Assessment of an application on a detoxification process of groundnut press cake for aflatoxins by ammoniation
Abstract Following a request from the European Commission, the EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM) provided a scientific opinion on an application for a detoxification process of groundnut press cake for aflatoxins by ammoniation. Specifically, it is required that the feed decontam...
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| author | EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM) Dieter Schrenk Margherita Bignami Laurent Bodin James Kevin Chipman Jesus delMazo Bettina Grasl‐Kraupp Laurentius (Ron) Hoogenboom Jean‐Charles Leblanc Carlo Stefano Nebbia Elsa Nielsen Evangelia Ntzani Annette Petersen Salomon Sand Tanja Schwerdtle Christiane Vleminckx Heather Wallace Martin Rose Bruce Cottrill Anne Katrine Lundebye Manfred Metzler Anna Christodoulidou Christer Hogstrand |
| author_facet | EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM) Dieter Schrenk Margherita Bignami Laurent Bodin James Kevin Chipman Jesus delMazo Bettina Grasl‐Kraupp Laurentius (Ron) Hoogenboom Jean‐Charles Leblanc Carlo Stefano Nebbia Elsa Nielsen Evangelia Ntzani Annette Petersen Salomon Sand Tanja Schwerdtle Christiane Vleminckx Heather Wallace Martin Rose Bruce Cottrill Anne Katrine Lundebye Manfred Metzler Anna Christodoulidou Christer Hogstrand |
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| description | Abstract Following a request from the European Commission, the EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM) provided a scientific opinion on an application for a detoxification process of groundnut press cake for aflatoxins by ammoniation. Specifically, it is required that the feed decontamination process is compliant with the acceptability criteria specified in the Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/786 of 19 May 2015. The CONTAM Panel assessed the data provided by the feed business operator with respect to the efficacy of the process to remove the contaminant from groundnut press cake batches and on information demonstrating that the process does not adversely affect the characteristics and the nature of the product. Although according to the literature the process may be able to reduce aflatoxin levels below the legal limits, the Panel concluded that the proposed decontamination process, on the basis of the experimental data submitted by the feed business operator, cannot be confirmed for compliance with the acceptability criteria provided for in Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/786 of 19 May 2015. The Panel recommended sufficient sample testing before and after the process, under the selected conditions, to ensure that the process is reproducible and reliable and to demonstrate that the detoxification is not reversible. In addition, genotoxicity testing of extracts of the treated feedingstuff and of the identified degradation products would be necessary. Finally, information on the transfer rate of AFB1 to AFM1 excretion in milk for animals fed the ammoniated product, in comparison to the starting material and on the ammoniation process changes of the nutritional values of the feed material should be provided. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0af68509c7134a59b61bce165207ef5b2022-12-22T04:12:42ZengWileyEFSA Journal1831-47322021-12-011912n/an/a10.2903/j.efsa.2021.7035Assessment of an application on a detoxification process of groundnut press cake for aflatoxins by ammoniationEFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM)Dieter SchrenkMargherita BignamiLaurent BodinJames Kevin ChipmanJesus delMazoBettina Grasl‐KrauppLaurentius (Ron) HoogenboomJean‐Charles LeblancCarlo Stefano NebbiaElsa NielsenEvangelia NtzaniAnnette PetersenSalomon SandTanja SchwerdtleChristiane VleminckxHeather WallaceMartin RoseBruce CottrillAnne Katrine LundebyeManfred MetzlerAnna ChristodoulidouChrister HogstrandAbstract Following a request from the European Commission, the EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM) provided a scientific opinion on an application for a detoxification process of groundnut press cake for aflatoxins by ammoniation. Specifically, it is required that the feed decontamination process is compliant with the acceptability criteria specified in the Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/786 of 19 May 2015. The CONTAM Panel assessed the data provided by the feed business operator with respect to the efficacy of the process to remove the contaminant from groundnut press cake batches and on information demonstrating that the process does not adversely affect the characteristics and the nature of the product. Although according to the literature the process may be able to reduce aflatoxin levels below the legal limits, the Panel concluded that the proposed decontamination process, on the basis of the experimental data submitted by the feed business operator, cannot be confirmed for compliance with the acceptability criteria provided for in Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/786 of 19 May 2015. The Panel recommended sufficient sample testing before and after the process, under the selected conditions, to ensure that the process is reproducible and reliable and to demonstrate that the detoxification is not reversible. In addition, genotoxicity testing of extracts of the treated feedingstuff and of the identified degradation products would be necessary. Finally, information on the transfer rate of AFB1 to AFM1 excretion in milk for animals fed the ammoniated product, in comparison to the starting material and on the ammoniation process changes of the nutritional values of the feed material should be provided.https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2021.7035aflatoxinammoniationgroundnut press cakedecontamination process |
| spellingShingle | EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM) Dieter Schrenk Margherita Bignami Laurent Bodin James Kevin Chipman Jesus delMazo Bettina Grasl‐Kraupp Laurentius (Ron) Hoogenboom Jean‐Charles Leblanc Carlo Stefano Nebbia Elsa Nielsen Evangelia Ntzani Annette Petersen Salomon Sand Tanja Schwerdtle Christiane Vleminckx Heather Wallace Martin Rose Bruce Cottrill Anne Katrine Lundebye Manfred Metzler Anna Christodoulidou Christer Hogstrand Assessment of an application on a detoxification process of groundnut press cake for aflatoxins by ammoniation EFSA Journal aflatoxin ammoniation groundnut press cake decontamination process |
| title | Assessment of an application on a detoxification process of groundnut press cake for aflatoxins by ammoniation |
| title_full | Assessment of an application on a detoxification process of groundnut press cake for aflatoxins by ammoniation |
| title_fullStr | Assessment of an application on a detoxification process of groundnut press cake for aflatoxins by ammoniation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of an application on a detoxification process of groundnut press cake for aflatoxins by ammoniation |
| title_short | Assessment of an application on a detoxification process of groundnut press cake for aflatoxins by ammoniation |
| title_sort | assessment of an application on a detoxification process of groundnut press cake for aflatoxins by ammoniation |
| topic | aflatoxin ammoniation groundnut press cake decontamination process |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2021.7035 |
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