{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1998-2316/annex-I",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1998-2316/annex-I.json",
  "legislation": "eur/1998/2316",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 2316/98 of 26 October 1998 concerning authorisation of new additives and amending the conditions for authorisation of a number of additives already authorised in feedingstuffs (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1998-2316",
  "path": "annex/I",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "I",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "No\nEC No\nAdditive\nChemical formula, description\nSpecies or category of animal\nMaximum age\nMinimum content\nMaximum content\nOther provisions\nDuration of authorisation\nmg/kg of complete feedingstuff\nColouring matters including pigments\n1.\nCarotenoids and xanthophylls\nE 160a\nBeta-carotene\nC40H56\nCanaries\n—\n—\n—\n—\n30.9.1999\nE 160c\nCapsanthin\nC40H56O3\nPoultry\n—\n—\n80 (alone or with the other carotenoids and xanthophylls)\n—\nWithout a time limit\nE 160e\nBeta-apo-8′-carotenal\nC30H40O\nPoultry\n—\n—\n80 (alone or with the other carotenoids and xanthophylls)\n—\nWithout a time limit\nE 160f\nEthyl ester of beta-apo-8′-carotenoic acid\nC32H44O2\nPoultry\n—\n—\n80 (alone or with the other carotenoids and xanthophylls)\n—\nWithout a time limit\nE 161b\nLutein\nC40H56O2\nPoultry\n—\n—\n80 (alone or with the other carotenoids and xantho-phylls)\n—\nWithout a time limit\nE 161c\nCryptoxanthin\nC40H56O\nPoultry\n—\n—\n80 (alone or with the other carotenoids and xantho-phylls)\n—\nWithout a time limit\nE 16lg\nCanthaxanthin\nC40H52O2\nPoultry\n—\n—\n80 (alone or with the other carotenoids and xantho-phylls)\n—\nWithout a time limit\nSalmon, trout\n—\n—\n80\nUse permitted from the age of six months onwards\nThe mixture of canthaxanthin with astaxanthin is allowed provided that the total concentration of the mixture does not exceed 100 mg/kg in the complete feedingstuff\nWithout a time limit\nDogs, cats and ornamental fish\n—\n—\n—\n—\nWithout a time limit\nPet and ornamental birds\n—\n—\n—\n—\n30.9.1999\nE 161h\nZeaxanthin\nC40H56O2\nPoultry\n—\n—\n80 (alone or with the other carotenoids and xanthophylls)\n—\nWithout a time limit\nE 16li\nCitranaxanthin\nC33H44O\nLaying hens\n—\n—\n80 (alone or with the other carotenoids and xanthophylls)\n—\nWithout a time limit\nE 161j\nAstaxanthin\nC40H52O4\nSalmon, trout\n—\n—\n100\nUse only permitted from the age of six months onwards\nThe mixture of astaxanthin with canthaxanthin is allowed provided that the total concentration of the mixture does not exceed 100 mg/kg in the complete feedingstuff\nWithout a time limit\nOrnamental fish\n—\n—\n—\n—\nWithout a time limit\n11\nAstaxanthin-rich Phaffia rhodozyma\n(CBS 116.94)\nConcentrated biomass of the yeast Phaffia rhodozyma (CBS 116.94), killed, containing at least 2,5 g astaxanthin per kilogram additive\nSalmon, trout\n—\n—\n100\nThe maximum content is expressed as astaxanthin\nUse only permitted from the age of six months onwards\nThe mixture of the additive with canthaxanthin is allowed provided that the total concentration of astaxanthin and canthaxanthin does not exceed 100 mg/kg in the complete feedingstuff\n21.4.1999\n12\nAstaxanthin-rich Phaffia rhodozyma\n(ATCC 74219)\nConcentrated biomass of the yeast Phaffia rhodozyma (ATCC 74219), killed, containing at least 4,0 g astaxanthin per kilogram of additive and having a maximum ethoxyquin content of 2 000 mg/kg\nSalmon, trout\n—\n—\n100\nThe maximum content is expressed as astaxanthin\nUse permitted only from the age of six months onwards\nThe mixture of the additive with canthaxanthin is allowed provided that the total concentration of astaxanthin and canthaxanthin does not exceed 100 mg/kg in the complete feedingstuff\nEthoxyquin content to be declared\n30.9.1999",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1998/2316/annex/I",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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