Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/752 of 29 February 2024 concerning the denial of authorisation of a preparation of astaxanthin-rich Phaffia rhodozyma (ATCC SD-5340) as a feed additive for salmon and trout

The authorisation of the preparation of astaxanthin-rich Phaffia rhodozyma (ATCC SD-5340) (E 161y) as an additive in animal nutrition belonging to the category ‘sensory additives’, functional group ‘colourants: (ii) substances which, when fed to animals, add colours to food of animal origin’ for use for salmon and trout, is denied.

1 Existing stocks of the additive referred to in Article 1, which are intended for salmon and trout, and of premixtures containing it, shall be withdrawn from the market by 21 June 2024.

2 Feed materials and compound feed which have been produced with the additive or premixtures referred to in paragraph 1 before 21 June 2024 and which are intended for salmon and trout, shall be withdrawn from the market by 21 September 2024.

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