Following a request from the European Commission, the Panel on Food Additives and Nutrient Sources added to Food (ANS) was asked to deliver an opinion on the safety of “iodized ethyl esters of poppy seed oil” (ethyl esters of iodinated fatty acids of popp ...
In 2010 the CEF Panel concluded in its Opinion FGE.18Rev2 that for the substance 3,7-dimethylocta-1,5,7-trien-3-ol [FL-no: 02.146], no appropriate NOAEL was available in order to establish a margin of safety, and additional data were requested (90 days st ...
Following a request by the European Commission the Scientific Panel on Food Additives and Nutrient Sources added to Food (ANS) was asked to conclude on the possible link between the ingestion of β-carotene and cancer enhancement in heavy smokers. The safe ...
The European Food Safety Authority have asked its Scientific Panel on Food Additives and Nutrient Sources added to Food to prepare a revised exposure assessment to BHA (E 320) in order to apply a new exposure assessment methodology with the use of the EFS ...
This guidance document refers to the applications for authorisation of a new food additive or to a modification of an already authorised food additive, combining in a single document the description of the data requirements and their context, and also a d ...
EFSA is requested to carry out a risk assessment on groups of flavouring substances listed in a Register prior to their authorisation and inclusion in a Union list according to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1565/2000. The current Statement lays down a lis ...
Following a request by EFSA, the Scientific Panel on Food Additives and Nutrient Sources added to Food (ANS) carried out a new exposure assessment of lutein (E 161b) as a food colour, based on corrected data provided by the food industry. In 2010 the ANS ...