EFSA SALMON FEED
April 1st, 2004
KEITH NUTHALLTHE JURY is still out over whether the fish feed additive Ecotone is environmentally damaging because of its associated release through excretion of astaxanthin, despite a study by the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA). Its scientific panel on additives and products or substances used in animal feed concluded it could not assess the impact of the additive, whose main ingredient is Phaffia rhodozyma yeast, a natural source of astaxanthin. The assessment was requested by the European Commission and is based on new data submitted by the producer ADM - ...
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