Regulation No. 319 on additives for use in animal feed.

The present Regulation includes provisions on the approval and use of additives in animal feed, as well as provisions on the monitoring and labelling of additives in feed and feed mixtures. Additives refer to substances, microorganisms, and preparations, including antibiotics, that are not feed or feed mixtures, and are added to feed or water to fulfill a specific function. The Regulation adopts Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition, as well as several other EU statutes on approved additives listed in section 3. Section 4 lists the coccidiostats that are permitted for use in Norway.
The purpose of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 is to establish a Community procedure for authorising the placing on the market and use of feed additives and to lay down rules for the supervision and labelling of feed additives and premixtures in order to provide the basis for the assurance of a high level of protection of human health, animal health and welfare, environment and users' and consumers' interests in relation to feed additives, whilst ensuring the effective functioning of the internal market. The Regulation concerns the approval of use of additives in feedstuffs and the control and labelling of feedstuffs or feedstuff preparations. Control on feedstuffs shall be entrusted to the Food Safety Authority. The Authority may grant exemption from rules of this Regulation if they are not contrary to international obligations of Norway.