Last updated on 22-9-2022 by Jill Alexandre
Authors
Dieter Schrenk; Bignami, Margherita; Laurent Bodin; Chipman, James Kevin; Jesús del Mazo; Grasl‐Kraupp, Bettina; Hogstrand, Christer; Leblanc, Jean‐Charles; Nielsen, Elsa; Ntzani, Evangelia; Petersen, Annette; Sand, Salomon; Schwerdtle, Tanja; Christiane Vleminckx; Wallace, Heather; Sven Daenicke; Carlo Stefano Nebbia; Isabelle P Oswald; Rovesti, Elena; Steinkellner, Hans; Hoogenboom, Laurentius (Ron)Keywords
Abstract:
In 2018, the EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM) adopted a Scientific Opinion on the risks for animal health related to the presence of fumonisins, their modified forms and hidden forms in feed. A no observed adverse effect level (NOAEL) of 1 mg/kg feed was established for pigs. In poultry a NOAEL of 20 mg/kg feed and in horses a reference point for adverse animal health effect of 8.8 mg/kg feed was established, referred to as NOAEL. The European Commission (EC) requested EFSA to review the information regarding the toxicity of fumonisins for pigs, poultry and horses and t…