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United StatesUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in force

Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding

Official title

Kemin Industries, Inc. Filing of Food Additive Petition (Animal Use); Notification of Petition

The United States issued an addendum on 20 October 2026 to the earlier SPS notification G/SPS/N/USA/3561. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 6 March 2026. Comments are open until 13 November 2026.

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Products

Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding; Food technology

HS codes
  • 23 · Food industries, residues and wastes thereof; prepared animal fodder
    • 2309 Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding
Notifying member
United States(United States of America)
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/USA/3561Latest notice: G/SPS/N/USA/3561/Add.1
Keywords
Animal health, Food safety, Human health, Adoption/publication/entry into force of reg.

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Open until 13 November 2026
Proposed adoption
Not applicable
Proposed entry into force
Not applicable

How to comment

Comments on a notification go from government to government. If this measure affects your exports, send your comments to your country's WTO SPS enquiry point before 13 November 2026, quoting the document symbol G/SPS/N/USA/3561/Add.1 and how the measure affects your products. Your enquiry point forwards them to the United States.

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What the notification says

Latest notice (⁨G/SPS/N/USA/3561/Add.1⁩, 20 October 2026)

Food Additives Permitted in Feed and Drinking Water of Animals; Chromium Propionate; Final Amendment; Order

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, we, or the Agency) is amending the regulations for food additives permitted in feed and drinking water of animals to provide for the safe use of chromium propionate as a source of chromium in food for laying hens and breeder chickens. This action is in response to a food additive petition filed by Kemin Industries, Inc. This amendment is effective 14 October 2026.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing that we have filed a food additive petition, submitted by Kemin Industries, Inc., proposing that we amend our food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of chromium propionate as a source of chromium in food for layer and breeding chickens. The food additive petition was filed on 7 February 2026.

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/USA/3561/Add.1

    Comment deadline: Open until 13 November 2026

    Food Additives Permitted in Feed and Drinking Water of Animals; Chromium Propionate; Final Amendment; Order

    The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, we, or the Agency) is amending the regulations for food additives permitted in feed and drinking water of animals to provide for the safe use of chromium propionate as a source of chromium in food for laying hens and breeder chickens. This action is in response to a food additive petition filed by Kemin Industries, Inc. This amendment is effective 14 October 2026.

  2. Regular notificationG/SPS/N/USA/3561

    Comment deadline: Closed on 3 April 2026

    Kemin Industries, Inc. Filing of Food Additive Petition (Animal Use); Notification of Petition

    The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing that we have filed a food additive petition, submitted by Kemin Industries, Inc., proposing that we amend our food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of chromium propionate as a source of chromium in food for layer and breeding chickens. The food additive petition was filed on 7 February 2026.

Sources

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