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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 269/2012 of 26 March 2012 concerning the authorisation of dicopper chloride trihydroxide as feed additive for all animal species (Text with EEA relevance)

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Details of the analytical methods are available at the following address of the Reference Laboratory: http://irmm.jrc.ec.europa.eu/EURLs/EURL_feed_additives/Pages/index.aspx

Identification number of the additiveName of the holder of authorisationAdditiveComposition, chemical formula, description, analytical methodSpecies or category of animalMaximum ageMinimum contentMaximum contentOther provisionsEnd of period of authorisation
Content of element (Cu) in mg/kg of complete feedingstuff with a moisture content of 12 %
Category of nutritional additives. Functional group: compounds of trace elements
3b409Dicopper chloride trihydroxide
  • Characterisation of the additive:

    • Chemical formula: Cu2(OH)3Cl

    • CAS Number: 1332-65-6

    • crystal form atacamite/paratacamite in a 1:1 to 1:1,5 ratio

    • Purity: min. 90 %

    • alpha-crystal: min. 95 % in the crystalline product

    • Cu content: min. 53 %

    • Particles < 50 μm: below 1 %

  • Analytical method a:

    • For the identification of dicopper chloride trihydroxide atacamite/paratacamite crystal forms in the additive: X-ray diffraction (XRD).

    • For the determination of total copper in the additive and premixtures:

      • EN 15510: Inductively Coupled Plasma — Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES), or

      • CEN/TS 15621: Inductively Coupled Plasma – Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES) after pressure digestion.

    • For the determination of total copper in feed materials and compound feed:

      • Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS), or

      • EN 15510, or

      • CEN/TS 15621.

All animal species

Bovine

  • Bovine before the start of rumination: 15 (total)

  • Other bovine: 35 (total)

Ovine: 15 (total)

Piglets up to 12 weeks: 170 (total)

Crustaceans: 50 (total)

Other animals: 25 (total)

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The additive shall be incorporated into feed in the form of a premixture.

2.

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

3.

The following words shall be included in the labelling:

  • For feed for sheep if the level of copper in the feed exceeds 10 mg/kg:

    The level of copper in this feed may cause poisoning in certain breeds of sheep.

  • For feed for bovines after the start of rumination if the level of copper in the feed is less than 20 mg/kg:

    The level of copper in this feed may cause copper deficiencies in cattle grazing pastures with high contents of molybdenum or sulphur.

16 April 2022

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