Safety for the environment of sorbitan monolaurate as a feed additive for all animal species

Abstract The additive sorbitan monolaurate consists of sorbitol (and its anhydrides) esterified with fatty acids derived from coconut oil. It is currently authorised in the European Union and it is intended to be used as a technological additive (functional group of emulsifiers), in feedingstuffs fo...

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Main Authors: EFSA Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed (FEEDAP), Vasileios Bampidis, Giovanna Azimonti, Maria de Lourdes Bastos, Henrik Christensen, Birgit Dusemund, Mojca Kos Durjava, Maryline Kouba, Marta López‐Alonso, Secundino López Puente, Francesca Marcon, Baltasar Mayo, Alena Pechová, Mariana Petkova, Fernando Ramos, Yolanda Sanz, Roberto Edoardo Villa, Ruud Woutersen, Georges Bories, Antonio Finizio, Andreas Focks, Ivana Teodorovic, Paola Manini, Jordi Tarrés‐Call
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-06-01
Series:EFSA Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2020.6162