FEEDAP

The Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed (FEEDAP) provides scientific advice on the safety and/or efficacy of additives and products or substances used in animal feed. The Panel evaluates their safety and/or efficacy for the target species, the user, the consumer of products of animal origin and the environment. It also looks at the efficacy of biological and chemical products/substances intended for deliberate use in animal feed.
FEEDAP Panel Members are scientists from across Europe with expertise in:
- Animal nutrition/animal physiology/production – monogastric, ruminant and poultry nutrition, including digestive processes, feeding techniques, feed formulation, nutrient requirements and tolerance
- Toxicology – sub-chronic and chronic toxicity (repeated dose studies), genotoxicity and mutagenicity, developmental and reproductive toxicity, carcinogenicity and occupational toxicology
- Pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics/metabolism studies – absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion (ADME) of substances, exposure assessment (upper levels, maximum residue levels)
- Microbiology, antimicrobial resistance – (evaluation of microorganism-based additives)
- Environmental risk assessment – impact of using feed additives on terrestrial and aquatic environments)
Panel members
FEEDAP Panel Members, 2018-2021. View Declarations of Interests and CVs.
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Azimonti, Giovanna | Vice-Chair |
| Bampidis, Vasileios | Chair |
| Bastos, Maria De Lourdes | Member |
| Christensen, Henrik | Member |
| Dusemund, Birgit | Member |
| Fasmon Durjava, Mojca | Member |
| Kouba, Maryline | Member |
| Lopez Puente, Secundino | Member |
| López-Alonso, Marta | Member |
| Marcon, Francesca | Member |
| Mayo, Baltasar | Member |
| Pechová, Alena | Member |
| Petkova, Mariana | Member |
| Ramos, Fernando Jorge | Member |
| Sanz, Yolanda | Member |
| Villa, Roberto Edoardo | Vice-Chair |
| Woutersen, Rudolf Antonius | Member |
Previous panel members
The Declarations of Interests and CVs of previous Panel members are available upon request.
2015-2018
- Gabriele Aquilina, Member
- Giovanna Azimonti, Member as of January 2016
- Vasileios Bampidis, Member
- Maria De Lourdes Bastos, Member
- Georges Bories, Member
- Andrew Chesson, Member
- Pier Sandro Cocconcelli, Member
- Maria Fernandez-Cruz, Member until October 2015
- Gerhard Flachowsky, Member
- Jürgen Gropp, Member
- Boris Kolar, Member
- Maryline Kouba, Member
- Secundino Lopez Puente, Vice-chair until February 2018
- Marta López-Alonso, Member
- Alberto Mantovani, Member
- Baltasar Mayo, Member
- Fernando Jorge Ramos, Member
- Guido Rychen, Chair
- Maria Saarela, Vice-Chair
- Roberto Edoardo Villa, Vice-Chair as of February 2018
- Robert John Wallace, Member
- Pieter Wester, Member
2012-2015
- Kristen Sejrsen, Chair
- Christer Hogstrand, Vice-chair
- Guido Rychen, Vice-chair
- Gabriele Aquilina
- Alex Bach, until July 2013
- Vasileios Bampidis
- Maria de Lourdes Bastos
- Lucio Guido Costa, as of March 2013
- Gerhard Flachowsky
- Josep Gasa-Gaso, until March 2013
- Mikolaj Antoni Gralak
- Lubomir Leng
- Secundino López Puente
- Giovanna Martelli
- Baltasar Mayo
- Fernando Ramos, as of March 2013
- Derek Renshaw
- Maria Saarela
- Patrick Van Beelen
- Robert John Wallace
- Johannes Westendorf
2009-2012
- Andrew Chesson, Chair
- Jürgen Gropp, Vice-chair
- Alberto Mantovani, Vice-chair
- Gabriele Aquilina
- Georges Bories
- Paul George Brantom, until February 2011
- Francesca Caloni, until February 2010
- Pier Sandro Cocconcelli
- Joop De Knecht
- Noël Albert Dierick
- Mikolaj Antoni Gralak
- Ingrid Halle
- Christer Hogstrand, from April 2011
- Nils-Gunnar Ilback, until March 2010
- Reinhard Kroker, until May 2012
- Peadar Lawlor, until February 2010
- Lubomir Leng
- Sven Lindgren, until November 2010
- Secundino Lopez Puente, from April 2011
- Anne Katrine Lundebye Haldorsen
- Giovanna Martelli, from April 2011
- Miklós Mézes
- Derek Renshaw
- Maria Saarela
- Kristen Sejrsen, from April 2011
- Johannes Westendorf, from April 2011
