(1)

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.

(2)

In accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, an application was submitted for the authorisation of a preparation of 25-hydroxycholecalciferol produced with Saccharomyces cerevisiae CBS 146008. That application was accompanied by the particulars and documents required under Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.

(3)

That application concerns the authorisation of a preparation of 25-hydroxycholecalciferol produced with Saccharomyces cerevisiae CBS 146008 as a feed additive for all animal species except poultry, pigs and ruminants, requesting that additive to be classified in the additive category ‘nutritional additives’ and in the functional group ‘vitamins, pro-vitamins and chemically well-defined substances having similar effect’.

(4)

The European Food Safety Authority (‘the Authority’) concluded in its opinion of 20 May 2025 (2) that, under the proposed conditions of use, the preparation of 25-hydroxycholecalciferol produced with Saccharomyces cerevisiae CBS 146008 is safe for all animal species except poultry, pigs and ruminants, as well as for consumers and the environment. The Authority also concluded that the additive is not irritant to the skin or eyes. However, due to lack of information, no conclusion on its potential to be a skin sensitiser or on its effects on the respiratory system could be reached The Authority further concluded that the additive is efficacious in covering the target animals’ nutritional requirements. It did not consider that there is a need for specific requirements of post-market monitoring.

(5)

The Reference Laboratory set up by Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 considered that the conclusions and recommendations reached in a previous assessment concerning another application for the authorisation of the same additive and verified by the Authority in its opinion of 5 of July 2023 (3) are valid and applicable for the current application. In accordance with Article 5(4), point (a), of Commission Regulation (EC) No 378/2005 (4), an evaluation report of the Reference Laboratory is therefore not required.

(6)

In view of the above, the Commission considers that a preparation of 25-hydroxycholecalciferol produced with Saccharomyces cerevisiae CBS 146008 satisfies the conditions provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003. Accordingly, the use of that preparation should be authorised for all animal species except poultry, pigs and ruminants. In addition, the Commission considers that appropriate protective measures should be taken to prevent adverse effects on the health of the users of the additive.

(7)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,