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Food colours: titanium dioxide marks re-evaluation milestone
EFSA has completed its re-evaluation of all food colours permitted for use in the European Union before 2009. For the final re-evaluation, EFSA’s experts concluded that available...
Food ingredients and packaging
Food colours
Food additive re-evaluations
14 September 2016
Re-evaluation of food colours: EFSA completes major programme
From jellies to jams, from desserts to drinks, food colours are added to many foods to make up for colour loss, enhance naturally occurring colours or add colour to foods that would...
Food ingredients and packaging
Food colours
Food additive re-evaluations
14 September 2016
Sunset Yellow: EFSA sets ADI
EFSA has established an Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) of 4 mg/kg bw/day for the food colour Sunset Yellow. Experts have concluded that estimates of consumer exposure are well below...
Food ingredients and packaging
Food colours
15 July 2014
EFSA assesses safety of formaldehyde in feed
Formaldehyde is currently used as a feed additive and as a preservative for skimmed milk intended for pigs. In their risk assessment, EFSA’s experts concluded that while there is no...
Food colours
Cross-cutting science
Feed additives
18 February 2014
Scientists at EFSA further strengthen co-ordination of food and feed additive evaluations
Two of EFSA’s Scientific Panels have both concluded that the colour Patent Blue V (E 131) is not a safety concern for people or animals when used as a food or feed additive at...
Feed additives
Food ingredients and packaging
Food colours
1 March 2013
Caramel colours: consumer exposure lower than previously estimated
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has revised its estimate of consumer exposure to three caramel colours (E 150a, E 150c, E 150d) used in a variety of foods and beverages....
Food ingredients and packaging
Food colours
19 December 2012
EFSA reviews safety of caramel colours
The European Food Safety Authority’s scientific Panel on Food Additives and Nutrient Sources added to Food (ANS) has assessed the safety of a group of caramel colours[1] authorised...
Food ingredients and packaging
Food colours
8 March 2011
EFSA lowers ADI on amaranth, completing its re-evaluation of azo dye food colours
The European Food Safety Authority’s scientific Panel on additives, the ANS Panel, has assessed the safety of the red food colour Amaranth (E123), completing the re-evaluation of all...
Food ingredients and packaging
Food colours
26 July 2010
EFSA publishes safety assessments of three food colours
As part of its ongoing re-evaluation of all food additives authorised for use in the European Union[1], EFSA’s expert Panel on food additives, the ANS Panel, has adopted scientific...
Food ingredients and packaging
Food colours
21 April 2010
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