
Article 1 
The preparation specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘nutritional additives’ and to the functional group ‘compounds of trace elements’, 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, 23 March 2015.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
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
Selenium in mg/kg of complete feed with a moisture content of 12 %
Category of nutritional additives. Functional group: compounds of trace elements
3b817 — Selenomethionine produced by Saccharomyces cerevisiae NCYC R645(Selenised yeast inactivated) 
Preparation of organic selenium:


 Content of selenium: 2 000 to 2 400 mg Se/kg
 Organic selenium > 98 % of total selenium
 Selenomethionine > 70 % of total selenium


 Selenomethionine produced by Saccharomyces cerevisiae NCYC R645
 Chemical formula: C5H11NO2Se

For the determination of selenomethionine in the feed additive:


— reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography with UV detection (RP-HPLC-UV), or
— high performance liquid chromatography and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (HPLC-ICPMS) after triple proteolytic digestion.

For the determination of total selenium in the feed additive:


— inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES), or
— inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICPMS).

For the determination of total selenium in premixtures, compound feed and feed materials: hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry (HGAAS) after microwave digestion (EN 16159:2012).
 All species —  0,50(total) 
1. The additive shall be incorporated into feed in the form of a premixture.

2. For user safety: breathing protection, safety glasses and gloves shall be worn during handling.

3. Technological additives or feed materials included in the preparation of the additive shall ensure a dusting potential < 0,2 mg selenium/m3 air.

4. In the directions for use of the additive and premixtures, indicate the storage and stability conditions.

5. 
0,20 mg Se/kg of complete feed with a moisture content of 12 %.
 13 April 2025
