Opinion on the follow‐up of the re‐evaluation of sorbic acid (E200) and potassium sorbate (E202) as food additives

by EFSA Panel on Food Additives and Flavourings (FAF), Maged Younes, Gabriele Aquilina, Laurence Castle, Karl‐Heinz Engel, Paul Fowler, Maria Jose Frutos Fernandez, Peter Fürst, Rainer Gürtler, Ursula Gundert‐Remy, Trine Husøy, Wim Mennes, Peter Moldeus, Agneta Oskarsson, Romina Shah, Detlef Wölfle, Claude Lambré, Anna Christodoulidou, Ine Waalkens‐Berendsen
Published 2019-03-01

Statement on the derivation of Health‐Based Guidance Values (HBGVs) for regulated products that are also nutrients

by EFSA Scientific Committee, Simon More, Vasileios Bampidis, Diane Benford, Claude Bragard, Thorhallur Halldorsson, Susanne Hougaard Bennekou, Kostas Koutsoumanis, Kyriaki Machera, Hanspeter Naegeli, Søren Nielsen, Josef Schlatter, Dieter Schrenk, Vittorio Silano, Dominique Turck, Maged Younes, Peter Aggett, Jacqueline Castenmiller, Alessandra Giarola, Agnès de Sesmaisons‐Lecarré, José Tarazona, Hans Verhagen, Antonio Hernández‐Jerez
Published 2021-03-01

Re‐evaluation of acetic acid, lactic acid, citric acid, tartaric acid, mono‐ and diacetyltartaric acid, mixed acetic and tartaric acid esters of mono‐ and diglycerides of fatty aci...

by EFSA Panel on Food Additives and Flavourings (FAF), Maged Younes, Gabriele Aquilina, Laurence Castle, Karl‐Heinz Engel, Paul Fowler, Maria Jose Frutos Fernandez, Peter Fürst, Rainer Gürtler, Ursula Gundert‐Remy, Trine Husøy, Wim Mennes, Romina Shah, Dina Hendrika Waalkens‐Berendsen, Detlef Wölfle, Polly Boon, Paul Tobback, Matthew Wright, Zsuzsanna Horvath, Ana Maria Rincon, Peter Moldeus
Published 2020-03-01

Evaluation of existing guidelines for their adequacy for the microbial characterisation and environmental risk assessment of microorganisms obtained through synthetic biology

by EFSA Scientific Committee, Simon More, Vasileios Bampidis, Diane Benford, Claude Bragard, Thorhallur Halldorsson, Antonio Hernández‐Jerez, Hougaard Bennekou Susanne, Kostas Koutsoumanis, Kyriaki Machera, Hanspeter Naegeli, Søren Saxmose Nielsen, Josef Schlatter, Dieter Schrenk, Vittorio Silano, Dominique Turck, Maged Younes, Boet Glandorf, Lieve Herman, Christoph Tebbe, Just Vlak, Jaime Aguilera, Reinhilde Schoonjans, Pier Sandro Cocconcelli
Published 2020-10-01

Safety of annatto E and the exposure to the annatto colouring principles bixin and norbixin (E 160b) when used as a food additive

by EFSA Panel on Food Additives and Flavourings (EFSA FAF Panel), Maged Younes, Laurence Castle, Karl‐Heinz Engel, Paul Fowler, Maria Jose Frutos Fernandez, Peter Fürst, Rainer Gürtler, Ursula Gundert‐Remy, Trine Husøy, Wim Mennes, Peter Moldeus, Agneta Oskarsson, Romina Shah, Ine Waalkens‐Berendsen, Detlef Wölfle, Riccardo Crebelli, Jean‐Charles Leblanc, Alexandra Tard, Gabriele Aquilina
Published 2019-03-01

Re‐evaluation of metatartaric acid (E 353) as a food additive

by EFSA Panel on Food Additives and Flavourings (FAF), Maged Younes, Gabriele Aquilina, Laurence Castle, Karl‐Heinz Engel, Paul Fowler, Maria Jose Frutos Fernandez, Peter Fürst, Rainer Gürtler, Ursula Gundert‐Remy, Trine Husøy, Wim Mennes, Romina Shah, Ine Waalkens‐Berendsen, Detlef Wölfle, Polly Boon, Paul Tobback, Matthew Wright, Ana Maria Rincon, Alexandra Tard, Peter Moldeus
Published 2020-03-01

Re‐evaluation of stearyl tartrate (E 483) as a food additive

by EFSA Panel on Food Additives and Flavourings (FAF), Maged Younes, Gabriele Aquilina, Laurence Castle, Karl‐Heinz Engel, Paul Fowler, Maria Jose Frutos Fernandez, Peter Fürst, Rainer Gürtler, Ursula Gundert‐Remy, Trine Husøy, Wim Mennes, Romina Shah, Dina Hendrika Waalkens‐Berendsen, Detlef Wölfle, Polly Boon, Paul Tobback, Matthew Wright, Ana Maria Rincon, Alexandra Tard, Peter Moldeus
Published 2020-03-01

Scientific opinion on the proposed amendment of the EU specifications for titanium dioxide (E 171) with respect to the inclusion of additional parameters related to its particle si...

by EFSA Panel on Food Additives and Flavourings (FAF), Maged Younes, Gabriele Aquilina, Laurence Castle, Karl‐Heinz Engel, Paul Fowler, Maria Jose Frutos Fernandez, Rainer Gürtler, Ursula Gundert‐Remy, Trine Husøy, Wim Mennes, Peter Moldeus Agneta Oskarsson, Sandra Rainieri, Romina Shah, Ine Waalkens‐Berendsen, Detlef Wölfle, Eric Gaffet, Jan Mast, Ruud Peters, Ana Maria Rincon, Peter Fürst
Published 2019-07-01

Opinion on the re‐evaluation of acacia gum (E 414) as a food additive in foods for infants below 16 weeks of age and the follow‐up of its re‐evaluation as a food additive for uses...

by EFSA Panel on Food Additives and Flavourings (FAF), Maged Younes, Gabriele Aquilina, Laurence Castle, Karl‐Heinz Engel, Paul Fowler, Maria Jose Frutos Fernandez, Peter Fürst, Rainer Gürtler, Trine Husøy, Wim Mennes, Peter Moldeus, Agneta Oskarsson, Romina Shah, Ine Waalkens‐Berendsen, Detlef Wölfle, Birgit Dusemund, Alicja Mortensen, Dominique Turck, Stefania Barmaz, Camilla Smeraldi, Alexandra Tard, Ursula Gundert‐Remy
Published 2019-12-01

Re‐evaluation of l(+)‐tartaric acid (E 334), sodium tartrates (E 335), potassium tartrates (E 336), potassium sodium tartrate (E 337) and calcium tartrate (E 354) as food additives...

by EFSA Panel on Food Additives and Flavourings (FAF), Maged Younes, Gabriele Aquilina, Laurence Castle, Karl‐Heinz Engel, Paul Fowler, Maria Jose Frutos Fernandez, Peter Fürst, Rainer Gürtler, Ursula Gundert‐Remy, Trine Husøy, Wim Mennes, Romina Shah, Ine Waalkens‐Berendsen, Detlef Wölfle, Polly Boon, Paul Tobback, Matthew Wright, Jaime Aguilera, Ana Maria Rincon, Alexandra Tard, Peter Moldeus
Published 2020-03-01

Safety of a proposed amendment of the specifications for steviol glycosides (E 960) as a food additive: to expand the list of steviol glycosides to all those identified in the leav...

by EFSA Panel on Food Additives and Flavourings (FAF), Maged Younes, Gabriele Aquilina, Karl‐Heinz Engel, Paul Fowler, Maria Jose Frutos Fernandez, Peter Fürst, Rainer Gürtler, Ursula Gundert‐Remy, Trine Husøy, Melania Manco, Wim Mennes, Peter Moldeus, Sabina Passamonti, Romina Shah, Ine Waalkens‐Berendsen, Detlef Wölfle, Matthew Wright, Gisela Degen, Alessandra Giarola, Ana M Rincon, Laurence Castle
Published 2020-04-01

Safety of ethyl lauroyl arginate (E 243) as a food additive in the light of the new information provided and the proposed extension of use

by EFSA Panel on Food Additives and Flavourings (EFSA FAF Panel), Maged Younes, Gabriele Aquilina, Karl‐Heinz Engel, Paul Fowler, Maria Jose Frutos Fernandez, Peter Fürst, Rainer Gürtler, Ursula Gundert‐Remy, Trine Husøy, Wim Mennes, Peter Moldeus, Agneta Oskarsson, Romina Shah, Ine Waalkens‐Berendsen, Detlef Wölfle, David Gott, Jean‐Charles Leblanc, Camilla Smeraldi, Alexandra Tard, Laurence Castle
Published 2019-03-01

Opinion on the re‐evaluation of lecithins (E 322) as a food additive in foods for infants below 16 weeks of age and follow‐up of its re‐evaluation as food additive for uses in food...

by EFSA Panel on Food Additives and Flavourings (FAF), Maged Younes, Gabriele Aquilina, Laurence Castle, Karl‐Heinz Engel, Paul Fowler, Maria Jose Frutos Fernandez, Peter Fürst, Rainer Gürtler, Trine Husøy, Melania Manco, Wim Mennes, Peter Moldeus, Sabina Passamonti, Romina Shah, Ine Waalkens‐Berendsen, Detlef Wölfle, Matthew Wright, Birgit Dusemund, Alicja Mortensen, Dominique Turck, Stefania Barmaz, Alexandra Tard, Giorgia Vianello, Ursula Gundert‐Remy
Published 2020-11-01

Scientific Opinion on Flavouring Group Evaluation 215 Revision 1 (FGE.215Rev1): seven α,β‐unsaturated cinnamyl ketones from subgroup 3.2 of FGE.19

by EFSA Panel on Food Additives and Flavourings (FAF), Maged Younes, Gabriele Aquilina, Laurence Castle, Karl‐Heinz Engel, Paul Fowler, Maria Jose Frutos Fernandez, Peter Fürst, Ursula Gundert‐Remy, Rainer Gürtler, Trine Husøy, Peter Moldeus, Agneta Oskarsson, Romina Shah, Ine Waalkens‐Berendsen, Detlef Wölfle, Romualdo Benigni, Claudia Bolognesi, Kevin Chipman, Eugenia Cordelli, Gisela Degen, Daniel Marzin, Camilla Svendsen, Maria Carfì, Wim Mennes
Published 2019-11-01

Guidance on Uncertainty Analysis in Scientific Assessments

by EFSA Scientific Committee, Diane Benford, Thorhallur Halldorsson, Michael John Jeger, Helle Katrine Knutsen, Simon More, Hanspeter Naegeli, Hubert Noteborn, Colin Ockleford, Antonia Ricci, Guido Rychen, Josef R Schlatter, Vittorio Silano, Roland Solecki, Dominique Turck, Maged Younes, Peter Craig, Andrew Hart, Natalie Von Goetz, Kostas Koutsoumanis, Alicja Mortensen, Bernadette Ossendorp, Laura Martino, Caroline Merten, Olaf Mosbach‐Schulz, Anthony Hardy
Published 2018-01-01

Scientific Opinion on Flavouring Group Evaluation 72, Revision 2 (FGE.72Rev2): consideration of aliphatic, branched‐chain saturated and unsaturated alcohols, aldehydes, acids and r...

by EFSA Panel on Food Additives and Flavourings (FAF), Maged Younes, Gabriele Aquilina, Laurence Castle, Karl‐Heinz Engel, Paul Fowler, Maria Jose Frutos Fernandez, Peter Fürst, Ursula Gundert‐Remy, Rainer Gürtler, Trine Husøy, Peter Moldeus, Agneta Oskarsson, Romina Shah, Ine Waalkens‐Berendsen, Detlef Wölfle, Romualdo Benigni, Claudia Bolognesi, Kevin Chipman, Eugenia Cordelli, Gisela Degen, Daniel Marzin, Camilla Svendsen, Giorgia Vianello, Wim Mennes
Published 2020-03-01

Safety of use of Monk fruit extract as a food additive in different food categories

by EFSA Panel on Food Additives and Flavourings (FAF), Maged Younes, Gabriele Aquilina, Karl‐Heinz Engel, Paul Fowler, Maria Jose Frutos Fernandez, Peter Fürst, Rainer Gürtler, Ursula Gundert‐Remy, Trine Husøy, Wim Mennes, Peter Moldeus, Agneta Oskarsson, Romina Shah, Ine Waalkens‐Berendsen, Detlef Wölfle, Gisela Degen, Lieve Herman, David Gott, Jean‐Charles Leblanc, Alessandra Giarola, Ana Maria Rincon, Alexandra Tard, Laurence Castle
Published 2019-12-01

Draft for internal testing Scientific Committee guidance on appraising and integrating evidence from epidemiological studies for use in EFSA's scientific assessments

by EFSA Scientific Committee, Simon More, Vasileos Bambidis, Diane Benford, Claude Bragard, Antonio Hernandez‐Jerez, Susanne Hougaard Bennekou, Kostas Koutsoumanis, Kyriaki Machera, Hanspeter Naegeli, Soren Saxmose Nielsen, Josef R Schlatter, Dieter Schrenk, Vittorio Silano, Dominique Turck, Maged Younes, Tony Fletcher, Matthias Greiner, Evangelia Ntzani, Neil Pearce, Marco Vinceti, Laura Ciccolallo, Marios Georgiadis, Andrea Gervelmeyer, Thorhallur I Halldorsson
Published 2020-08-01

Re‐evaluation of sodium aluminium silicate (E 554) and potassium aluminium silicate (E 555) as food additives

by EFSA Panel on Food Additives and Flavourings (FAF), Maged Younes, Gabriele Aquilina, Laurence Castle, Karl‐Heinz Engel, Paul Fowler, Maria Jose Frutos Fernandez, Peter Fürst, Rainer Gürtler, Ursula Gundert‐Remy, Trine Husøy, Melania Manco, Wim Mennes, Sabina Passamonti, Romina Shah, Dina Hendrika Waalkens‐Berendsen, Detlef Wölfle, Matthew Wright, Polly Boon, Paul Tobback, Ana Maria Rincon, Alexandra Tard, Peter Moldeus
Published 2020-06-01

Opinion on the re‐evaluation of pectin (E 440i) and amidated pectin (E 440ii) as food additives in foods for infants below 16 weeks of age and follow‐up of their re‐evaluation as f...

by EFSA Panel on Food Additives and Flavourings (FAF), Maged Younes, Gabriele Aquilina, Laurence Castle, Karl‐Heinz Engel, Paul Fowler, Maria Jose Frutos Fernandez, Peter Fürst, Rainer Gürtler, Trine Husøy, Melania Manco, Wim Mennes, Peter Moldeus, Sabina Passamonti, Romina Shah, Ine Waalkens‐Berendsen, Detlef Wölfle, Matthew Wright, Birgit Dusemund, Alicja Mortensen, Dominique Turck, Stefania Barmaz, Alexandra Tard, Giorgia Vianello, Ursula Gundert‐Remy
Published 2021-01-01