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ArticleEFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority2026

Update of the list of qualified presumption of safety (QPS) recommended microbiological agents intentionally added to food or feed as notified to EFSA 24: Suitability of taxonomic units notified to EFSA until March 2026.

EFSA Panel on Biological Hazards (BIOHAZ), Ana Allende, Avelino Alvarez-Ordóñez, Valeria Bortolaia, Sara Bover-Cid, Alessandra De Cesare, Wietske Dohmen, Laurent Guillier, Liesbeth Jacxsens, Maarten Nauta and 17 more

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Article in EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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27 authors.

EFSA Panel on Biological Hazards (BIOHAZ)
Ana Allende
Avelino Alvarez-Ordóñez
Valeria Bortolaia
Sara Bover-Cid
Alessandra De Cesare
Wietske Dohmen
Laurent Guillier
Liesbeth Jacxsens
Maarten Nauta
Lapo Mughini-Gras
Jakob Ottoson
Luisa Peixe
Fernando Perez-Rodriguez
Panagiotis Skandamis
Elisabetta Suffredini
Marianne Chemaly
Pier Sandro Cocconcelli
Pablo Salvador Fernández Escámez
Miguel Prieto Maradona
Amparo Querol
Lolke Sijtsma
Ingvar Sundh
Fulvio Barizzone
Marta Bisaschi
Sandra Correia
Lieve Herman

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Qualified Presumption of Safety (QPS) process was developed to provide a harmonised safety assessment approach to support EFSA Scientific Panels and Units. The QPS approach assesses the taxonomic identity, body of knowledge and safety of microorganisms intentionally added to the food and feed chain. Safety concerns identified for a Taxonomic Unit (TU) are, where possible, reflected by 'qualifications' that should be assessed at the strain level by EFSA's Scientific Panels. During the period covered by this Statement, no new information warranted changes to the status of previously recommended QPS TUs. Of the 99 microorganisms notified to EFSA between October 2025 and March 2026 (47 as feed additives, 32 as food enzymes or additives, 5 as novel foods and 15 as plant protection products), 85 were not evaluated. These latter included 22 filamentous fungi, 6

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Bacillus thuringiensisCompanilactobacillus pabuliEnsifer adhaerensEnterococcus lactisHeyndrickxia faecalisHyphomicrobium denitrificansLactococcus cremorisListeria innocuaMicrobacterium foliorumPapiliotrema terrestrisPseudomonas protegensQPS

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PMID42440763
PMCPMC13334375

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