Consultation on applications for authorisation of regulated products: One feed additive (RP16 Chromium chelate of DL-methionine)

Overview

This consultation is conducted by Food Standards Scotland (FSS) on behalf of the Minister for Public Health and Women's Health and seeks stakeholders’ views, comments and feedback in relation to the regulated product application considered in this document. The application in question has been submitted to authorise one new feed additive: RP16 Chromium chelate of DL-methionine as a feed additive for dairy cows.

This application (RP16) is an additon to the recent applications for authorisation of regulated products: twenty-four feed additives and one feed for particular nutritional purposes (PARNUT) for use in animal feed. This consultation was launched on 22 April 2024 and can be found here.

The intention is for application RP16 Chromium chelate of DL-methionine to be considered for recommendation by ministers alongside the twenty-four feed additives and one feed for particular nutritional purposes (PARNUT) for use in animal feed. 

As this is a single application in addition to an existing consultation, this consultation will run for four weeks. Stakeholders will have an opportunity to comment on this consultation and the closing date for responses will be 1 September 2024. 

We ask stakeholders to consider any relevant provisions of assimilated law and other legitimate factors (other evidence further supporting clear, rational and justifiable risk analysis, such as consumer interests, technical feasibility and environmental factors), including those that FSS and the Food Standards Agency (FSA) have identified as relevant to these applications. This provides the opportunity for stakeholders to input on the advice given to Ministers to inform decision making.

Please note that any mention of assimilated law within the consultation documents is a reference to what was previously known as retained EU law.

Since October 2023, the Windsor Framework allows for UK standards to apply for pre-packed retail goods to be moved from GB to Northern Ireland and placed on the market when moved via the NI Retail Movement Scheme (NIRMS). Goods moved to Northern Ireland under NIRMS can be produced to GB standards for public health and consumer protection.

The FSS/FSA opinion take into account the FSS/FSA safety assessment. The views gathered through this consultation will be considered and included alongside those of officials across FSS, the FSA, Devolved Administrations and UK Government Departments. In order to inform Scottish Ministers’ decision-making on whether to authorise: the use of; the extension and change of use of the relevant regulated products in Scotland. The FSA have also published their opinion and launched a parallel consultation for English and Welsh stakeholders.

Why your views matter

Stakeholders are invited to consider the questions posed in relation to any relevant provisions of assimilated law and other legitimate factors as detailed above.  Stakeholder responses will be considered along with the risk assessment and other factors in development of advice provided to Ministers. Unless the views gathered in the consultation provide additional evidence, the FSS/FSA will recommend that these regulated products are authorised on the proposed terms.

What happens next

Following the end of the consultation, responses will be published and made      available to stakeholders, the Food Standards Agency and Scottish Ministers. All responses will be sent through the Citizen Space entry for this consultation. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the consultation please contact leigh-anne.kemp@fss.scot.