Division 3 SECTION III: STUDIES CONCERNING SAFETY OF THE ADDITIVE

The studies included in this section and in the specific Annexes are intended to permit assessment of:

• the safety of use of the additive in the target species;

• any risk associated with the selection and/or transfer of resistance to antimicrobials and increased persistence and shedding of enteropathogens;

• the risks to the consumer of food derived from animals given feedingstuffs containing or treated with the additive or which could result from the consumption of food containing residues of the additive or its metabolites;

• the risks from respiratory, other mucosal tissue, eye or cutaneous contact for persons likely to handle the additive as such or as incorporated into premixtures or feedingstuffs; and

• the risks of adverse effects on the environment, from the additive itself, or from products derived from the additive, either directly and/or excreted by animals.