Most supplier compliance pages list certificates and stop. That tells you what a company holds, not whether its product can enter your market. This page sets out the substance-level position for the three regulated actives in our range, market by market, with the primary instrument linked rather than summarised — including the cases where the answer is no.
| Market | Position | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| European Union | Withdrawn for piglets. Not a safety ban and not all species — a procedural withdrawal under Article 10(5) of Reg. (EC) 1831/2003. Compound feed produced with it could be used to 11 July 2026 | Reg. (EU) 2024/1727 → |
| China | Permitted — sweetener category, farmed animals | MARA feed additive catalogue (Announcement No. 2045 and subsequent revisions) |
| Philippines | Registered — multiple sodium saccharin entries on the BAI list | BAI Registered Feed Additives |
| Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Egypt | Not verified — verify with your local authority or broker | — |
| Market | Position | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| China | Permitted — antioxidant category, farmed animals | MARA feed additive catalogue |
| European Union | Not authorised for feed. The authorised feed antioxidants are BHA (E 320), BHT (E 321) and propyl gallate (E 310) | EU Register of Feed Additives under Reg. (EC) 1831/2003 |
| United States | Not in the feed provisions. TBHQ appears in 21 CFR under human food only | 21 CFR 172.185 (Subchapter B); no entry in the animal feed subchapter |
| Southeast Asia, Middle East, North Africa | Not verified | — |
Plainly: VSW5 is not the right product for EU or US feed. If that is your market you need a BHA/BHT/propyl gallate system or a natural one, and we would rather tell you now.
VSW5 contains no ethoxyquin. This is worth stating because the regulatory position has moved and some suppliers still describe it as merely suspended:
| Market | Position | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| European Union | Definitively refused. Suspended in 2017, made permanent in 2022 | Reg. (EU) 2017/962; Reg. (EU) 2022/1375 |
| Vietnam | Banned in all feed since 1 April 2020 | MARD decision, driven by shrimp export exposure to the EU |
| United States | Permitted up to 150 ppm | FDA feed provisions |
| China | Permitted | MARA feed additive catalogue |
| Certificate | Number | Issuer | Scope | Valid to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FAMI-QS (Code v6) | CNBJ380053-CN · site FAM-0673 | Bureau Veritas | Feed safety & quality management incl. GMP — trading | 2027-03-25 |
| ISO 22000:2018 | 114FSMS2300022 | EACC (CNAS / IAF) | Food safety management system | 2029-01-11 |
| Halal | SSPY-201318-32223-R3 | SSPY (JAKIM-recognised) | Halal certification | 2027-06-26 |
Note the FAMI-QS scope wording. It covers feed safety and quality management for trading. Describing it as certified production would be inaccurate, so we do not.
Send us your destination market, species and intended inclusion rate, and we will tell you which grades are worth evaluating and which are not. See also the full specification disclosure and the supplier comparison pages.
No, and no supplier honestly can. Import clearance depends on your country's current feed additive register, your importer's licence scope, your declared use and species, and inspection practice on the day. What we can do is give you the exact composition, the certificate numbers, the primary regulatory instruments that apply, and full documentation — so that you or your customs broker can make the determination on facts rather than on our assurance.
Not our saccharin-based sweeteners into piglet feed — Regulation (EU) 2024/1727 withdrew sodium saccharin for that category. Not VSW5, because TBHQ is not among the antioxidants authorised for feed in the EU. Our palatants and the LPC emulsifier do not carry those specific constraints, but EU market access depends on the full formulation and its authorisation status, which you should verify against the EU Register of Feed Additives for your species. We would rather set that out here than let it surface after shipment.
Because a buyer who discovers a regulatory problem at the port has a much bigger problem than a buyer who discovers it on a website, and because it is the same information either way. It also saves both sides time: if your market rules a grade out, neither of us should spend three weeks on samples.
TDS, SDS and COA with every shipment. Certificates of FAMI-QS, ISO 22000 and Halal are available on request with their numbers, so you can verify each with the issuing body rather than accepting a scan. If your import process needs a specific declaration format, tell us what it is and we will tell you plainly whether we can produce it.
We do not claim either. We hold FAMI-QS feed safety and quality management certification (scope: trading), ISO 22000:2018 and Halal. If a document is not listed on this page, assume we do not have it and ask — we will answer directly rather than implying coverage we do not have.
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Last updated: 3 September 2026 · Regulatory positions reflect publicly available instruments as at that date and are provided as a factual starting point, not as legal or customs advice. Verify the current position for your species and destination market before importing.