Evaluation of the risks for animal health related to the presence of hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) in feed for honey bees

Abstract The European Commission has asked the EFSA to evaluate the risk for animal health related to the presence of hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) in honey bee feed. HMF is a degradation product of particular sugars and can be present in bee feed. HMF is of low acute toxicity in bees but causes incre...

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Main Authors: EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM), Dieter Schrenk, Margherita Bignami, Laurent Bodin, James Kevin Chipman, Jesús delMazo, Bettina Grasl‐Kraupp, Christer Hogstrand, Laurentius (Ron) Hoogenboom, Jean‐Charles Leblanc, Carlo Stefano Nebbia, Elsa Nielsen, Evangelia Ntzani, Annette Petersen, Tanja Schwerdtle, Christiane Vleminckx, Heather Wallace, Andreas Focks, Ales Gregorc, Manfred Metzler, Fabio Sgolastra, Simone Tosi, Zsuzsanna Horvath, Alessio Ippolito, Agnes Rortais, Hans Steinkellner, Csaba Szentes, Salomon Sand
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-04-01
Series:EFSA Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2022.7227