
Article 1 
The preparation specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘technological additives’ and to the functional group ‘anti-caking agents’ 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, 8 June 2016.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
ANNEX

Identification number of the additive Additive Composition, 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 NaCl
Technological additives: anti-caking agents
1i534 Iron sodium tartrates 
Preparation of complexation products of sodium tartrates with iron(III) chloride in water solution ≤ 35 % (by weight).

Iron(III) complexation product of D(+)-, L(-)- and meso-2,3-dihydroxybutanedioic acids


 Ratio: iron to meso-tartrate 1:1;
 Ratio: iron to total tartrate isomers 1:1,5

CAS number 1280193-05-9

Fe(OH)2C4H4O6Na


 Chloride: ≤ 25 %
 Oxalates: ≤ 1,5 % expressed as oxalic acid
 Iron: ≥ 8 % iron(III)

Quantification of meso-tartrate and D(-), L(+)-tartrates in the feed additive:


— High Performance Liquid Chromatography with Refraction Index detection (HPLC-RI);

Quantification of total iron in the feed additive:


— Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-AES) — EN 15510, or
— Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy after pressure digestion (ICP-AES) — EN 15621,or
— Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-AES) — EN ISO 11885, or
— Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS) — EN ISO 6869, or
— Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS) — Commission Regulation (EC) No 152/2009; and

Quantification of total sodium in the feed additive:


— Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-AES) — EN 15510; or
— Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy after pressure digestion (ICP-AES) — EN 15621; or
— Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-AES) — EN ISO 11885; or
— Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS) — EN ISO 6869; and

Quantification of total chloride in the feed additive:


— Titrimetry —Regulation (EC) No 152/2009 or ISO 6495.
 All animals species — — — 
1. The additive shall be used only in NaCl (sodium chloride).

2. Minimum recommended dose: 26 mg of iron sodium tartrates/kg NaCl (equivalent to 3 mg iron/kg of NaCl).

3. Maximum recommended dose: 106 mg of iron sodium tartrates/kg NaCl.
 29 June 2026

