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Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding

Official title

Draft Commission Implementing Regulation concerning the denial of authorisation of ginseng extract from Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer as a feed additive for cats and dogs (Text with EEA relevance)

The European Union issued an addendum on 17 March 2026 to the earlier SPS notification G/SPS/N/EU/887. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 19 September 2025. The comment period closed on 18 November 2025.

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Products

Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding

HS codes
  • 23 · Food industries, residues and wastes thereof; prepared animal fodder
    • 2309 Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding
Notifying member
European Union
Status
Updated: check whether it is now adopted or in force
Objectives
  • Food safety
  • Animal health
Area
SPS: Food safety, animal and plant healthSanitary and phytosanitary measures
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/SPS/N/EU/887Latest notice: G/SPS/N/EU/887/Add.1
Keywords
Food safety, Animal health, Human health, Animal diseases, Adoption/publication/entry into force of reg.

Key dates

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Comment deadline
Closed on 18 November 2025
Proposed adoption
December 2025
Proposed entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

How to comment

The comment period closed on 18 November 2025. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO SPS enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/SPS/N/EU/887/Add.1; it can take them up with the European Union.

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What the notification says

Latest notice (⁨G/SPS/N/EU/887/Add.1⁩, 17 March 2026)

Denial of authorisation of ginseng extract from Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer as a feed additive for cats and dogs

The proposal notified in G/SPS/N/EU/887 (19 September 2025) is now adopted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/585 of 13 March 2026 concerning the denial of authorisation of ginseng extract from Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer as a feed additive for cats and dogs (Text with EEA relevance). This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

The substance ginseng extract from Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer was authorised without a time limit in accordance with Directive 70/524/EEC as a feed additive for cats and dogs. This substance was subsequently entered in the Register of Feed Additives as existing product, in accordance with Article 10(1), point (b), of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003. An application was submitted for the authorisation of ginseng extract from Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer as a feed additive for cats and dogs, requesting the additive to be classified in the additive category ‘sensory additives’ and in the functional group ‘flavouring compounds’ The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) conducted a scientific assessment of the dossier submitted by the applicant, showing that the substance does not satisfy the conditions for the authorisation provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003. Consequently, the proposed Act denies the authorisation and includes transitional periods for the interested parties to adjust to the denial of this substance.

Notices on this measure

Every notice about this measure published here, newest first. Each one is the notifying member's own text.

  1. AddendumG/SPS/N/EU/887/Add.1

    Denial of authorisation of ginseng extract from Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer as a feed additive for cats and dogs

    The proposal notified in G/SPS/N/EU/887 (19 September 2025) is now adopted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/585 of 13 March 2026 concerning the denial of authorisation of ginseng extract from Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer as a feed additive for cats and dogs (Text with EEA relevance). This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)Notified document (English) (opens in a new tab)Notified document (French) (opens in a new tab)Notified document (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)

  2. CorrigendumG/SPS/N/EU/887/Corr.1

    Denial of authorisation of ginseng extract from Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer as a feed additive for cats and dogs

    This corrigendum corrects an error in box 11 of notification G/SPS/N/EU/887 where the 'Trade facilitating' box was selected by mistake.

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)

  3. Regular notificationG/SPS/N/EU/887

    Comment deadline: Closed on 18 November 2025

    Draft Commission Implementing Regulation concerning the denial of authorisation of ginseng extract from Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer as a feed additive for cats and dogs (Text with EEA relevance)

    The substance ginseng extract from Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer was authorised without a time limit in accordance with Directive 70/524/EEC as a feed additive for cats and dogs. This substance was subsequently entered in the Register of Feed Additives as existing product, in accordance with Article 10(1), point (b), of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003. An application was submitted for the authorisation of ginseng extract from Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer as a feed additive for cats and dogs, requesting the additive to be classified in the additive category ‘sensory additives’ and in the functional group ‘flavouring compounds’ The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) conducted a scientific assessment of the dossier submitted by the applicant, showing that the substance does not satisfy the conditions for the authorisation provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003. Consequently, the proposed Act denies the authorisation and includes transitional periods for the interested parties to adjust to the denial of this substance.

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)Notified document (English) (opens in a new tab)

Sources

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