TY - JOUR

T1 - Safety and efficacy of a feed additive consisting of Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus (formerly Lactobacillus rhamnosus) IMI 507023 for all animal species (ALL-TECHNOLOGY (IRELAND) LIMITED [Alltech Ireland])

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 - Cocconcelli, Pier Sandro

AU - Glandorf, Boet

AU - Maradona, Miguel Prieto

AU - Saarela, Maria

AU - Brozzi, Rosella

AU - Galobart, Jaume

AU - Innocenti, Matteo

AU - Revez, Joana

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

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2021 European Food Safety Authority. EFSA Journal published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd on behalf of European Food Safety Authority.

PY - 2021

Y1 - 2021

N2 - Following a request from the European Commission, the Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed (FEEDAP) was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on the safety and efficacy of Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus (formerly Lactobacillus rhamnosus) IMI 507023 as a technological additive for all animal species. The additive is intended to improve the production of silage at a proposed application rate of 1 × 109 colony-forming units (CFU)/kg fresh material. The bacterial species L. rhamnosus is considered by EFSA to be suitable for the qualified presumption of safety approach. As the identity of the strain has been established and no acquired antimicrobial resistance determinants of concern were detected, the use of the strain as a silage additive is considered safe for livestock species, for consumers and for the environment. In the absence of data, the FEEDAP Panel cannot conclude on the potential of the additive to be a skin/eye irritant or a skin sensitiser. Given the proteinaceous nature of the active agent, the additive should be considered a respiratory sensitiser. The additive at the proposed application rate of 1 × 109 CFU/kg fresh material has the potential to improve the fermentation of the silages from easy to moderately difficult to ensile forages.

AB - Following a request from the European Commission, the Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed (FEEDAP) was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on the safety and efficacy of Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus (formerly Lactobacillus rhamnosus) IMI 507023 as a technological additive for all animal species. The additive is intended to improve the production of silage at a proposed application rate of 1 × 109 colony-forming units (CFU)/kg fresh material. The bacterial species L. rhamnosus is considered by EFSA to be suitable for the qualified presumption of safety approach. As the identity of the strain has been established and no acquired antimicrobial resistance determinants of concern were detected, the use of the strain as a silage additive is considered safe for livestock species, for consumers and for the environment. In the absence of data, the FEEDAP Panel cannot conclude on the potential of the additive to be a skin/eye irritant or a skin sensitiser. Given the proteinaceous nature of the active agent, the additive should be considered a respiratory sensitiser. The additive at the proposed application rate of 1 × 109 CFU/kg fresh material has the potential to improve the fermentation of the silages from easy to moderately difficult to ensile forages.

KW - efficacy

KW - Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus IMI 507023

KW - QPS

KW - safety

KW - silage additive

KW - technological additive

U2 - 10.2903/j.efsa.2021.6700

DO - 10.2903/j.efsa.2021.6700

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 34322174

AN - SCOPUS:85112664081

VL - 19

JO - E F S A Journal

JF - E F S A Journal

SN - 1831-4732

IS - 7

M1 - e06700

ER -