
Article 1 
The preparations specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘nutritional additives’ are authorised as additives in animal nutrition subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.
Article 2 
Feed containing vitamin E labelled in accordance with Directive 70/524/EEC or Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 may continue to be placed on the market and used until stocks are exhausted.
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 14 January 2011.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
ANNEX

Identification number of the additive Additive Chemical formula, description, methods of analysis Species or category of animal Maximum age Minimum content Maximum content Other provisions End of period of authorisation
Nutritional additives: Vitamins, pro-vitamins and chemically well-defined substances having similar effect
3a700 Vitamin E/all-rac-alpha-tocopheryl acetate 
 Active substance
 all-rac-alpha-tocopheryl acetate: C31H52O3
CAS No 7695-91-2
 Purity criteria: all-rac-alpha-tocopheryl acetate > 93 %
 Methods of analysis
1.. For the determination of vitamin E (oil form) in feed additives: European Pharmacopoeia EP-0439.
2.. For the determination of vitamin E (powder form) in feed additives: European Pharmacopoeia EP-0691.
3.. For the determination of the level of authorised vitamin E in feed: Commission Regulation (EC) No 152/2009. All animal species — — — 
1. 

— 1 mg all-rac-alpha-tocopheryl acetate = 1 IU
— 1 mg RRR-alpha-tocopherol = 1,49 IU
— 1 mg RRR-alpha-tocopheryl acetate = 1,36 IU

2. Vitamin E may be used also via water for drinking.
 4 February 2021
Vitamin E/RRR alpha tocopheryl acetate 
 Active substance
 RRR alpha tocopheryl acetate: C31H52O3
CAS No 58-95-7
 Purity criteria: RRR-alpha-tocopheryl acetate > 40 %
 Methods of analysis
1.. For the determination of vitamin E (oil form) in feed additives: European Pharmacopoeia EP-1257.
2.. For the determination of vitamin E (powder form) in feed additives: European Pharmacopoeia EP-1801.
3.. For the determination of the level of authorised vitamin E in feed: Commission Regulation (EC) No 152/2009.      
Vitamin E/RRR alpha tocopherol 
 Active substance
 RRR alpha tocopherol: C29H50O2
CAS No 59-02-9
 Purity criteria: RRR-alpha-tocopherol > 67 %
 Methods of analysis
1.. For the determination of vitamin E (oil form) in feed additives: European Pharmacopoeia EP-1256.
2.. For the determination of vitamin E (powder form) in feed additives: European Pharmacopoeia EP-1801.
3.. For the determination of the level of authorised vitamin E in feed: Commission Regulation (EC) No 152/2009.      
