Safety and efficacy of a feed additive consisting of Bacillus velezensis CECT 5940 (Ecobiol®) for laying hens and other birds for egg production (Evonik Operations GmbH)
Roberto Edoardo Villa, Giovanna Azimonti, Eleftherios Bonos, Henrik Christensen, Mojca Durjava, Birgit Dusemund, Ronette Gehring, Boet Glandorf, Maryline Kouba, Marta López‐Alonso, Francesca Marcon, Carlo Nebbia, Alena Pechová, Miguel Prieto‐Maradona, Ilen Röhe

TL;DR
This paper evaluates the safety and effectiveness of a feed additive for egg-laying birds and confirms it is safe for animals and the environment but may cause skin and respiratory issues for users.
Contribution
The paper confirms the safety and efficacy of Bacillus velezensis CECT 5940 for egg-laying birds and updates its taxonomic classification.
Findings
Ecobiol® is safe for target species, consumers, and the environment under proposed use conditions.
The additive is a skin and respiratory sensitiser but not an eye irritant.
Ecobiol® is effective as a zootechnical additive at 1 × 109 CFU/kg in feed for chickens and laying hens.
Abstract
Following a request from the European Commission, EFSA was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on the safety and efficacy of a feed additive consisting of Bacillus velezensis CECT 5940 (Ecobiol®) as a zootechnical feed additive for laying hens and other birds for egg production. The additive is authorised for use in feed for chickens for fattening and reared for laying, turkeys for fattening and reared for breeding, minor poultry species for fattening and reared for laying and ornamental birds (except for reproduction). With the current application the applicant is seeking the authorisation for a new use in feed for laying hens and other bird species kept for egg production purposes. In addition, the applicant is seeking the modification of the strain taxonomy in the Ecobiol® authorisation for chickens for fattening and reared for laying from B. amyloliquefaciens CECT 5940 to B.…
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Taxonomy
TopicsAgricultural safety and regulations · Genetically Modified Organisms Research
