EFSA PANEL DECLARES NIACIN SAFE FOR LIVESTOCK
July 1st, 2012
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has declared using niacin and niacinamide as nutritional feed additives in livestock is safe for consumers. A report from EFSA's panel on additives and products or substances used in animal feed (FEEDAP) focused especially on its use in pigs and poultry, although it is also used in cattle. The assessment followed a request from Netherlands-based ingredients company Lonza Benelux BV for authorisation to deliver niacin and niacinamide through enriched drinking water - a request that sparked a general EFSA ...
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