{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-429/annex-II/division-2/division-2.1/division-2.1.4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-429/annex-II/division-2/division-2.1/division-2.1.4.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2008/429",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 429/2008 of 25 April 2008 on detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the preparation and the presentation of applications and the assessment and the authorisation of feed additives (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-429",
  "path": "annex/II/division/2/division/2.1/division/2.1.4",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2.1.4",
  "heading": "Purity",
  "text": "The applicant shall identify and quantify chemical and microbial impurities, substances with toxic or other undesirable properties that are not intentionally added and do not contribute to the activity of additive. In addition, for fermentation products, the applicant shall confirm the absence of production organisms in the additive. The protocol used for the routine screening of production batches for contaminants and impurities shall be described.\nAll the data provided have to support the proposal for a specification of the additive.\nSpecific requirements depending on the production process, complying with assimilated law, are listed below.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Annex 2 point 2.1.4 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Feed (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/654), regs. 1, 83(c)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Annex 2 s. 2 point 2.1.4 substituted (27.2.2025) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/82), reg. 1(2), Sch. 11 para. 11(c)(i)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/429/annex/II/division/2/division/2.1/division/2.1.4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:52:17.021143+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}