據歐盟網站消息，5月5日歐盟發布（EU）2015/722號法規，批準牛磺酸作為犬科、貓科、鼬科動物和肉食性魚的飼料添加劑使用。該法規自公布二十日起生效。
按照新法規要求，水分含量為12%的飼料中牛磺酸的推薦最大限量為：貓科動物：2500牛磺酸/kg，肉食性魚：25000牛磺酸/kg，犬科和鼬科動物：2000牛磺酸/kg。
部分原文報道如下：
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION （EU） 2015/722 of 5 May 2015
concerning the authorisation of taurine as a feed additive for Canidae, Felidae, Mustelidae and carnivorous fish
Article 1
The substance specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category 'nutritional additives' and to the functional group 'vitamins, pro-vitamins and chemically well-defined substances having similar effect‘， are authorised as an additive in animal nutrition subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.
Article 2
1. The substance specified in the Annex and premixtures containing that substance which are produced and labelled before 26 November 2015 in accordance with the rules applicable before 26 May 2015 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the existing stocks are exhausted.
原文鏈接：http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2015.115.01.0018.01.ENG
日期：2015-05-20
