#32026R0516Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/516 correcting thujones concentration limit in Spanish sage essential oil
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This regulation corrects an error in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1403 regarding the authorised feed additive Spanish sage essential oil (from Salvia officinalis ssp. Lavandulifolia). The original text incorrectly listed the thujones concentration as '0,001 %'. The correction changes it to '≤ 0,001 %' to accurately reflect the EFSA scientific opinion that thujones were not detected using gas chromatography–mass spectrometry with a limit of detection of 0.001 %. The amendment applies only to the specifications section in the Annex for the additive 2b413-eo. It maintains the 10-year authorisation for use in all animal species as a feed additive.
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Key Changes
- Corrects thujones specification in Annex for additive 2b413-eo Spanish sage essential oil
- Replaces '— Thujones: 0,001 %' with '— Thujones: ≤ 0,001 %' in the Composition/Specifications column
- Aligns with EFSA opinion of 17 September 2024 showing thujones not detected (LOD 0.001 %)
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Obligations
What this law requires
Update the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1403 to change the thujones specification for feed additive 2b413-eo Spanish sage essential oil from '0,001 %' to '≤ 0,001 %'
Ensure that Spanish sage essential oil from Salvia officinalis ssp. Lavandulifolia (2b413-eo) is only authorised for use in all animal species with thujones concentration specification of ≤ 0,001 % as corrected
Maintain the 10-year authorisation period for Spanish sage essential oil as originally established in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1403
Apply this corrective regulation as binding and directly applicable in all EU Member States upon entry into force on the twentieth day following publication in the Official Journal of the European Union