Safety and efficacy of sodium saccharin when used as a feed flavour for piglets, pigs for fattening, calves for rearing and calves for fattening
2018
EFSA Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed (FEEDAP) | Guido Rychen | Gabriele Aquilina | Giovanna Azimonti | Vasileios Bampidis | Maria de Lourdes Bastos | Georges Bories | Pier Sandro Cocconcelli | Gerhard Flachowsky | Jürgen Gropp | Boris Kolar | Maryline Kouba | Marta López‐Alonso | Secundino López Puente | Alberto Mantovani | Baltasar Mayo | Fernando Ramos | Maria Saarela | Roberto Edoardo Villa | Robert John Wallace | Pieter Wester | Paul Brantom | Birgit Dusemund | Patrick Van Beelen | Johannes Westendorf | Lucilla Gregoretti | Paola Manini | Andrew Chesson
Abstract Sodium saccharin is intended to be used as a sweetener in feed and water for drinking for piglets, pigs for fattening and veal calves. The Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed (FEEDAP) considers the proposed maximum use level of 150 mg sodium saccharin/kg feed as safe for calves and pigs for fattening. For piglets (sucking and weaned piglets), a lower level of 100 mg sodium saccharin/kg complete feed is considered safe. The corresponding maximum safe concentrations in water for drinking are 30 mg/L for piglets and 50 mg/L for pigs for fattening, respectively. The maximum safe concentrations of sodium saccharin in feed and water for drinking are derived under the premise that only one source, feed or water for drinking, contains the additive. The FEEDAP Panel concludes that no concern for the consumer would result from the use of sodium saccharin in feed and water for drinking at the dose considered safe for the target species. The precautions for handling the product proposed by the applicant are considered to be sufficient to ensure user safety. The FEEDAP Panel concludes that the use of sodium saccharin at the dose considered safe for target species is unlikely to have detrimental effects on the terrestrial and freshwater compartments. The high mobility and relative persistence of saccharin and the high persistency of its degradation product 4‐hydroxysaccharin indicate that groundwater contamination above 0.1 μg/L is likely to occur. Since the function of sodium saccharin in feed for the target species is essentially the same as that in food, the FEEDAP Panel concludes that no demonstration of efficacy is necessary.
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