Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/157 of 5 February 2020 concerning the authorisation of tartrazine as a feed additive for dogs, cats, ornamental fish, grain-eating ornamental birds and small rodents (Text with EEA relevance)

The substance specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘sensory additives’ and to the functional group ‘colourants’, is authorised as an additive in animal nutrition, subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.

1 The substance specified in the Annex and premixtures containing that substance, which are produced and labelled before 26 August 2020 in accordance with the rules applicable before 26 February 2020 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the existing stocks are exhausted.

2 Feed materials and compound feed containing the substance specified in the Annex which are produced and labelled before 26 February 2022 in accordance with the rules applicable before 26 February 2020 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the existing stocks are exhausted.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.