Announcement of legislative changes February & March 2024
Please note that these are only legislative changes that affect the compositions and/or labelling of products produced by our Ghent and/or Putten production sites.
Lignosulphonate
What changes?
- The authorisation of lignosulphonate for use in animal feed has been renewed.
- The declaration and conditions of use have changed. These are listed in Table 1.
Table 1: Overview Lignosulphonate
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Additive and Declaration |
Animal species |
Minimum 1 |
Maximum 1 |
End of licence |
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Category: Technological additives |
Functional group: Binders |
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OLD: |
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Old description additive: nothing described Old declaration: Lignosulphonate (E 565) |
All species |
N/A |
N/A |
- |
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NEW: |
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New description additive: Calcium, sodium or magnesium lignosulphonate: ≥ 55 %. Reducing sugars: ≤ 20 % (on a dry matter basis) The content of reducing sugars is reached by ultrafiltration or by fermentation with Saccharomyces cerevisiae CBS 13806, Saccharomyces cerevisiae CBS 13807 or Saccharomyces cerevisiae CBS 13808 Solid or liquid form. Characterisation of active substance Amorphous branched polymers of lignin containing sulphonated, covalently bound phenylpropane monomers (C9) New declaration: Lignosulphonate (1g565) |
Weaned piglets |
N/A |
10 000 mg |
21-03-2034 |
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Pigs for fattening |
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Chickens for fattening |
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Laying hens |
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Cattle for fattening |
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All other animal species and categories |
N/A |
8 000 mg |
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1 Per kg of complete feed with a moisture content of 12% |
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Transition periods?
See Table 2 for applicable transition dates for production and labelling, placing on the market and exhausting of existing stocks of lignosulphonate.
Trouw Nutrition Benelux will label premixes and complementary feeds containing lignosulphonate according to the new rules no later than per the deadline of 21 September 2024. Once the premixes with the new declaration are incorporated into (finished) products, they must also have the new declaration.
Table 2: Transition dates Lignosulphonate
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Production and labelling of: |
May under the old rules until no later than: |
May be placed on the market and used until existing stocks are exhausted |
Under declaration |
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The additive |
21-09-2024 |
Yes |
Lignosulphonate (E 565) |
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Premixtures containing the additive |
21-09-2024 |
Yes |
Lignosulphonate (E 565) |
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Feed materials and compound feed containing the additive intended for food-producing animals |
21-03-2025 |
Yes |
Lignosulphonate (E 565) |
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Feed materials and compound feed containing the additive intended for non-food-producing animals |
21-03-2026 |
Yes |
Lignosulphonate (E 565) |
What does it mean for you as a customer?
Declaration of lignosulphonate - because a legal maximum level has been set - is now mandatory for compound feeds. Compound feeds containing lignosulphonate must therefore now declare lignosulphonate according to the new rules.
Corrigendum for calcium acetate, lactic acid and calcium lactate
What changes?
- The correction concerns the following technological additives belonging to the functional group of preservatives:
- Lactic acid (1a270)
- Calcium lactate (1a327)
- Calcium acetate (1a263)
- For calcium acetate, the mention of iron has been removed
- Lactic acid and calcium lactate should now not be used in feed for ruminants without a functional rumen.
- Calcium lactate is in the product range of Trouw Nutrition Benelux.
Transition periods?
No transitional periods apply.
What does it mean for you as a customer?
Calcium lactate should no longer be used in feed for ruminants without a functional rumen.