{"topic_id":"EFSA_FEEDAP_larginine_safety","category":"efsa","context":"---\ntopic_id: EFSA_FEEDAP_larginine_safety\ncategory: efsa\ntitle: \"EFSA FEEDAP — L-arginine (C. glutamicum CCTCC M 20232577) for all animal species: safe when supplemented to nutritional need; concerns on use in drinking water (EFSA Journal 2026;24(4):e10074)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"EFSA FEEDAP scientific opinion, EFSA Journal 2026;24(4):e10074 (DOI 10.2903/j.efsa.2026.10074)\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/efsa_l/PMC13126236.xml\nsource_type: journal_article\ndate_parsed: 2026-08-06\ntokens_estimated: 470\nverified: true\nverification:\n  method: paraphrase\n  claims: 5\n  passed: 5\n  date: 2026-08-06\nsource_document: \"EFSA FEEDAP — L-arginine (C. glutamicum CCTCC M 20232577) for all animal species: safe when supplemented to nutritional need; concerns on use in drinking water (EFSA Journal 2026;24(4):e10074)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"EFSA Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed (FEEDAP)\"\n  title: \"EFSA FEEDAP — L-arginine (C. glutamicum CCTCC M 20232577) for all animal species: safe when supplemented to nutritional need; concerns on use in drinking water (EFSA Journal 2026;24(4):e10074)\"\n  url: \"https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2026.10074\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-08-06\"\n  ref: \"EFSA Journal 2026;24(4):e10074\"\n  doc_type: \"EFSA scientific opinion (Europe PMC OA full-text XML)\"\n  needs_review: false\nauthority_tier: T1\nauthority_tier_basis: \"T1:eu-body\"\nauthority_tier_date: 2026-08-06\n---\n# EFSA FEEDAP — L-arginine (C. glutamicum CCTCC M 20232577) for all animal species\n\nSource: EFSA FEEDAP scientific opinion, EFSA Journal 2026;24(4):e10074 (DOI 10.2903/j.efsa.2026.10074), retrieved 2026-08-06 via Europe PMC OA full-text XML. Paraphrase of an EFSA opinion that the source XML tags CC-BY-ND; per project COPYRIGHT_POLICY only facts/numbers/proper-nouns are quoted verbatim, sentences rewritten.\n\n## Editorial context (read this before using the data point)\n\nThis is the **EFSA FEEDAP** jurisdiction on the amino-acid feed additive **C. glutamicum CCTCC M 20232577** — one of four amino-acid safety opinions in this batch. Read with the `efsa` nutrient endpoints and AAFCO/FEDIAF amino-acid provisions.\n\n## Key findings (paraphrase; numbers and proper nouns verbatim from source)\n\n- The additive is considered **safe for the target species when supplemented in appropriate amounts to the diet according to their nutritional needs** (fermentation with *C. glutamicum* CCTCC M 20232577).\n- The FEEDAP Panel has **concerns on the use of L-arginine in water for drinking**.\n- Its use in animal nutrition is considered **safe for consumers and for the environment**.\n- It is regarded as an **effective source of the amino acid L-arginine for all non-ruminant species**; to be as efficacious in ruminants as in non-ruminants it should be protected from ruminal degradation.\n- On user safety, in the absence of data the Panel **cannot conclude** on the potential of the additive to be irritant to skin and/or eyes or to be a dermal sensitiser.\n\n## Pet-food relevance\n\nL-arginine is a conditionally essential amino acid in cats, dogs and other pets. The explicit 'safe when supplemented to nutritional need' conclusion plus the drinking-water caveat are the usable formulator takeaways; the ruminant-protection note is relevant where pet diets include unprotected rumen-passage coatings.\n\n## Scope note / honest gap\n\nParaphrase of an EFSA opinion; source XML licence tag was CC-BY-ND, so this topic quotes only data points verbatim and rewrites prose. 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