据欧盟食品安全局(EFSA)消息,应欧委会要求,欧盟食品安全局再次评估了黄原胶作为食品添加剂的安全性。
欧盟食品添加剂和营养小组(ANS)进行评估认为,在毒理学数据与暴露数据的基础之上,黄原胶(E 415)作为食品添加剂对普通人群是安全的,不会对人体健康构成影响,无需制定每日允许摄入量(ADI)。然而对黄原胶的再次评估不适用于12周以下的婴儿。
部分原文报道如下:
The Panel on Food Additives and Nutrient Sources added to Food (ANS) provides a scientific opinion re-evaluating the safety of xanthan gum (E 415) as food additive. Following the conceptual framework for the risk assessment of certain food additives re-evaluated under Commission Regulation (EU) No 257/2010, the Panel considered that adequate exposure and toxicity data were available. based on the reported use levels, a refined exposure of up to 64 mg/kg bw per day in children for the general population, 38 mg/kg bw per day for children consumers only of food supplements at the high level exposure and 115 mg/kg bw per day for infants consuming foods for special medical purposes and special formulae (FSMPs), were estimated.