**Executive Summary**
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/95, enacted on January 15, 2026, mandates the withdrawal of specific feed additives from the market for use in cats and dogs. This decision follows the withdrawal of applications for the authorization of these additives. The regulation outlines transitional measures, allowing for the use of existing stocks until specified dates, and comes into force twenty days following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Withdrawal of Feed Additives:**
* The feed additives specified in the Annex are withdrawn from the market for use in cats and dogs.
* **Transitional Measures:**
* Existing stocks of the listed feed additives can be placed on the market and used until February 5, 2027.
* Premixtures produced with these feed additives can be placed on the market and used until May 5, 2027.
* Compound feed and feed materials produced with these additives or their premixtures can be placed on the market and used until February 5, 2028.
* **Entry into Force:**
* The Regulation enters into force twenty days following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
**Impact Analysis**
**Feed Manufacturers/Suppliers**
* **Impact:** Affected by the withdrawal of specified feed additives, requiring changes in product formulations.
* **Action Required:** Cease using the specified additives in new product formulations and adhere to the transitional periods for existing stocks, premixtures, compound feed, and feed materials.
**Pet Owners**
* **Impact:** Reduced availability of pet food products containing specified feed additives.
* **Action Required:** No immediate action required, but may need to adjust pet food choices as products containing these additives are phased out.
**European Commission**
* **Impact:** Responsible for enforcing the regulation and monitoring compliance.
* **Action Required:** Ensure the withdrawal of the specified additives from the market and oversee the implementation of transitional measures.
Key Entities Referenced
Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on additives for use in animal nutrition, which this regulation references and impacts.
Directive 70/524/EEC: Council Directive concerning additives in feedingstuffs, which the listed feed additives were originally authorized under and are now being withdrawn from the market.
European Union: The applicability scope of the regulation
Cats and dogs: The animal species affected by the withdrawal of the feed additives from the market.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/95: The subject regulation itself.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2026/95 16.1.2026
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION(EU) 2026/95
of 15 January 2026
withdrawing from the market oct-2-enal, dec-2-enal, 2-hexenal, 3,5- octadiene-2-one, dec-2-enoic
acid, phenethyl propionate, methyl decanoate, ethyl dec-2-enoate, ethyl dec-4-enoate, butylamine,
3-methylbutane-1-thiol, 2-methylfuran, 2-acetyl-5-methylfuran, 2-acetyl-3-methylpyrazine and
picoline beta (3-methylpyridine) as feed additives for cats and dogs
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on
additives for use in animal nutrition(1), and in particular Article 10(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 provides for the authorisation of additives for use in animal nutrition and for the
grounds and procedures for granting such authorisation. In particular, Article 10(2) of that Regulation provides rules
for the re-evaluation of additives authorised pursuant to Council Directive 70/524/EEC(2).
(2) Article 10(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 imposes an obligation on the Commission to adopt a Regulation
requiring the withdrawal from the market of feed additives for which no applications as required by Article 10(2) of
Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 were submitted before the deadline provided for in that provision. Similarly, a
Regulation should be adopted concerning feed additives for which an application was submitted but subsequently
withdrawn.
(3) As the applications concerning the feed additives oct-2-enal, dec-2-enal, 2-hexenal, 3,5- octadiene-2-one, dec-2-enoic
acid, phenethyl propionate, methyl decanoate, ethyl dec-2-enoate, ethyl dec-4-enoate, butylamine, 3-methylbutane-
1-thiol, 2-methylfuran, 2-acetyl-5-methylfuran, 2-acetyl-3-methylpyrazine and picoline beta (3-methylpyridine)
were withdrawn for the use for cats and dogs, these additives should be withdrawn from the market for the use for
these animal species.
(4) It is appropriate to allow for a transitional period within which existing stocks of the additives concerned,
premixtures, compound feed and feed materials which have been produced with those additives may be used up in
respect of cats and dogs, in order to allow interested parties to adapt to the obligation to withdraw those products
from the market.
(5) The withdrawal from the market of the products listed in the Annex does not prevent them from being authorised or
from being subject to a measure concerning their status in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on
Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,
(1) OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 29, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2003/1831/oj.
(2) Council Directive 70/524/EEC of 23 November 1970 concerning additives in feedingstuffs (OJ L 270, 14.12.1970, p. 1, ELI: http://
data.europa.eu/eli/dir/1970/524/oj).
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/95/oj 1/3EN
OJ L, 16.1.2026
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Withdrawal from the market
The feed additives specified in the Annex, as authorised pursuant to Directive 70/524/EEC, shall be withdrawn from the
market in respect of the use for the animal species referred to in that Annex.
Article 2
Transitional measures
1. Existing stocks of the feed additives referred to in Article 1 may continue to be placed on the market and used until
5 February 2027.
2. Premixtures produced with the feed additives referred to in paragraph 1 may continue to be placed on the market and
used until 5 May 2027.
3. Compound feed and feed materials produced with the feed additives referred to in paragraph 1 or with the
premixtures referred to in paragraph 2 may continue to be placed on the market and used until 5 February 2028.
Article 3
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 15 January 2026.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
2/3 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/95/ojEN
OJ L, 16.1.2026
ANNEX
Feed additives to be withdrawn from the market, as referred to in Article 1
Identification Animal species or
Additive
number category
Flavouring and appetising substances
Natural products and corresponding synthetic products
CAS No 2363-89-5 / Oct-2-enal / Flavis No 05.060 Cats and dogs
CAS No 3913-71-1 / Dec-2-enal / Flavis No 05.076 Cats and dogs
CAS No 505-57-7 / 2-Hexenal (synonym hex-2-enal)/ Flavis No 05.189 Cats and dogs
CAS No 30086-02-3 / 3,5-Octadiene-2-one / Flavis No 07.247 Cats and dogs
CAS No 3913-85-7 / Dec-2-enoic acid / Flavis No 08.073 Cats and dogs
CAS No 122-70-3 / Phenethyl propionate / Flavis No 09.137 Cats and dogs
CAS No 110-42-9 / Methyl decanoate / Flavis No 09.251 Cats and dogs
CAS No 7367-88-6 / Ethyl dec-2-enoate / Flavis No 09.283 Cats and dogs
CAS No 76649-16-6 / Ethyl dec-4-enoate / Flavis No 09.284 Cats and dogs
CAS No 109-73-9 / Butylamine / Flavis No 11.003 Cats and dogs
CAS No 541-31-1 / 3-Methylbutane-1-thiol / Flavis No 12.171 Cats and dogs
CAS No 534-22-5 / 2-Methylfuran / Flavis No 13.030 Cats and dogs
CAS No 1193-79-9 / 2-Acetyl-5-methylfuran / Flavis No 13.083 Cats and dogs
CAS No 23787-80-6 / 2-Acetyl-3-methylpyrazine / Flavis No 14.082 Cats and dogs
CAS No 108-99-6 / Picoline beta (3-methylpyridine) / Flavis No 14.135 Cats and dogs
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/95/oj 3/3