2025年7月24日，据欧盟食品安全局（EFSA）消息，应欧盟委员会要求，欧盟动物饲料添加剂和产品（FEEDAP）研究小组就贝莱斯芽孢杆菌CECT 5940 作为蛋鸡和其他产蛋禽饲料添加剂的安全性和有效性发表科学意见。
经过评估，专家小组认为在建议的使用条件下该添加剂对目标物种、消费者和环境是安全的。部分原文报道如下：
Following a request from the European Commission, EFSA was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on the safety and efficacy of a feed additive consisting of Bacillus velezensis CECT 5940 (Ecobiol®) as a zootechnical feed additive for laying hens and other birds for egg production. The additive is authorised for use in feed for chickens for fattening and reared for laying, turkeys for fattening and reared for breeding, minor poultry species for fattening and reared for laying and ornamental birds (except for reproduction). With the current application the applicant is seeking the authorisation for a new use in feed for laying hens and other bird species kept for egg production purposes. In addition, the applicant is seeking the modification of the strain taxonomy in the Ecobiol® authorisation for chickens for fattening and reared for laying from B. amyloliquefaciens CECT 5940 to B. velezensis CECT 5940. The FEEDAP Panel concluded that the active agent should be taxonomically designated as B. velezensis CECT 5940. The FEEDAP Panel concluded that Ecobiol® is also considered safe for the target species, including laying hens and other birds for egg production, consumer and the environment at the proposed conditions of use. Regarding user safety, the additive is considered a skin and respiratory sensitiser and any exposure through skin and respiratory tract is considered a risk. The additive is not irritant to eyes. The Panel concluded that Ecobiol® has the potential to be efficacious as a zootechnical additive when added at 1 × 109 CFU/kg in the feed for chickens for fattening and laying hens. The conclusion reached in these species can be extrapolated to all poultry.
