Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed
The Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed (FEEDAP) provides scientific advice on the safety and/or efficacy of additives and products or substances used in animal feed. The Panel evaluates their safety and/or efficacy for the target species, the user, the consumer of products of animal origin and the environment. It also looks at the efficacy of biological and chemical products/substances intended for deliberate use in animal feed.
FEEDAP Panel Members are scientists from across Europe with expertise in:
- Animal nutrition/ animal physiology/ production – monogastric, ruminant and poultry nutrition, including digestive processes, feeding techniques, feed formulation, nutrient requirements and tolerance
- Toxicology – sub-chronic and chronic toxicity (repeated dose studies), genotoxicity and mutagenicity, developmental and reproductive toxicity, carcinogenicity and occupational toxicology
- Pharmacokinetics/ pharmacodynamics/ metabolism studies – absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion (ADME) of substances, exposure assessment (upper levels, maximum residue levels)
- Microbiology, antimicrobial resistance – (evaluation of microorganism-based additives)
- Environmental risk assessment – impact of using feed additives on terrestrial and aquatic environments)
Previous Panel Members
2015-2018
Chair: Guido Rychen
Vice-chair: Secundino Lopez Puente, Vice-chair until February 2018; Roberto Edoardo Villa, Vice-Chair as of February 2018; Maria Saarela
Members: Gabriele Aquilina; Giovanna Azimonti, as of January 2016 Vasileios Bampidis; Maria De Lourdes Bastos; Georges Bories; Andrew Chesson; Pier Sandro Cocconcelli; Maria Fernandez-Cruz, until October 2015 Gerhard Flachowsky; Jürgen Gropp; Boris Kolar; Maryline Kouba; Marta López-Alonso; Alberto Mantovani; Baltasar Mayo; Fernando Jorge Ramos; Robert John Wallace; Pieter Wester
2012-2015
Chair: Kristen Sejrsen
Vice-chair: Christer Hogstrand; Guido Rychen
Members: Gabriele Aquilina; Alex Bach, until July 2013; Vasileios Bampidis; Maria de Lourdes Bastos; Lucio Guido Costa, as of March 2013; Gerhard Flachowsky; Josep Gasa-Gaso, until March 2013; Mikolaj Antoni Gralak; Lubomir Leng; Secundino López Puente; Giovanna Martelli; Baltasar Mayo; Fernando Ramos, as of March 2013; Derek Renshaw; Maria Saarela; Patrick Van Beelen; Robert John Wallace; Johannes Westendorf
2009-2012
Chair: Andrew Chesson
Vice-chair: Jürgen Gropp; Alberto Mantovani
Members: Gabriele Aquilina; Georges Bories; Paul George Brantom, until February 2011; Francesca Caloni, until February 2010; Pier Sandro Cocconcelli; Joop De Knecht; Noël Albert Dierick; Mikolaj Antoni Gralak; Ingrid Halle; Christer Hogstrand, from April 2011; Nils-Gunnar Ilback, until March 2010; Reinhard Kroker, until May 2012; Peadar Lawlor, until February 2010; Lubomir Leng; Sven Lindgren, until November 2010; Secundino Lopez Puente, from April 2011; Anne Katrine Lundebye Haldorsen; Giovanna Martelli, from April 2011; Miklós Mézes; Derek Renshaw; Maria Saarela; Kristen Sejrsen, from April 2011; Johannes Westendorf, from April 2011
The Declarations of Interests and CVs of previous Panel members are available upon interestmanagement [at] efsa.europa.eu (request).