EFSA Conference with Stakeholders: Assessment of silage additives in the EU - Registration closed

Background
Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 establishes the rules governing the Community authorisation of additives for use in animal nutrition in order to provide the basis for the assurance of a high level of protection of human health, animal health and welfare, the environment, and users' and consumers' interests, whilst ensuring the effective functioning of the internal market. One of the novelties of the Regulation is that for the first time silage additives are classified as feed additives, which means they must go through an authorisation process in order to be placed on the European market. Silage additives are defined as ‘substances including enzymes or micro-organisms, intended to be incorporated into feed to improve the production of silage’ and fall under the category of technological additives.

Before the entry into force of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, the use of silage additives did not require Community authorisation. With the new Regulation, silage additives that were notified and included in the Community Register of Feed Additives shall be subject to a full evaluation within seven years after the entry into force of the Regulation as stated in its Article 10(2). If the application for re-evaluation and the corresponding dossier is not received by 7 November 2010, the product shall not be allowed to be placed on the European market.

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