{"topic_id":"EFSA_FEEDAP_taurine_canidae_felidae","category":"efsa","context":"---\ntopic_id: EFSA_FEEDAP_taurine_canidae_felidae\ncategory: efsa\ntitle: \"EFSA FEEDAP — taurine (3a370) for Canidae and Felidae: safe for cats at 0.05%–0.25% (margin 4–20); other species up to 0.2% (EFSA Journal 2025;23(7):9540)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"EFSA FEEDAP scientific opinion, EFSA Journal 2025;23(7):9540 (DOI 10.2903/j.efsa.2025.9540)\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/efsa_l/PMC12287752.xml\nsource_type: journal_article\ndate_parsed: 2026-08-06\ntokens_estimated: 475\nverified: true\nverification:\n  method: paraphrase\n  claims: 4\n  passed: 4\n  date: 2026-08-06\nsource_document: \"EFSA Journal 23(7):9540 — EFSA FEEDAP — taurine (3a370) for Canidae and Felidae: safe for cats at 0.05%–0.25% (margin 4–20); other species up to 0.2% (EFSA Journal 2025;23(7):9540)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"EFSA Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed (FEEDAP)\"\n  title: \"EFSA FEEDAP — taurine (3a370) for Canidae and Felidae: safe for cats at 0.05%–0.25% (margin 4–20); other species up to 0.2% (EFSA Journal 2025;23(7):9540)\"\n  url: \"https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2025.9540\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-08-06\"\n  ref: \"EFSA Journal 2025;23(7):9540\"\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 — taurine (3a370) for Canidae and Felidae\n\nSource: EFSA FEEDAP scientific opinion, EFSA Journal 2025;23(7):9540 (DOI 10.2903/j.efsa.2025.9540), 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 **taurine (3a370)** assessed specifically for **Canidae (dogs) and Felidae (cats)** — the most directly pet-relevant of the four opinions in this batch. Read with the `efsa` nutrient endpoints and AAFCO/FEDIAF taurine provisions.\n\n## Key findings (paraphrase; numbers and proper nouns verbatim from source)\n\n- The additive is considered **safe for cats at levels of 0.05%–0.25%**, with a **margin of safety ranging from 4 to 20**.\n- For **carnivorous fish**, it is safe at levels of **2.0%–2.5%**.\n- For other target species, including **all poultry and all porcine species**, the Panel concludes levels of **up to 0.2% taurine in complete feed** are tolerated; however, a margin of safety cannot be established.\n- The use of taurine as a nutritional feed additive, in both the **vitamins and amino acids** functional groups, would **not raise any safety concerns for consumers or the environment**.\n\n## Pet-food relevance\n\nTaurine is an essential nutrient for cats (and relevant for dogs). The explicit **cat safety range 0.05%–0.25%** and the **margin-of-safety 4–20** are directly usable by cat-food formulators; the dog (Canidae) assessment is covered under the broader \"other species\" tolerance.\n\n## Scope note / honest gap\n\nParaphrase of an EFSA opinion; full dose-response statistics are not reproduced. Source XML licence tag was CC-BY-ND, so this topic quotes only data points verbatim and rewrites prose.\n","sources":["OFT3 — EFSA FEEDAP — taurine (3a370) for Canidae and Felidae: safe for cats at 0.05%–0.25% (margin 4–20); other species up to 0.2% (EFSA Journal 2025;23(7):9540) (retrieved 2026-08-06)"],"source":{"authority":"OFT3","title":"EFSA FEEDAP — taurine (3a370) for Canidae and Felidae: safe for cats at 0.05%–0.25% (margin 4–20); other species up to 0.2% (EFSA Journal 2025;23(7):9540)","url":"https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2025.9540","retrieved":"2026-08-06","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"EFSA Journal 23(7):9540 — EFSA FEEDAP — taurine (3a370) for Canidae and Felidae: safe for cats at 0.05%–0.25% (margin 4–20); other species up to 0.2% (EFSA Journal 2025;23(7):9540)","verification_file":"pdf-raw/efsa_l/PMC12287752.xml"},"source_document":"EFSA Journal 23(7):9540 — EFSA FEEDAP — taurine (3a370) for Canidae and Felidae: safe for cats at 0.05%–0.25% (margin 4–20); other species up to 0.2% (EFSA Journal 2025;23(7):9540)","source_file":"pdf-raw/efsa_l/PMC12287752.xml","trust":{"authority_tier":"T1","fidelity":"paraphrase","license":null,"display_grade":"C"},"tokens_estimated":360,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}