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  • Safety and efficacy of a feed additive consisting of an essential oil from the leaves of Laurus nobilis L. (laurel leaf oil) for all animal species (FEFANA asbl) [Elektronski vir]
    EFSA Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed (Parma)
    Following a request from the European Commission, the EFSA Panel on Additives and Products orSubstances used in Animal Feed (FEEDAP) was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on the safety ... andefficacy of an essential oil from the leaves ofLaurus nobilisL. (laurel leaf oil), when used as a sensoryadditive for all animal species. The additive contains up to 4% methyleugenol. The use of the additiveat 2 mg/kg complete feed in dogs and cats was considered of low concern. For other long-living andreproductive animals, the use of the additive at 10 mg/kg was considered of concern. For short-livinganimals, the Panel had no safety concern when the additive is used at 10 mg/kg complete feed forturkeys for fattening, piglets and other growing Suidae, pigs for fattening, veal calves (milk replacer),cattle for fattening and other growing ruminants, horses and rabbits for meat production, salmonidsand otherfinfish; and at 8.5 mg/kg for chickens for fattening, other growing poultry and other minorspecies for fattening. The use of laurel leaf oil up to the highest level in feed which was considered ofno concern for target animals was also expected to be of no concern for consumers. The additiveshould be considered as irritant to skin and eyes and the respiratory tract. Due to the highconcentration of methyleugenol (≥1%), the additive was classified by the applicant as suspected ofcausing genetic defects and of causing cancer and should be handled accordingly. The use of theadditive under the proposed conditions of use was not expected to pose a risk for the environment.Since the leaves ofL. nobilisand their preparations were recognised toflavour food and their functionin feed would be the same, no further demonstration of efficacy was considered necessary.
    Source: EFSA journal [Elektronski vir]. - ISSN 1831-4732 (7875, Vol. 21, Iss. 3, Mar. 2023, 28 str.)
    Type of material - e-article ; adult, serious
    Publish date - 2023
    Language - english
    COBISS.SI-ID - 153217027
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