Safety assessment of the substance poly((R)‐3‐hydroxybutyrate‐co‐(R)‐3‐hydroxyhexanoate) for use in food contact materials

Abstract The EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes and Processing Aids (CEP Panel) assessed the safety of poly((R)‐3‐hydroxybutyrate‐co‐(R)‐3‐hydroxyhexanoate) (PHBH), CAS No 147398‐31‐0 and food contact material (FCM) substance No 1059. This biodegradable copolymer is produced by fermentati...

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Main Authors: EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes and Processing Aids (CEP), Vittorio Silano, José Manuel Barat Baviera, Claudia Bolognesi, Beat Johannes Brüschweiler, Andrew Chesson, Pier Sandro Cocconcelli, Riccardo Crebelli, David Michael Gott, Konrad Grob, Evgenia Lampi, Alicja Mortensen, Inger‐Lise Steffensen, Christina Tlustos, Henk Van Loveren, Laurence Vernis, Holger Zorn, Laurence Castle, Jean‐Pierre Cravedi, Roland Franz, Martine Kolf‐Clauw, Maria Rosaria Milana, Karla Pfaff, Kettil Svensson, Maria de Fatima Tavares Poças, Detlef Wölfle, Katharina Volk, Gilles Rivière
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-01-01
Series:EFSA Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2019.5551