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The European Union evaluates the safety and efficacy of mahogany extract as an additive for all animal feed

 foodmate 2022-12-19

On December 15, 2022, according to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), at the request of the European Commission, the EU Animal Feed Additives and Products (FEEDAP) Research Group issued a report on red quebracho extract) as a scientific opinion on the safety and efficacy of all animal feed additives.

After evaluation, the panel concluded that the use of extracts under the recommended conditions of feed use is not expected to pose a risk to the environment. Since white solid wood and its preparations are believed to flavor food, its function in feed is essentially the same as in food, so it is not considered necessary to further prove its efficacy. Some of the original articles are reported below:

Following a request from the European Commission, EFSA was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on the safety and efficacy of an extract of co ndensed tannins from Schinopsis balansae Engl. and Schinopsis lorentzii (Griseb.) Engl. (red quebracho extract) when used as a sensory additive in feed and water for drinking for all animal species. The EFSA Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed (FEEDAP) co ncluded that the additive under assessment is safe up to the maximum proposed use levels of 400 mg/kg for chickens for fattening and other growing poultry, 600 mg/kg for laying hens and other laying/ breeding birds kept for egg production/reproduction, 540 mg/kg for turkeys for fattening, 720 mg/kg for piglets, 860 mg/kg for pigs for fattening and other growing Suidae, 1,050 mg/kg for sows, 1,680 mg/kg for veal calves (milk replacer), 1,580 mg/kg for cattle for fattening and other growing ruminants, 1,030 mg/kg for dairy cows and other dairy ruminants, 1,580 mg/kg for sheep, goats, horses, 630 mg/kg for rabbits, 1,810 mg/kg for salmonids and other fin fish, 1,900 mg/kg for dogs and 3,000 mg/kg for ornamental fish. For cats, the calculated safe concentration in feed is 317 mg/kg complete feed. For all the other minor species, the additive is considered safe at 317 mg/kg complete feed. The FEEDAP Panel considered the use in water for drinking as safe provided that the total daily intake of the additive does not exceed the daily amount that is considered safe when consumed via feed. No concerns for consumers were identified following the use of the additive at the maximum proposed use level in feed. The extract under assessment is not an eye irritant but in the absence of data, no co nclusion can be drawn on its potential to be a skin irritant and a dermal and respiratory sensitiser. The use of the extract under the proposed conditions of use in feed was not expected to pose a risk for the environment. Since quebracho and its preparations were recognised to flavour food and its function in feed would be essentially the same as that in food, no further demonstration of efficacy was considered necessary.

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