{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-429/annex-II/division-2/division-2.3/division-2.3.1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-429/annex-II/division-2/division-2.3/division-2.3.1.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/2.3/division/2.3.1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2.3.1",
  "heading": "Active substance(s)/agent(s)",
  "text": "A description of the production process (e.g. chemical synthesis, fermentation, cultivation, extraction from organic material or distillation) used in the preparation of the active substance(s)/agent(s) of the additive shall be submitted, if appropriate by way of a flowchart. The composition of the fermentation/cultivation media shall be provided. Purification methods shall be thoroughly described.\nFor Genetically Modified Micro-organisms (GMMs), used as source of additives and grown under contained conditions, a description of fermentation processes (culture medium, fermentation condition and downstream processing of the fermentation products) shall be included.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in Annex 2 point 2.3.1 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2022) by The Food and Feed (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1351), regs. 1(1), 14(3)(d)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/429/annex/II/division/2/division/2.3/division/2.3.1",
    "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."
}