Date	Event
23/11/2010	Dossier received by EFSA. Botanically defined flavourings from Botanical Group 01 – Lamiales for all animal species and categories. Submitted by Feed Flavourings Authorisation Consortium European Economic Interest Grouping (FFAC EEIG)
03/01/2011	Reception mandate from the European Commission
06/01/2011	Application validated by EFSA – Start of the scientific assessment
01/04/2011	Request of supplementary information to the applicant in line with Article 8(1)(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 – Scientific assessment suspended. Issues: analytical methods
08/01/2013	Reception of supplementary information from the applicant – Scientific assessment remains suspended
26/02/2013	EFSA informed the applicant (EFSA ref. 7150727) that, in view of the workload, the evaluation of applications on feed flavourings would be re‐organised by giving priority to the assessment of the chemically defined feed flavourings, as agreed with the European Commission
24/06/2015	Technical hearing during risk assessment with the applicant according to the “EFSA's Catalogue of support initiatives during the life‐cycle of applications for regulated products”: data requirement for the risk assessment of botanicals
27/02/2019	Partial withdrawal of application for the following additives: thyme leaves gratiola tincture, spike lavender oil, melissa oil, pennyroyal oil, basil oil and savoury summer oil
30/06/2021	EFSA informed the applicant that the evaluation process restarted
08/07/2021	Request of supplementary information to the applicant in line with Article 8(1)(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 – Scientific assessment suspended. Issues: characterisation, safety for target species, safety for the consumer, safety for the user and environment
28/09/2023	Partial withdrawal of the application for the following additive: Spanish marjoram oil
04/04/2024	Reception of supplementary information from the applicant (partial dataset: wild thyme tincture) – Scientific assessment remains suspended
08/07/2024	Partial withdrawal of the application for the following additives: lilac chastetree extract and savoury summer tincture
17/07/2024	Request of supplementary information to the applicant in line with Article 8(1)(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 – Scientific assessment suspended. Issues: characterisation
26/08/2024	Reception of the Evaluation report of the European Union Reference Laboratory for Feed Additives. Partial report related to seven additives: Spanish sage oil, peppermint oil, thymus origanum oil, patchouli oil, clary sage oil, lavender oil and sage oil
27/08/2024	Reception of supplementary information from the applicant (letter of agreement)
16/12/2024	Partial withdrawal of the application for the following additives: devils claw extract (wb), balm leaves extract (sb), olive extract (sb)
14/01/2025	Reception of supplementary information from the applicant (partial dataset: basil tincture, lavender tincture, peppermint tincture, sage tincture and wild thyme tincture) – Scientific assessment remains suspended
26/05/2025	The application was split and a new EFSA‐Q‐2025‐00327 was assigned to the additive included in the present assessment
18/06/2025	Reception of the Evaluation report of the European Union Reference Laboratory for Feed Additives. Partial report related to 11 additives: cornmint oil, spearmint oil, thyme oil, rosemary oil, marjoram oil, rosemary tincture, basil tincture
23/06/2025	Scientific assessment re‐started for the additive included in the present assessment
25/06/2025	Opinion adopted by the FEEDAP Panel on wild thyme tincture (EFSA‐Q‐2025‐00327). End of the Scientific assessment for the additive included in the present assessment. The assessment of other additives in BGD 01 is still ongoing