As of July 2, BASF is lifting force majeure for its Lutavit A 1000, Lutavit A 500, Vitamin A Palmitate 1.6 Mio IU/g, Lutavit E 50, Lutavit E 50 S and Vitamin E Acetate 94% products for its animal nutrition business, according to an announcement.

BASF said force majeure for additional vitamin derivatives and for several affected carotenoids within the animal nutrition business will be lifted subsequently.

Following an incident beyond BASF’s control in its Ludwigshafen, Germany, citral plant on Oct. 31, 2017, BASF was forced to declare force majeure for its citral and isoprenol-based aroma ingredients, its vitamin A and E products and several carotenoids, the company noted.

Human nutrition, aroma ingredients: Due to a more demanding quality testing process relative to its animal nutrition business, BASF expects to lift force majeure for vitamin A and E products as well as carotenoids for its human nutrition business from mid-third quarter 2018 onward, in a step-wise approach, the announcement said.

BASF said it expects to lift force majeure for the majority of its citral and isoprenol-based aroma ingredients in the fourth quarter of 2018 due to different manufacturing steps needed in this production chain relative to its vitamin production.

Customers will be informed directly by their respective sales contacts as soon as the timing for lifting force majeure for specific products is confirmed, BASF said. It expects that delivery dates will be communicated, always considering lead times, which are region, country and product specific, taking anywhere from a few days to several weeks or months.

For further information, visit www.basf.com/citral-plant.