The specific objectives of this project are:
A. Collecting up-to-date information on the authorisations granted for 27 selected trace and ultratrace elements and their forms/sources, in the EU and relevant countries outside the EU (e.g. USA, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, China, India, Turkey, Russia, Brazil, Argentina, Thailand, Philippines),
B. Collecting up-to-date information on the biological role of 27 selected trace and ultratrace elements,
C. Collecting data on the background content of 27 selected trace and ultratrace elements in feed materials and in animal feed. If available, information on the analytical method used shall be included,
D. Collecting data on the requirements, including the allowances and use levels, of the 27 selected trace and ultratrace elements for animal nutrition and
E. Collecting data on tolerance, metabolism and toxicology of the 27 selected trace and ultratrace elements.

The Following 27 selected trace and ultratrace elements are object of this call:
Aluminium, Arsenic, Cadmium, Cereum, Chromium, Cobalt, Copper, Boron, Bromine, Fluorite, Iodine, Iron, Lanthanum, Lead, Lithium, Manganese, Mercury, Molybdenum, Nickel, Rubidium, Selenium, Silicium, Silver, Strontium, Tin, Vanadium, Zinc.