
Article 1 
The substance specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘nutritional additives’ and to the functional group ‘amino acids, their salts and analogues’, is authorised as an additive in animal nutrition subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.
Article 2 
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, 5 August 2014.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
ANNEX

Identification number of the additive Name of the holder of authorisation Additive Composition, chemical formula, description, analytical method. Species or category of animal Maximum age Minimum content Maximum content Other provisions End of period of authorisation
mg/kg of complete feed with a moisture content of 12 %
Category of nutritional additives. Functional group: amino acids, their salts and analogues
3c305 — L-methionine 
L-methionine with a purity of at least 98,5 %

L-methionine ((2S)-2-amino-4-(methylthio) butanoic acid) produced by fermentation with Escherichia coli (KCCM 11252P and KCCM 11340P)

Chemical formula: C5H11NO2S

CAS number: 63-68-3

For the identification of L-methionine in the feed additive: infrared absorption and optical rotation — FCC monographs methods.

For the quantification of methionine in the feed additive and premixtures containing more than 10 % of methionine: ion exchange chromatography coupled with post-column derivatisation and photometric or fluorescence detection (HPLC-VIS/FD) — ISO/DIS 17180.

For the determination of methionine in premixtures containing less than 10 % of methionine, compound feed, feed materials and water: ion exchange chromatography coupled with post-column derivatisation and photometric detection (HPLC/VIS) — Commission Regulation (EC) No 152/2009 (Annex III, F).
 All species —   
1. L-methionine can be also used via water for drinking.

2. 
'If the additive is administered via water for drinking, excess protein should be avoided.'

3. 

— name and identification number of the additive,
— added amount of the additive.
 26 August 2024

