Safety and efficacy of SELSAF (Selenium enriched yeast from Saccharomyces cerevisiae CNCM I-3399) as feed additive for all species

EFSA Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

[No Author Info available]

Author keywords

compound of trace elements; efficacy; nutritional additive; safety; selenium; selenium enriched yeast; selenomethionine; SELSAF

Indexed keywords

EID: 85077897452     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18314732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2009.992     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. EC (European Commission) 2004. Reports on Tasks for Scientific Cooperation (SCOOP) Task 3.2.11. Assessment of the dietary exposures to arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury of the population of the EU Member States Directorate General Health and Consumer Protection.
2. EC (European Commission) 2000. Guidelines of the Scientific Committee on Food for the development of tolerable upper intake levels for vitamins and minerals.
3. EFSA (European Food Safety Authority). 2006a. Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed on the safety and efficacy of the product Sel-Plex®2000 as a feed additive according to Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 (Question No EFSA-Q-2005-071). .
4. EFSA (European Food Safety Authority). 2006b. Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed on the safety and efficacy of the product Selenium enriched yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae NCYC R397) as a feed additive for all species in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 (Question No EFSA-Q-2005-117).
5. .
6. EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) 2007. Introduction of a Qualified Presumption of Safety (QPS) approach for assessment of selected microorganisms referred to EFSA. Opinion of the Scientific Committee. (Question No EFSA-Q-2005-293). .
7. EFSA (European Food Safety Authority). 2008. Opinion of the Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids and Materials in Contact with Food. Selenium-enriched yeast as source for selenium added for nutritional purposes in foods for particular nutritional uses and foods (including food supplements) for the general population.
8. .
9. Mahan, D. C. and Parrett, N. A. 1996. Evaluating the efficacy of selenium-enriched yeast and sodium selenite on tissue selenium retention and serum glutathione peroxidase activity in grower and finisher swine. J. Anim. Sci. 74, 2967–2974.
10. Schrauzer, G.N. 2006. 2006. Selenium yeast: Composition, quality, analysis, and safety. Pure Appl. Chem. 78, 105–109.
11. Vinson, J.A. and Bose, P. 1987. Relative Bioavailability of Inorganic and Natural Selenium. Selenium in Biology and Medicine, AVI Publishers, 445–449.