Scientific Opinion on the safety evaluation of the substance,
3H-perfluoro-3-[(3-methoxy-propoxy)propanoic acid], ammonium salt, CAS No. 958445-44-8,
for use in food contact materials

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Adopted:
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2011.2182
Keywords
3H-Perfluoro-3-[(3-methoxy-propoxy)propanoic acid], ammonium salt; ADONA; CAS number 958445-44-8; Ref. No. 71958; FCM substance No. 896; Food contact materials; Safety assessment; Evaluation
On request from
Bundesamt für Verbraucherschultz und Lebensmittelsicherheit, Germany
Question Number
EFSA-Q-2010-01216
Panels
Food Contact Materials, Enzymes and Processing Aids
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

Competing interests: One member of the Panel, D. Wölfle declared an interest as he prepared the evaluation report of the substance under contract of his Institute BfR with EFSA. This was considered as a conflict of interest because he could not act at the same time as a representative of the contractor and a member of the Panel with voting rights. He was allowed to stay in the room to answer questions specifically addressed to him but did not participate in the discussion of the opinion

Abstract

This scientific opinion of EFSA deals with the risk assessment of the substance 3H-perfluoro-3-[(3-methoxypropoxy) propanoic acid], ammonium salt, CAS No. 958445-44-8, REF. No. 71958, FCM Substance No. 896 for which the CEF Panel concluded that there is no safety concern for the consumer if the substance is used only:
a) in the polymerisation of fluoropolymers processed at temperatures higher than 280°C for at least 10 minutes and b) in the polymerisation of fluoropolymers for being processed at levels up to 30% and temperatures higherthan 190°C into polyoxymethylene polymer for repeated use articles only.

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