#32026R1148EU renews beta-carotene authorisation for animal feed additives
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This regulation renews the EU authorisation for beta-carotene and a beta-carotene preparation as nutritional feed additives for all animal species. It keeps the additive available for feed producers, livestock operators, and suppliers that use beta-carotene as a vitamin-like substance in animal nutrition. The renewal follows a safety review that found the additive remains safe for animals, consumers, and the environment under the authorised conditions. The regulation also repeals the previous 2015 authorisation and updates the legal basis for continued use, with attention to consumer exposure where beta-carotene is used in milk replacers for veal calves.
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Key Changes
- Renews the EU authorisation of beta-carotene and a beta-carotene preparation as feed additives for all animal species
- Keeps the additives classified as nutritional additives in the vitamin and provitamin functional group
- Repeals the earlier authorisation under Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1103
Obligations
What this law requires
Feed business operators may use beta-carotene and beta-carotene preparations as nutritional feed additives for all animal species only under the authorised conditions renewed by this Regulation.
Feed business operators should avoid unlimited use of beta-carotene as an additive in milk replacers for veal calves because EFSA identified potential consumer-safety concerns from additional exposure through veal calf liver.