Opinion of the Scientific Panel on biological hazards (BIOHAZ) related to the evaluation of the efficacy of SAN-PEL® for use as an antimicrobial substance applied on carcasses of chickens, turkeys, quails, pigs, beef, sheep, goats and game and in washing the shells of eggs1
Herbert Budka, Sava Buncic, Pierre Colin, John D Collins, Christian Ducrot,
James Hope, Mac Johnston, Günter Klein, Hilde Kruse, Ernst Lücker,
Simone Magnino, Riitta Liisa Maijala, Antonio Martínez López, Christophe Nguyen-
The, Birgit Noerrung, Servé Notermans, George-John E Nychas, Maurice Pensaert,
Terence Roberts, Ivar Vågsholm, Emmanuel Vanopdenbosch
Acknowledgment
Herbert Budka, Sava Buncic, Pierre Colin, John D Collins, Christian Ducrot,
James Hope, Mac Johnston, Günter Klein, Hilde Kruse, Ernst Lücker,
Simone Magnino, Riitta Liisa Maijala, Antonio Martínez López, Christophe Nguyen-
The, Birgit Noerrung, Servé Notermans, George-John E Nychas, Maurice Pensaert,
Terence Roberts, Ivar Vågsholm, Emmanuel Vanopdenbosch
No abstract available
The European Commission requested EFSA to evaluate the efficacy of SAN-PEL for use as an antimicrobial substance applied on carcasses of chickens, turkeys, quails, pigs, beef, sheep, goats and game and in washing the shells of eggs. The evaluation was based on the documentation submitted from the applicant to European Commission and forwarded to EFSA.
The BIOHAZ Panel concludes that it was not possible to evaluate the efficacy of SAN-PEL as a decontaminating (antimicrobial) agent to reduce numbers/prevalence of pathogens on carcasses, eggs and offal because i) no experimental data was provided to support the proposed mode of action, ii) the purpose of the treatment was not clearly specified in the documentation provided, iii) most of the studies provided included tests for total viable counts, coliforms, Escherichia coli and streptococci but none of the most important food-borne pathogens e.g. Campylobacter spp., E. coli VTEC, Salmonella spp., iv) the description of the studies and the experimental protocols were incomplete (e.g. no statistical analysis, no full experimental data, no technical conditions of the treatments), and therefore, did not facilitate the interpretation of the results, v) the experiments described were on a small scale and not adequate to demonstrate the efficacy of SAN-PEL under commercial conditions and vi) the documentation provided did not represent a coherent body of arguments and experimental results supporting the efficacy of SAN-PEL.
Decontamination, efficacy of SAN-PEL ®, carcasses.
