Determining the safety of enzymes used in animal feed

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 332-342

  Pariza, Michael W ^a   Cook, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal feed enzymes; Contaminants; Decision tree; Enzymes; Evaluation; Feed additives; Non toxigenic; Production strain; Safe strain lineage; Safety; Specifications

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GALACTOSIDASE; AMYLASE; BETA AMYLASE; BETA FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; BETA GLUCAN HYDROLASE; BETA GLUCOSIDASE; BETA MANNOSIDASE; BROMELAIN; CATALASE; CELLULASE; ENZYME; FICIN; GLUCAN 1,4 ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; GLUCOSE OXIDASE; HEMICELLULOSE; KERATINASE; LACTASE; PAPAIN; PEPSIN A; PHYTASE; POLYGALACTURONASE; PROTEINASE; PULLULANASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; TRYPSIN; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; ENZYME ENGINEERING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SAFETY; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMAL FEED; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENZYMES; FOOD HANDLING; RISK ASSESSMENT; TABLETS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77249154528     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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