraviolet/diode array detection
(RP-HPLC-UV/DAD). Determination of
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citric acid in the additive and

premixtures: (RP-HPLC-UV/DAD).
Determination of citric acid in
feedingstuff: enzymatic determination of
citric content-NADH (reduced form of
nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide)
spectrometric method.
(1 ) Details of the analytical methods are available at the following address of the Reference Laboratory: http://irmm.jrc.ec.europa.eu/EURLs/EURL_feed_additives/Pages/index.aspx
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icial
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of
the
European
Union
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