Abstract
The constant growth of the human population has led to increasing demand for food of animal and plant origin. Additionally, consumers demand foods of animal origin with high safety standards and quality obtained via animal-friendly and environmental practices. To this end, food industries have employed various natural food-and feed-additives to increase the quality of foods and improve the health of animals, respectively. Food additives are added to food to improve eating quality, preserve flavor, enhance its texture and appearance, or for other technological functions, for example, to facilitate industrial processing and improve its organoleptic properties. However, using chemical compounds as food additives and preservatives is a sensitive issue because of health concerns. Moreover, feed additives have been used in animal agriculture to improve animal health and welfare. In previous years, medicinal products, including antibiotics, have been widely used as feed additives to prevent and/or treat infectious diseases and as growth promoters. However, the overuse of antibiotics resulted in the development of drug-resistant bacteria, posing a threat to consumers’ health and negatively affecting the environment. Therefore, using both food and feed additives requires safety policies and regulations because some compounds have been implicated in the development of diseases, making regulation and control vital for food safety and public health. Agriculture and food industries must follow national and international quality standards that establish the conditions under which food and feed additives may be used. Therefore, industries and authorities must monitor the safety of food-and feed-additives while their use must be closely controlled. This chapter discusses the most current analytical methods used in detecting and quantifying food and feed additives, as well as their advantages and disadvantages.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Sustainable Use of Feed Additives in Livestock Novel Ways for Animal Production |
Publisher | Springer International Publishing |
Pages | 875-912 |
Number of pages | 38 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9783031428555 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783031428548 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2023 |
Keywords
- Analysis
- Feed additives
- Food additives
- GC
- HPLC
- Regulations