Risk
assessment of nitrate and nitrite in feed
EFSA - GROUPE CONTAM -- EFSA J 2020 18(11) : 6290
Par manque de données disponibles, le groupe CONTAM n'a pas pu caractériser le risque pour la santé des espèces (sauf ruminants et porcs) exposé aux nitrates via leur alimentation et de tous les animaux de rente et de compagnie exposé aux nitrites via leur alimentation.
Sur la base de données limitées, le groupe CONTAM estime que le transfert de nitrate et de nitrite des aliments pour animaux aux produits alimentaires d'origine animale ainsi que la formation de N-nitrosamines à partir des nitrates et des nitrites et leur transfert dans ces produits seront probablement négligeables.
TECHNICAL REPORT
APPROVED: 1 October 2020doi:10.2903/sp.efsa.2020.EN-1941www.efsa.europa.eu/publicationsEFSA
Supporting publication 2020:EN-1941Outcome of a public consultation on the draft risk assessment of nitrate and nitrite in feedEuropean Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
Abstract
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) carried out a public consultation to receive input from interested parties on a draft Scientific Opinion on the risk assessment of nitrate and nitrite in feed. This draft Scientific Opinion was prepared by the EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM Panel), supported by the Working Group on nitrate and nitrite in feed. The draft opinion was endorsed by the CONTAM Panel for public consultation on 27 May 2020. The written public consultation was open from 16 June until 27 July 2020. EFSA received comments from four different interested parties. EFSA and its CONTAM Panel wish to thank all stakeholders for their contributions. The present report contains the comments received and explains the way they have been considered for finalisation of the opinion. The opinion was adopted at the CONTAM Plenary meeting on 24 September 2020 and published in the EFSA Journal.
© European Food Safety Authority, 2020Key words: nitrate, nitrite, methaemoglobin, occurrence, exposure, feed, animals
Requestor: European CommissionQuestion number: EFSA-Q-2020-00347
Correspondence: biocontam@efsa.europa.eu