Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1097 of 24 July 2020 concerning the authorisation of lutein-rich and lutein/zeaxanthin extracts from Tagetes erecta as feed additives for poultry (except turkeys) for fattening and laying and for minor poultry species for fattening and laying (Text with EEA relevance)

The substances specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘sensory additives’ and to the functional group ‘colourants: (ii) substances which, when fed to animals, add colours to food of animal origin’, are authorised as feed additives in animal nutrition subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.

The authorised substances specified in the Annex shall not be used in water for drinking

1 The substances specified in the Annex and premixtures containing those substances, which are produced and labelled before 16 February 2021 in accordance with the rules applicable before 16 August 2020 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the existing stocks are exhausted.

2 Compound feed and feed materials containing the substances as specified in the Annex which are produced and labelled before 16 August 2021 in accordance with the rules applicable before 16 August 2020 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the existing stocks are exhausted if they are intended for food-producing animals.

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