Commission Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 of 5 September 2008 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products with regard to organic production, labelling and control (c. 889)

[F1ANNEX VI U.K. Feed additives used in animal nutrition referred to in Article 22(g), Article 24(2) and Article 25m(2)

Textual Amendments

F1Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2164 of 17 December 2019 amending Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products with regard to organic production, labelling and control (Text with EEA relevance).

Feed additives listed in this Annex must be authorised under Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

1. TECHNOLOGICAL ADDITIVES U.K.

(a) Preservatives U.K.

ID numbers or Functional groups		Substance	Description, conditions for use
	E 200	Sorbic acid
	E 236	Formic acid
	E 237	Sodium formate
	E 260	Acetic acid
	E 270	Lactic acid
	E 280	Propionic acid
	E 330	Citric acid

(b) Antioxidants U.K.

ID number or Functional groups		Substance	Description, conditions for use
	1b306(i)	Tocopherol extracts from vegetable oils
	1b306(ii)	Tocopherol-rich extracts from vegetable oils (delta rich)

(c) Emulsifiers, stabilisers, thickeners and gelling agents U.K.

ID numbers or Functional groups		Substance	Description, conditions for use
	1c322	Lecithins	Only when derived from organic raw material.
			Use restricted to aquaculture animal feed.

(d) Binders and anti-caking agents U.K.

	Substance	Description, conditions for use
E 412	Guar gum
E 535	Sodium ferrocyanide	Maximum dose rate of 20 mg/kg NaCl calculated as ferrocyanide anion.
E 551b	Colloidal silica
E 551c	Kieselgur (diatomaceous earth, purified)
1m558i	Bentonite
E 559	Kaolinitic clays, free of asbestos
E 560	Natural mixtures of steatites and chlorite
E 561	Vermiculite
E 562	Sepiolite
E 566	Natrolite-Phonolite
1g568	Clinoptilolite of sedimentary origin
E 599	Perlite

(e) Silage additives U.K.

ID number or Functional groups	Substance	Description, conditions for use
1k 1k236	Enzymes, micro-organisms Formic acid,	Use restricted to production of silage when weather conditions do not allow for adequate fermentation. The use of formic, propionic acid and their sodium salts in the production of silage shall only be permitted when weather conditions do not allow for adequate fermentation
1k237	Sodium formate
1k280	Propionic acid
1k281	Sodium propionate

2. SENSORY ADDITIVES U.K.

ID number or Functional groups	Substance	Description, conditions for use
2b	Flavouring compounds	Only extracts from agricultural products.
	Castanea sativa Mill.: Chestnut extract

3. NUTRITIONAL ADDITIVES U.K.

(a) Vitamins, pro-vitamins and chemically well-defined substances having similar effect U.K.

ID number or Functional groups	Substance	Description, conditions for use
3a	Vitamins and provitamins	Derived from agricultural products. If derived synthetically, only those identical to vitamins derived from agricultural products may be used for monogastric animals and aquaculture animals. If derived synthetically, only vitamins A, D and E identical to vitamins derived from agricultural products may be used for ruminants; the use is subject to prior authorisation of the [F2relevant authority] based on the assessment of the possibility for organic ruminants to obtain the necessary quantities of the said vitamins through their feed rations.
3a920	Betaine anhydrous	Only for monogastric animals Only from natural origin and when available from organic origin

ID number or Functional groups

Substance

Description, conditions for use

Vitamins and provitamins

Derived from agricultural products.

If derived synthetically, only those identical to vitamins derived from agricultural products may be used for monogastric animals and aquaculture animals.

If derived synthetically, only vitamins A, D and E identical to vitamins derived from agricultural products may be used for ruminants; the use is subject to prior authorisation of the [F2relevant authority] based on the assessment of the possibility for organic ruminants to obtain the necessary quantities of the said vitamins through their feed rations.

3a920

Betaine anhydrous

Only for monogastric animals

Only from natural origin and when available from organic origin

Textual Amendments

F2Words in Annex 6 para. 3(a) Table substituted (31.12.2020) by The Organic Production and Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/693), regs. 1(2), 3(57); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

(b) Compounds of trace elements U.K.

	ID number or Functional groups	Substance	Description, conditions for use
	E1 Iron
	3b101	Iron(II) carbonate (siderite)
	3b103	Iron(II) sulphate monohydrate
	3b104	Iron(II) sulphate heptahydrate
	3b201	Potassium iodide
	3b202	Calcium iodate, anhydrous
	3b203	Coated granulated calcium iodate anhydrous
	3b301	Cobalt(II) acetate tetrahydrate
	3b302	Cobalt(II) carbonate
	3b303	Cobalt(II) carbonate hydroxide (2:3) monohydrate
	3b304	Coated granulated cobalt(II) carbonate hydroxide (2:3) monohydrate
	3b305	Cobalt(II) sulphate heptahydrate
	3b402	Copper(II) carbonate dihydroxy monohydrate
	3b404	Copper (II) oxide
	3b405	Copper(II) sulphate pentahydrate
	3b409	Dicopper chloride trihydroxide (TBCC)
	3b502	Manganese (II) oxide
	3b503	Manganous sulfate, monohydrate
	3b603	Zinc oxide
	3b604	Zinc sulphate heptahydrate
	3b605	Zinc sulphate monohydrate
	3b609	Zinc chloride hydroxide monohydrate (TBZC)
	3b701	Sodium molybdate dihydrate
	3b801	Sodium selenite
	3b810, 3b811, 3b812, 3b813 and 3b817	Selenised yeast inactivated

4. ZOOTECHNICAL ADDITIVES U.K.

ID number or Functional groups	Substance	Description, conditions for use
4a, 4b, 4c and 4d	Enzymes and microorganism in the category of ‘ Zootechnical additives ’	]