Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/896 of 8 June 2016 concerning the authorisation of iron sodium tartrates as a feed additive for all animal species (Text with EEA relevance)
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  • Corrigendum to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/896 of 8 June 2016 concerning the authorisation of iron sodium tartrates as a feed additive for all animal species, 32016R0896R(01), April 22, 2021
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/896of 8 June 2016concerning the authorisation of iron sodium tartrates as a feed additive for all animal species(Text with EEA relevance)
Article 1The preparation specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category "technological additives" and to the functional group "anti-caking agents" is authorised as an additive in animal nutrition, subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.
Article 2This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of 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
Details of the analytical methods are available at the following address of the Reference Laboratory: https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/eurl/feed-additives/evaluation-reportsCommission Regulation (EC) No 152/2009 of 27 January 2009 laying down the methods of sampling and analysis for the official control of feed (OJ L 54, 26.2.2009, p. 1).Technological additives: anti-caking agents
Identification number of the additiveAdditiveComposition, chemical formula, description, methods of analysisSpecies or category of animalMaximum ageMinimum contentMaximum contentOther provisionsEnd of period of authorisation
mg of active substance/kg of NaCl
1i534Iron sodium tartratesAdditive compositionPreparation of complexation products of sodium tartrates with iron(III) chloride in water solution ≤ 35 % (by weight).Characterisation of active substanceIron(III) complexation product of D(+)-, L(-)- and meso-2,3-dihydroxybutanedioic acidsRatio: iron to meso-tartrate 1:1;Ratio: iron to total tartrate isomers 1:1,5CAS number 1280193-05-6Fe(OH)2C4H4O6NaChloride: ≤ 25 %Oxalates: ≤ 1,5 % expressed as oxalic acidIron: ≥ 8 % iron(III)Analytical methodQuantification of meso-tartrate and D(-), L(+)-tartrates in the feed additive:High Performance Liquid Chromatography with Refraction Index detection (HPLC-RI);Quantification of total iron in the feed additive:Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-AES) — EN 15510, orInductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy after pressure digestion (ICP-AES) — EN 15621,orInductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-AES) — EN ISO 11885, orAtomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS) — EN ISO 6869, orAtomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS) — Commission Regulation (EC) No 152/2009; andQuantification of total sodium in the feed additive:Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-AES) — EN 15510; orInductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy after pressure digestion (ICP-AES) — EN 15621; orInductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-AES) — EN ISO 11885; orAtomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS) — EN ISO 6869; andQuantification of total chloride in the feed additive:Titrimetry —Regulation (EC) No 152/2009 or ISO 6495.All animals species———1.The additive shall be used only in NaCl (sodium chloride).2.Minimum recommended dose: 26 mg of iron sodium tartrates/kg NaCl (equivalent to 3 mg iron/kg of NaCl).3.Maximum recommended dose: 106 mg of iron sodium tartrates/kg NaCl.29 June 2026
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