EFSA assesses safety of formaldehyde in feed
Formaldehyde is currently used as a feed additiveProduct intentionally added to animal feed to improve: i) the quality of the feeds ii) the quality of the food products obtained from animals; iii) animal performance and health and as a preservative for skimmed milk intended for pigs. In their risk assessmentA specialised field of applied science that involves reviewing scientific data and studies in order to evaluate risks associated with certain hazards. It involves four steps: hazard identification, hazard characterisation, exposure assessment and risk characterisation, EFSA’s experts concluded that while there is no health risk for consumers exposed to this substance through the food chain, its inhalation may cause cancer. Appropriate measures should be taken to reduce worker exposureConcentration or amount of a particular substance that is taken in by an individual, population or ecosystem in a specific frequency over a certain amount of time to feed containing formaldehyde.
- Scientific Opinion on the safety and efficacy of formaldehyde for all animal species based on a dossier submitted by Regal BV
- Scientific Opinion on the safety and efficacy of formaldehyde for all animal species based on a dossier submitted by Adiveter S.L.
- Endogenous formaldehyde turnover in humans compared with exogenous contribution from food sources