Scientific Opinion on the safety evaluation of the substance hydrogenated homopolymers and/or copolymers made of 1-hexene and/or 1-octene and/or 1-decene and/or 1-dodecene and/or 1-tetradecene (Mw: 440-12000)for use in food contact materials
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Hydrogenated homopolymers and/or copolymers made of 1-hexene and/or 1-octene and/or 1-decene and/or 1-dodecene and/or 1-tetradecene (Mw: 440-12000); Ref. No. 60027; Food contact materials; Safety assessment; Evaluation.
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Food Safety Agency, United Kingdom
Question Number
EFSA-Q-2009-00770
Panel members at the time of adoption
Arturo Anadón, Mona-Lise Binderup, Wilfried Bursch, Laurence Castle, Riccardo Crebelli, Karl-Heinz Engel, Roland Franz, Nathalie Gontard, Thomas Haertlé, Trine Husøy, Klaus-Dieter Jany, Catherine Leclercq, Jean-Claude Lhuguenot, Wim Mennes, Maria Rosaria Milana, Karla Pfaff, Kettil Svensson, Fidel Toldrá, Rosemary Waring, Detlef Wölfle.
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Abstract
This scientific opinion of EFSA deals with the risk assessment of the substance hydrogenated homopolymers and/or copolymers made of 1-hexene and/or 1-octene and/or 1-decene and/or 1-dodecene and/or 1-tetradecene (Mw: 440-12000), REF. No. 60027 for which the CEF Panel concluded that there is no safety concern for the consumer if the substance complies with the given specifications and its migration does not exceed 60 mg/kg food.
© European Food Safety Authority, 2010