Safety of the proposed amendment of the specifications for steviol glycosides (E 960) as a food additive: Rebaudioside M produced via enzyme-catalysed bioconversion of purified stevia leaf extract

EFSA Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2019, Pages

  Younes, Maged ^a   Aquilina, Gabriele ^a   Engel, Karl Heinz ^a   Fowler, Paul ^a   Frutos Fernandez, Maria Jose ^a   Fürst, Peter ^a   Gürtler, Rainer ^a   Gundert Remy, Ursula ^a   Husøy, Trine ^a   Mennes, Wim ^a   Moldeus, Peter ^a   Oskarsson, Agneta ^a   Shah, Romina ^a   Waalkens Berendsen, Ine ^a   Wölfle, Detlef ^a   Degen, Gisela ^a   Gott, David ^a   Leblanc, Jean Charles ^a   Herman, Lieve ^a   Aguilera, Jaime ^a   Giarola, Alessandra ^a   Rincon, Ana M ^a   Castle, Laurence ^a   more..

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DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2019.5867     Document Type: Article

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