Scientific Opinion on the safety evaluation of the substance, silver zeolite A (silver zinc sodium ammonium alumino silicate), silver content 2 – 5 %, for use in food contact materials
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Silver zeolite A (silver zinc sodium ammonium alumino silicate), silver content 2-5 %; Ref. No. 86437; Aluminium, Food contact materials; Safety assessment; Evaluation.
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Ministère de l’Économie de l’Industrie et de l’Emploi, France
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EFSA-Q-2009-00708
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 silver zeolite A (silver zinc sodium ammonium alumino silicate), silver content 2-5 %, REF. No. 86437 for which the CEF Panel concluded that there is no safety concern for the consumer if migration of silver ion does not exceed the group specific migration limit of 0.05 mg Ag/kg food. The CEF Panel noted that the use of the substance may also result in migration of aluminium into food. The potential exposure to Al for an adult weighing 60 kg can be estimated to be at the range of 4.4% of the TWI of 1 mg/kg bw/week set by the AFC Panel (EFSA, 2008).
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