Draft Commission Regulation amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No. 1334/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the introduction of restrictions on the use of certain flavouring substances (text with EEA relevance)

Regular notification 2023-09-27
G/SPS/N/EU/681

Description

The text limits the conditions of use of 2-Phenyl-2-butenal (FL No. 05.062), 5-Methyl-2-phenyl-2-hexenal (FL No. 05.099) and 4-Methyl-2-phenyl-2-pentenal (FL No. 05.100) to their current use, following an evaluation by the European Food Safety Authority that could not rule out an in vivo potential aneugenicity for these substances and pending the re-evaluation by the Authority of theadditional data from the interested business operators

Keywords

Food safety; Human health; Food additives