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A feed additive shall be allocated to one or more of the following categories, depending on its functions and properties, in accordance with the procedure set out at Articles 7, 8 and 9: technological additives: any substance added to feed for a technological purpose; sensory additives: any substance, the addition of which to feed improves or changes the organoleptic properties of the feed, or the visual characteristics of the food derived from animals; nutritional additives; zootechnical additives: any additive used to affect favourably the performance of animals in good health or used to affect favourably the environment; coccidiostats and histomonostats.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-02 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.