TY - JOUR

T1 - Safety and efficacy of a feed additive consisting of Bacillus velezensis ATCC PTA-6737 (Bacillus velezensis PB6) for turkeys for fattening, turkeys reared for breeding, laying hens, minor poultry species for laying, piglets (weaned), weaned minor porcine species and sows (Kemin Europe N.V.)

AU - Bampidis, Vasileios

AU - Azimonti, Giovanna

AU - Bastos, Maria de Lourdes

AU - Christensen, Henrik

AU - Dusemund, Birgit

AU - Fašmon Durjava, Mojca

AU - Kouba, Maryline

AU - López-Alonso, Marta

AU - López Puente, Secundino

AU - Marcon, Francesca

AU - Mayo, Baltasar

AU - Pechová, Alena

AU - Petkova, Mariana

AU - Ramos, Fernando

AU - Sanz, Yolanda

AU - Villa, Roberto Edoardo

AU - Woutersen, Ruud

AU - Anguita, Montserrat

AU - Galobart, Jaume

AU - Brozzi, Rosella

AU - EFSA Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed (FEEDAP)

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KgaA on behalf of the European Food Safety Authority.

PY - 2022

Y1 - 2022

N2 - Following a request from the European Commission, EFSA was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on the safety and efficacy of Bacillus subtilis ATCC PTA-6737 (Bacillus subtilis PB6) when used as a feed additive for turkeys for fattening, turkeys reared for breeding, laying hens, minor poultry species for laying, piglets (weaned), weaned minor porcine species and sows. With this application, the company requested the modification of the current authorisations as regards the strain taxonomy from B. subtilis ATCC PTA-6737 to Bacillus velezensis ATCC PTA-6737. The FEEDAP Panel concluded that the active agent of B. subtilis PB6 should be taxonomically designated as B. velezensis ATCC PTA-6737. The Panel also concluded that Bacillus velezensis PB6 is presumed safe for the target species, consumers and the environment and is not a dermal/eye irritant or a skin sensitiser but should be considered a respiratory sensitiser. The Panel reiterated the previous conclusions reached on the efficacy of the additive when used with the target species.

AB - Following a request from the European Commission, EFSA was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on the safety and efficacy of Bacillus subtilis ATCC PTA-6737 (Bacillus subtilis PB6) when used as a feed additive for turkeys for fattening, turkeys reared for breeding, laying hens, minor poultry species for laying, piglets (weaned), weaned minor porcine species and sows. With this application, the company requested the modification of the current authorisations as regards the strain taxonomy from B. subtilis ATCC PTA-6737 to Bacillus velezensis ATCC PTA-6737. The FEEDAP Panel concluded that the active agent of B. subtilis PB6 should be taxonomically designated as B. velezensis ATCC PTA-6737. The Panel also concluded that Bacillus velezensis PB6 is presumed safe for the target species, consumers and the environment and is not a dermal/eye irritant or a skin sensitiser but should be considered a respiratory sensitiser. The Panel reiterated the previous conclusions reached on the efficacy of the additive when used with the target species.

KW - authorization

KW - Bacillus velezensis ATCC PTA-6737

KW - gut flora stabilisers

KW - modification

KW - zootechnical additives

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85130686626&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.2903/j.efsa.2022.7244

DO - 10.2903/j.efsa.2022.7244

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 35432607

AN - SCOPUS:85130686626

VL - 20

JO - E F S A Journal

JF - E F S A Journal

SN - 1831-4732

IS - 4

M1 - e07244

ER -