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00925njm 22002777a 4500 dc EFSA Panel on Biological Hazards (BIOHAZ) author Koutsoumanis, Konstantinos author Allende, Ana author Álvarez-Ordóñez, Avelino author Bolton, Declan author Bover-Cid, Sara author Chemaly, Marianne author de Cesare, Alessandra author Hilbert, Friederike author Lindqvist, Roland author Nauta, Maarten author Peixe, Luísa author Ru, Giuseppe author Simmons, Marion author Skandamis, Panagiotis author Suffredini, Elisabetta author Cocconcelli, Pier Sandro author Fernández Escámez, Pablo Salvador author Prieto Maradona, Miguel author Querol, Amparo author Sijtsma, Lolke author Suarez, Juan Evaristo author Sundh, Ingvar author Vlak, Just author Barizzone, Fulvio author Hempen, Michaela author Correia, Sandra author Herman, Lieve author 2023-01-25 The qualified presumption of safety (QPS) provides a generic pre-assessment of the safety of microorganisms intended for use in the food or feed chains, to support the work of EFSA’s Scientific Panels. QPS assessment allows a fast track evaluation of strains belonging to QPS taxonomic units (TUs): species for bacteria, yeast, fungi, protists/microalgae and families for viruses. QPS TUs are assessed for their body of knowledge and safety. Safety concerns related to a QPS TU are reflected, when possible, as ‘qualifications’, which should be tested at strain and/or product level. Based on the possession of potentially harmful traits by some strains, filamentous fungi, bacteriophages, oomycetes, streptomycetes, Enterococcus faecium, Escherichia coli and Clostridium butyricum are excluded from the QPS assessment. Between October 2019 and September 2022, 323 notifications of TUs were received, 217 related to feed additives, 54 to food enzymes, food additives and flavourings, 14 to plant protection products and 38 to novel foods. The list of QPS-recommended TUs is reviewed every 6 months following an extensive literature search strategy. Only sporadic infections with a few QPS status TUs in immunosuppressed individuals were identified and the assessment did not change the QPS status of these TUs. The QPS list has been updated in relation to the most recent taxonomic insights and the qualifications were revised and streamlined. The qualification ‘absence of aminoglycoside production ability’ was withdrawn for Bacillus velezensis. Six new TUs received the QPS status: Bacillus paralicheniformis with the qualification ‘absence of toxigenic activity’ and ‘absence of bacitracin production ability’; Bacillus circulans with the qualifications for ‘production purposes only’ and ‘absence of cytotoxic activity’; Haematococcus lacustris (synonym Haematococcus pluvialis) and Ogataea polymorpha, both with the qualification ‘for production purposes only’; Lactiplantibacillus argentoratensis; Geobacillus thermodenitrificans with the qualification ‘absence of toxigenic activity’. Koutsoumanis, Konstantinos, Ana Allende, Avelino Alvarez-Ordóñez, Declan Bolton, Sara Bover‐Cid, Marianne Chemaly and Alessandra De Cesare et al. 2023. "Update of the list of qualified presumption of safety (QPS) recommended microorganisms intentionally added to food or feed as notified to EFSA". EFSA Journal 21 (1). doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2023.7747. 1831-4732 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12327/2089 https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2023.7747 Update of the list of qualified presumption of safety (QPS) recommended microorganisms intentionally added to food or feed as notified to EFSA