Commission Directive 98/64/EC of 3 September 1998 establishing Community methods of analysis for the determination of amino-acids, crude oils and fats, and olaquindox in feedingstuffs and amending Directive 71/393/EEC (Text with EEA relevance)

• Published date: 19 September 1998
• Subject Matter: Animal feedingstuffs,Approximation of laws
• Official Gazette Publication: Official Journal of the European Communities, L 257, 19 September 1998

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Commission Directive 98/64/EC of 3 September 1998 establishing Community methods of analysis for the determination of amino-acids, crude oils and fats, and olaquindox in feedingstuffs and amending Directive 71/393/EEC (Text with EEA relevance)

Official Journal L 257 , 19/09/1998 P. 0014 - 0028

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 98/64/EC of 3 September 1998 establishing Community methods of analysis for the determination of amino-acids, crude oils and fats, and olaquindox in feedingstuffs and amending Directive 71/393/EEC (Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 70/373/EEC of 20 July 1970 on the introduction of Community methods of sampling and analysis for the official control of feedingstuffs (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 2 thereof,

Whereas Directive 70/373/EEC stipulates that official controls of feedingstuffs for the purpose of checking compliance with the requirements arising under the laws, regulations and administrative provisions governing their quality and composition must be carried out using Community methods of sampling and analysis;

Whereas Council Directive 79/373/EEC of 2 April 1979 on the marketing of compound feedingstuffs (2), as last amended by Commission Directive 97/47/EC (3), and Council Directive 93/74/EEC of 13 September 1993 on feedingstuffs intended for particular nutritional purposes (4), as last amended by Directive 96/25/EC (5), stipulate that amino-acids and crude oils and fats are to be set out on the feedingstuffs label;

Whereas Council Directive 70/524/EEC of 23 November 1970 concerning additives in feedingstuffs (6), as last amended by Commission Directive 98/19/EC (7), stipulates that the olaquindox content must be indicated on the labelling where this substance is added to compound feedingstuffs;

Whereas the second Commission Directive 71/393/EEC of 18 November 1971 establishing Community methods of analysis for the official control of feedingstuffs (8), as last amended by Commission Directive 84/4/EEC (9), sets out methods for analysis for, inter alia, the determination of crude oils and fats; whereas it is appropriate to modify the method described;

Whereas Community methods of analysis must be established for checking these substances;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee for Feedingstuffs,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

The Member States shall provide that analyses conducted with a view to official controls of the amino-acid, crude oil and fat, and olaquindox content of feedingstuffs are carried out using the methods set out in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

In the Annex to Commission Directive 71/393/EEC, point '4. Determination of crude oils and fats` is replaced by part B of the annex to this Directive.

Article 3

1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations or administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 31 December 1998. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.

They shall apply the measures from 1 January 1999.

When Member States adopt these measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference at the time of their official publication. The procedure for such reference shall be adopted by Member States.

2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of domestic law which they adopt in the field governed by this Directive.

Article 4

This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Article 5

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 3 September 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 170, 3. 8. 1970, p. 2.

(2) OJ L 86, 6. 4. 1979, p. 30.

(3) OJ L 211, 5. 8. 1997, p. 45.

(4) OJ L 237, 22. 9. 1993, p. 23.

(5) OJ L 125, 23. 5. 1996, p. 35.

(6) OJ L 270, 14. 12. 1970, p. 1.

(7) OJ L 96, 28. 3. 1998, p. 39.

(8) OJ L 279, 20. 12. 1971, p. 7.

(9) OJ L 15, 18. 1. 1984, p. 28.

ANNEX

PART A

DETERMINATION OF AMINO ACIDS

1. Purpose and scope

This method is for the determination of free (synthetic and natural) and total (peptide bound and free) amino acids in feedingstuffs, using an amino acid analyzer. It is applicable to the following amino acids: cyst(e)ine, methionine, lysine, threonine, alanine, arginine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, phenylalanine, proline, serine, tyrosine and valine.

The method does not distinguish between the salts of amino acids and it cannot differentiate between D and L forms of amino acids. It is not valid for the determination of tryptophan or hydroxy analogues of amino acids.

2. Principle

2.1. Free amino acids

The free amino acids are extracted with diluted hydrochloric acid. Coextracted nitrogenous macromolecules are precipitated with sulfosalicylic acid and removed by filtration. The filtered solution is adjusted to pH 2,20. The amino acids are separated by ion exchange chromatography and determined by reaction with ninhydrin with photometric detection at 570 nm.

2.2. Total amino acids

The procedure chosen depends on the amino acids under...