Press Release: EFSA completes 30 risk assessments on undesirable substances in animal feed

The European Food Agency's Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM), in April 2009, completed the final opinion in a series of 30 risks assessments undertaken over the previous 5 years looking at undesirable substances in animal feed. The 30 opinions published over the previous 5 years covered natural plant products (such as gossypol and theobromine), persistent organic pollutants (such as DDT and hexachlorobenzene), heavy metals (such as arsenic and mercury), fluorine and mycotoxins (such as aflatoxin B1). The substance addressed in the final opinion is nitrite.