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EFSA JOURNAL
Volume 20, Issue 12, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2022.7689
Keywords
sensory additives; flavouring compounds; Anethum graveolens L; dill herb oil; carvone; estragole; apiole
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In response to a request from the European Commission, EFSA assessed the safety and efficacy of dill herb oil as a sensory additive in feed for dogs and cats, determining it to be safe at specific usage levels but potentially irritating to skin and eyes and sensitising. Its efficacy in feed is deemed unnecessary due to its recognized flavoring function in food.
Following a request from the European Commission, EFSA was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on the safety and efficacy of an essential oil obtained from the aerial parts of Anethum graveolens L. (dill herb oil), when used as a sensory additive (flavouring) in feed for dogs and cats. The EFSA Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed (FEEDAP) concluded that dill herb oil is safe at use levels in complete feed of 7 mg/kg for dogs and 5 mg/kg for cats. The additive under assessment should be considered as irritant to skin and eyes, and as a dermal and respiratory sensitiser. Since the aerial parts of A. graveolens and its preparations are recognised to flavour food and its function in feed would be essentially the same as that in food, no further demonstration of efficacy was considered necessary.
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