The substance silicon dioxide, silanated, with FCM substance No 87, is authorised for use as an additive in all types of plastics, without restriction. The re-evaluation of the substance was requested based on the fact that the substance has always been p ...
The Panel on Food Additives and Nutrient Sources added to Food (ANS) provides a scientific statement presenting a conceptual framework for the risk assessment of certain food additives re-evaluated under Commission Regulation (EU) No 257/2010. This framew ...
The Food Additives Intake Model (FAIM) was developed by EFSA to support applicants in the estimation of exposure to a food additive and to harmonise the submission of the related data. FAIM is based on food consumption data from the EFSA Comprehensive Eur ...
Article 16 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009 on the protection of animals at the time of killing requires slaughterhouse operators to carry out regular checks to ensure that animals do not present any sign of consciousness following stunning. The Co ...
Following a request from the European Commission, the Panel on Food Additives and Nutrient Sources added to Food (ANS) of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on the re-evaluation of aspartame (E 951) as a fo ...
The Panel on Food Additives and Nutrient Sources added to Food (ANS) endorsed the draft ‘scientific opinion on the re-evaluation of aspartame (E 951) as a food additive’ for public consultation on 20th December 2012.The public consultation was open from 8 ...
The ANS Panel has been asked by EFSA to assess the new scientific information that has become available since the adoption of the opinion on the re-evaluation of the food colouring agent Allura Red AC in 2009, in particular the positive findings from an i ...
No abstract available Keywords: Aluminium-containing food additives, E 523 aluminium ammonium sulphate, 541 (i, ii) sodium aluminium phosphates (acidic and basic), E 554 sodium aluminosilicate, E 556 calcium aluminium silicate, E 559 aluminium silicate, ...
Following a request by the European Commission, the Scientific Panel on Food Additives and Nutrient Sources added to Food (ANS) carried out an exposure assessment of sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate (E 481) and calcium stearoyl-2-lactylate (E 482) as a food ad ...
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 ...