Risks for animal health related to the presence of ochratoxin A (OTA) in feed.

ABSTRACT: In 2004, the EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM) adopted a Scientific Opinion on the risks to animal health and transfer from feed to food of animal origin related to the presence of ochratoxin A (OTA) in feed. The European Commission requested EFSA to assess newly available scientific information and to update the 2004 Scientific Opinion. OTA is produced by several fungi of the genera Aspergillus and Penicillium. In most animal species it is rapidly and extensively absorbed in the gastro-intestinal tract, binds strongly to plasma albumins and is mainly detoxified to ochratoxin alpha (OTalpha) by ruminal microbiota. In pigs, OTA has been found mainly in liver and kidney. Transfer of OTA from feed to milk in ruminants and donkeys as well as to eggs from poult

SUBMITTER: EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM) 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10628734 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature