Vitamin D3 is intended for use in chickens for fattening, turkeys, other poultry, pigs, piglets (suckling), calves for rearing, calves for fattening, bovines, ovines, equines, fish and other animal species or categories. The applicant proposes to maintain the maximum contents already established by the Commission List of the authorised additives in feedingstuffs published in application of Article 9t (b) of Council Directive 70/524/EEC concerning additives in feedingstuffs (2004/C 50/01)29 for the different animal species and categories:
0.050 mg/kg (corresponding to 2 000 IU/kg) complete feed for pigs for fattening,
0.100 mg/kg (4 000 IU/kg) for bovines, ovines and equines,
0.125 mg/kg (5 000 IU/kg) for chickens and turkeys for fattening, 0.075 mg/kg (3 000 IU/kg) for other poultry and fish,
0.050 mg/kg (2 000 IU/kg) for other animal species and categories.
The simultaneous use of vitamin D2 and vitamin D3 is prohibited. The applicant recommends incorporation of the additive through a premixture.
The applicant derived the maximum vitamin D3 concentration for use in water for drinking from the maximum feed concentration and the amount of the daily ration, also taking into account the ratios of feed to water intake. The following maximum contents (mg/L) are proposed by the applicant:
0.017 for pigs,
0.083 for sucking piglets;
0.03 for other poultry including laying hens,
0.05 for chickens for fattening and turkeys and
0.025 for other animal species and categories.
The recommendations for cattle (1 mg/L), dairy cows (2 mg/L), ovines (0.15 mg/L) and equines (0.8 mg/L) are calculated assuming that one litre of water for drinking provides the total daily supply.