EFSA OPINION
March 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has approved as safe for turkeys and sows the feed additive Finase. It is designed to improve phosphorus utilisation in monogastric animals fed cereal-based diets, lowering phosphorus excretion. It has already been provisionally approved for fattening chickens, pigs and piglets, but EFSA could not conclude it was safe for laying hens.
THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has approved as safe for turkeys and sows the feed additive Finase. It is designed to improve phosphorus utilisation in monogastric animals fed cereal-based diets, lowering phosphorus excretion. It has already been provisionally approved for fattening chickens, pigs and piglets, but EFSA could not conclude it was safe for laying hens.
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