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Consolidated text: Commission Regulation (EU) No 349/2010 of 23 April 2010 concerning the authorisation of copper chelate of hydroxy analogue of methionine as a feed additive for all animal species (Text with EEA relevance)

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 349/2010

of 23 April 2010

concerning the authorisation of copper chelate of hydroxy analogue of methionine as a feed additive for all animal species

(Text with EEA relevance)

(OJ L 104 24.4.2010, p. 31)

Amended by:

 

 

Official Journal

  No

page

date

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2018/1039 of 23 July 2018

  L 186

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24.7.2018




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COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 349/2010

of 23 April 2010

concerning the authorisation of copper chelate of hydroxy analogue of methionine as a feed additive for all animal species

(Text with EEA relevance)



Article 1

The preparation specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘nutritional additives’ and to the functional group ‘compounds of trace elements’, is authorised as an additive in animal nutrition subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.

Article 2

Regulation (EC) No 1253/2008 is repealed.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following 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.




ANNEX



Identification number of the additive

Name of the holder of authorisation

Additive

Composition, chemical formula, description, analytical method.

Species or category of animal

Maximum age

Minimum content

Maximum content

Other provisions

End of period of authorisation

Content of element (Cu) in mg/kg of complete feedingstuff with a moisture content of 12 %

Category of nutritional additives. Functional group: compounds of trace elements

3b4.10

Copper chelate of hydroxy analogue of methionine

Characterisation of the additive:

Copper chelate of hydroxy analogue of methionine containing 18 % copper and 79,5 % - 81 % (2-hydroxy-4-methylthio) butanoic acid Mineral oil: 1 %

CAS: 292140-30-8

Analytical method (1):

Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS)

All species

 

►M1  Bovines:

— Bovines before the start of rumination: 15 (total);

— Other bovines: 30 (total).

Ovines: 15 (total).

Caprines: 35 (total)

Piglets:

— suckling and weaned up to 4 weeks after weaning: 150 (total);

— from 5-th week after weaning up to 8 weeks after weaning: 100 (total).

Crustaceans: 50 (total).

Other animals: 25 (total). ◄

1.  The additive shall be incorporated into feed in the form of a premixture.

2.  For user safety: Breathing protection, safety glasses and gloves should be worn during handling.

3.  The following words shall be included in the labelling:

— For feed for sheep if the level of copper in the feed exceeds 10 mg/kg:

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‘The level of copper in this feed may cause poisoning in certain breeds of sheep.’

— For feed for bovines after the start of rumination if the level of copper in the feed is less than 20 mg/kg:

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‘The level of copper in this feed may cause copper deficiencies in cattle grazing pastures with high contents of molybdenum or sulphur.’

14 May 2020

(1)   Details of the analytical methods are available at the following address of the Community Reference Laboratory: http://www.irmm.jrc.be/crl-feed-additives

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