Date	Event
28/10/2010	Dossier received by EFSA. Botanically defined flavourings from Botanical Group 02 – Apiales and Austrobaileyales for all animal species and categories. Submitted by Feed Flavourings Authorisation Consortium European Economic Interest Grouping (FFAC EEIG)
09/11/2010	Reception mandate from the European Commission
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
17/06/2016	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
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
27/02/2019	Partial withdrawal by applicant (EC was informed) for the following additives: dill seed extract, celery seed extract (oleoresin), caraway oleoresin/extract, and opoponax oil
24/06/2019	Application validated by EFSA – Start of the scientific assessment
03/07/2019	Request of supplementary information to the applicant in line with Article 8(1)(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 – Scientific assessment suspended. Issues: characterization, safety for the target species, safety for the consumer, safety for the user, safety for the environment
30/09/2019	Comments received from Member States
13/07/2021	Reception of supplementary information from the applicant (partial dataset on asafoetida oil) – Scientific assessment remains suspended
24/06/2022	The application was split and a new EFSA‐Q‐2022‐00404 was assigned to the preparation included in the present assessment
31/10/2022	Reception of the Evaluation report of the European Union Reference Laboratory for Feed Additives – Scientific assessment re‐started
22/11/2022	Opinion adopted by the FEEDAP Panel. End of the Scientific assessment for the preparation included in the present assessment. The assessment of other preparations is still ongoing