# 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), Division 3: SECTION III: STUDIES CONCERNING SAFETY OF THE ADDITIVE

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The studies included in this section and in the specific Annexes are intended to permit assessment of:
the safety of use of the additive in the target species;
any risk associated with the selection and/or transfer of resistance to antimicrobials and increased persistence and shedding of enteropathogens;
the risks to the consumer of food derived from animals given feedingstuffs containing or treated with the additive or which could result from the consumption of food containing residues of the additive or its metabolites;
the risks from respiratory, other mucosal tissue, eye or cutaneous contact for persons likely to handle the additive as such or as incorporated into premixtures or feedingstuffs; and
the risks of adverse effects on the environment, from the additive itself, or from products derived from the additive, either directly and/or excreted by animals.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/429/annex/II/division/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-429/annex-II/division-3
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