BS EN 17550:2021
Animal feeding stuffs: Methods of sampling and analysis. Determination of carotenoids in animal compound feed and premixtures by high performance liquid chromatography. UV detection (HPLC-UV)
- Standard No.
- BS EN 17550:2021
- Release Date
- 2022
- Published By
- British Standards Institution (BSI)
- Latest
- BS EN 17550:2021
- Scope
- What is BS EN 17550 – Carotenoids in animal compound feed and premixtures about? When it comes to the health of livestock and poultry and enhancing the quality of end products such as eggs, meat and milk, using safe and reliable animal feed plays a vital role. BS EN 17550 is a European Standard that discusses methods of sampling and analysis of animal feeding stuffs. BS EN 17550 specifies a reverse phase high performance liquid chromatographic with UV detection (RP-HPLC-UV) method for the simultaneous determination of four authorized carotenoids in fish compound feed and fish premix, namely astaxanthin (AXN), canthaxanthin (CXN), adonirubin (ADR) and astaxanthin dimethyldisuccinate (AXN DMDS), and of six authorized carotenoids in poultry feed and poultry premix, namely canthaxanthin (CXN); capsanthin (CSN), ethyl ester of beta-apo-8'-carotenoic acid (BACARE), citranaxanthin (CIXN), lutein (LUT) and zeaxanthin (ZEA) at levels ranging from approximately 2 mg/kg to approximately 4 500 mg/kg (depending on the carotenoid). Beta-carotene (BCAR), authorized in compound feed and premixes for all animal species, was also added to the scope. BS EN 17550 is applicable to feed produced using natural and synthetic feed additives. Xanthophyll esters like those of lutein, zeaxanthin and capsanthin that might be present in feed materials are not authorized feed additives and therefore not part of the scope of BS EN 17550 .
BS EN 17550:2021 history
- 2022 BS EN 17550:2021 Animal feeding stuffs: Methods of sampling and analysis. Determination of carotenoids in animal compound feed and premixtures by high performance liquid chromatography. UV detection (HPLC-UV)
