Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2385 of 9 September 2024 concerning the authorisation of 4-methyl-5-vinylthiazole as a feed additive for all animal species

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

1 The feed additive 4-methyl-5-vinylthiazole, as authorised pursuant to Directive 70/524/EEC and premixtures containing that additive, which are produced and labelled before 30 March 2025 in accordance with the rules applicable before 30 September 2024 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the stocks concerned are exhausted.

2 Compound feed and feed materials containing the feed additive referred to in paragraph 1, which are produced and labelled before 30 September 2025 in accordance with the rules applicable before 30 September 2024 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the stocks concerned are exhausted if they are intended for food-producing animals.

3 Compound feed and feed materials containing the feed additive referred to in paragraph 1, which are produced and labelled before 30 September 2026 in accordance with the rules applicable before 30 September 2024 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the stocks concerned are exhausted if they are intended for non-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.