Date	Event
05/11/2010	Dossier received by EFSA. Chemically defined flavourings from Botanical Group 09 ‐ Zingiberales for all animal species and categories. Submitted by Feed Flavourings Authorisation Consortium European Economic Interest Grouping (FFAC EEIG)
11/11/2010	Reception mandate from the European Commission
03/01/2011	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
05/04/2011	Comments received from Member States
17/10/2012	Reception of supplementary information from the applicant
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
12/05/2016	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”. Discussion on the ongoing work regarding the pilot dossiers BDG08 and BDG 09
17/06/2016	Spontaneous submission of information by the applicant. Issues: characterisation
27/04/2017	Trilateral meeting organised by the European Commission with EFSA and the applicant FEFANA on the assessment of botanical flavourings: characterisation, substances of toxicological concern present in the botanical extracts, feedback on the pilot dossiers
24/07/2017	EFSA informed the applicant that the evaluation process restarted
22/09/2017	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
01/02/2018	Reception of supplementary information from the applicant
11/10/2018	Reception of the Evaluation report of the European Union Reference Laboratory for Feed Additives ‐ Scientific assessment re‐started
14/05/2019	Opinion adopted by the FEEDAP Panel. End of the Scientific assessment