Scientific Opinion on the safety evaluation of the substance, α-dimethyl-3-(4'-hydroxy-3'-methoxyphenyl)propylsilyloxy, ω-3-dimethyl-3-(4'-hydroxy-3'-methoxyphenyl)propylsilyl polydimethylsiloxane, n=26-50, CAS No. 156065-00-8, for use in food contact materials

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2011.2402
Keywords
α-Dimethyl-3-(4'-hydroxy-3'-methoxyphenyl)propylsilyloxy,ω-3-dimethyl-3-(4'-hydroxy-3'-methoxyphenyl)propylsilyl polydimethylsiloxane, n=26-50; CAS number 156065-00-8; Ref. No. 16265; FCM substance No. 874; Eugenol, Food contact materials; Evaluation
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Food Standards Agency, United Kingdom
Question Number
EFSA-Q-2009-00821
Panels
Food Contact Materials, Enzymes and Processing Aids
Panel members at the time of adoption
Ulla Beckman Sundh, Mona-Lise Binderup, Leon Brimer, Laurence Castle, Karl-Heinz Engel, Roland Franz, Nathalie Gontard, Rainer Gürtler, Trine Husøy, Klaus-Dieter Jany, Catherine Leclercq, Jean-Claude Lhuguenot, Wim Mennes, Maria Rosaria Milana, Iona Pratt, Kettil Svensson, Fidel Toldrá, Detlef Wölfle

Abstract

This scientific opinion of EFSA deals with the risk assessment of the monomer α-dimethyl-3-(4'-hydroxy-3'-methoxyphenyl)propylsilyloxy,ω-3-dimethyl-3-(4'-hydroxy-3'-methoxyphenyl)propylsilyl polydimethylsiloxane, n=26-50, CAS No. 156065-00-8, REF. No. 16265, FCM substance No. 874, for which the CEF Panel concluded that there is no safety concern for the consumer if the substance is only used as comonomer in siloxane modified polycarbonate,and its migration is up to 0.05 mg/kg food. The end-capper eugenol must comply with the restriction on migration set in Commission Regulation (EU) No 10/2011.

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