Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/654 of 20 April 2022 concerning the authorisation of butylated hydroxyanisole as a feed additive for cats (Text with EEA relevance)

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

Butylated hydroxyanisole (E 320) shall be withdrawn from the market as a feed additive for cats to the extent that it does not meet the conditions laid down in the authorisation referred to in Article 1.

1 Butylated hydroxyanisole as a feed additive for cats and premixtures containing it, which are produced and labelled before 11 November 2022 in accordance with the rules applicable before 11 May 2022 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the existing stocks are exhausted.

2 Compound feed and feed materials intended for cats containing butylated hydroxyanisole, which are produced and labelled before 11 May 2023 in accordance with the rules applicable before 11 May 2022 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.