据欧盟网站消息，5月6日欧盟发布（EU）2015/724号法规，批准三种视黄醇酯用做饲料添加剂。该法规自公布二十日起生效。
这三种酯类物质分别为视黄醇乙酸酯（retinyl acetate）、视黄醇棕榈酸酯（retinyl palmitate）和视黄醇丙酸酯（retinyl propionate）。
新法规将三种酯类物质纳入“营养添加剂”，在功能分组当中属于“维生素、维生素原以及有类似效应化学性质定义良好物质”范畴，不能用于水中。
部分原文报道如下：
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION （EU） 2015/724 of 5 May 2015
concerning the authorisation of retinyl acetate, retinyl palmitate and retinyl propionate as feed additives for all animal species
Article 1
The substances specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category 'nutritional additives' and to the functional group 'vitamins, pro-vitamins and chemically well-defined substances having similar effect‘， are authorised as additives in animal nutrition subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.
Article 2
Authorisation of retinyl acetate, retinyl palmitate and retinyl propionate, as additives belonging to the additive category 'nutritional additives' and to the functional group 'vitamins, pro-vitamins and chemically well-defined substances having similar effect’， is denied for use in water.
Article 3
The substances specified in the Annex and premixtures containing these substances, which are produced and labelled 26 November 2015 in accordance with the rules applicable before 26 May 2015 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the existing stocks are exhausted.
原文链接：http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2015.115.01.0025.01.ENG
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