EFSA has reiterated its previous conclusion that bentonite is safe for all animal species, the consumers and the environment when used at a maximum level of 20,000 mg/kg complete feed.
EFSA was unable to conclude on the safety of a feed material produced by fermentation with Escherichia coli, a by-product of the production of l-lysine, for certain animals and for meat consumers.
EFSA says the feeding to calves of colostrum and milk containing residues of antimicrobials that could select for antimicrobial-resistant bacteria should be avoided.
EFSA is to release the raw data used in the recent EU safety evaluation of glyphosate, saying the move is part of its commitment to open risk assessment.
EFSA is urging all relevant bodies that are active at EU level and are keen to support the Authority’s work in feed and food risk assessment to register as official EFSA stakeholders.
EFSA has found the current Tolerable Daily Intake (TDI) of the mycotoxin, zearalenone, in food and feed should be maintained at the previous level of 0.25 µg/kg BW per day.
DSM has raised questions about an EFSA opinion that claimed a lack of supporting evidence for the panel to draw a conclusion on the efficacy of a phytase at a reduced dosage in feed for growing pigs.
EFSA has extended the deadline to mid-January 2016 on its tender seeking a contractor to undertake a scoping exercise on food and feed risk assessment using crowdsourcing tools.
Numerous EU countries have endorsed the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) opinion from May last year that there should be a reduction in the content of zinc allowed in feed for all farmed animals.
EFSA is to carry out a new risk assessment for animal and human health related to the presence of dioxins and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in food and feed.
Spanish feed additive producer, Rubinum, says the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is ‘out of control’ and it is calling for a debate at EU parliamentary level on the future role of the EU risk assessor.
Possibility of pre-submission meetings with groups of applicants on cards: EFSA
EFSA said a recent meeting with feed additive producers shows the various initiatives it has carried out aimed at improving the way it communicates with industry have been well received.
Spanish firm, Rubinum, is awaiting judgment from the EU Court of Justice on a case it has brought against the EU Commission over its decision to not sanction its feed additive, Toyocerin.
We recently checked in with Manuela Tiramani, acting head of the Feed Unit at the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), to hear about that unit's objectives for the next 12 months.
The Parma-based European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has announced that it is holding most of its open plenaries in Brussels this year to make it easier for interested parties to attend.
The EU Commission has approved an Adisseo enzyme as effective at reducing body weight loss in lactating sows, despite EFSA, in a May 2014 opinion, unable to conclude on the efficacy of the feed additive.
Spanish feed additives company, Rubinum, has criticized EFSA’s findings that new evidence submitted by the firm on Toyocerin did not demonstrate the safety of the gut flora stabilizer.
Excessive levels of dioxins were detected in eight per cent of thousands of foods sampled over a nine-year period, said EFSA. But the food safety watchdog has challenged the significance of its own findings.
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