
Article 1 
The feed additive specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘technological additives’ and to the functional group ‘preservatives’, is authorised as an additive in animal nutrition subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.
Article 2 
The feed additive specified in the Annex and feed containing that additive, which are produced and labelled before 21 May 2014 in accordance with the rules applicable before 21 November 2013 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the existing stocks are exhausted.
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of 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, 31 October 2013.
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
mg of active substance/kg of complete feedingstuff with a moisture content of 12 %
Category of technological additives. Functional group: preservatives
1a297 Fumaric acid 
 Additive composition
Fumaric acid 99,5 %
Solid form
 Characterisation of active substance
Fumaric acid
C4H4O4
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 Analytical method
For the determination of fumaric acid in feed additive: infrared absorption spectrophotometry and titration with sodium hydroxide (Food Chemical Codex 7).
For the determination of fumaric acid (as total fumaric acid) in feed premixture and feedingstuffs: ion exclusion High Performance Liquid Chromatography with UV detection (HPLC-UV). Poultry and pigs — — 20 000 For safety: breathing protection, glasses and gloves shall be used during handling 21 November 2023
Young animals fed with milk replacers — — 10 000
Other animal species — — —

