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Challenges ahead: cross-cutting issues and
horizontal scientific guidance
Technical Stakeholder Event: Re-evaluation of authorised food additives- focus on sweeteners
3 December 2019
Laurence Castle- FAF Panel member
Maria Jose Frutos-FAF Panel member
Ana M Rincon- Scientific Officer FIP Unit
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Lessons learned from the re-evaluation of food additives
Information on the technical part relevant for the re-evaluation of sweeteners
CONTENTS
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EFSA Public call for data
Detailed information on manufacturing
process?
Identification of
impurities/residuals
Uncertainties
Yes Not
Recommend (or not) to
update the EU specification
Recommend new data
Follow-up EC call for data
INFORMATION ON MANUFACTURING PROCESS
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DATA GAP
•Information on the manufacturing process by itself
➢ Chemical synthesis
➢ Extraction from plants
➢ Fermentation/bio-conversion (use of microorganism)
•Information on the raw materials
•Information on purification processes
•Information on stability
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▪ Re-evaluation:
“Contamination at those levels would have a significant impact on the exposure to these toxic elements, for which the exposures are already close to the health-based guidance values established by EFSA”
▪ EC call for data requested:
➢analytical data on current levels of arsenic, lead, mercury and cadmium in commercial samples of the food additive;
➢the lowest technologically achievable level for arsenic, lead, mercury and cadmium in order to adequately define their maximum limits in the specifications;
▪ For the future EFSA assessment: health-based guidance values or reference values for toxic elements will be considered together with their exposure from the intake of the food additive
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CHARACTERIZATION OF THE FOOD ADDITIVE
• A substance can have other uses (apart from food additive) with different physico-chemical properties
•Information on composition of the extract
•Uncertainties in the characterisation of particle size distribution of food additives
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2.5 years from the finalisation of the re-evaluation until having a better knowledge on the characterisation of the food additive
➢Media debate substantiated for the lack of information
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▪Detailed information on manufacturing process
➢Considering the up-to-date EFSA requirements
INFORMATION NEEDED
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▪ Information on the raw materials and the presence or not of some of them (or carry-over impurities) in the final product
▪ Information on reaction intermediates that can potentially remain in the final product
▪ Information on residuals that can remain in the final product
❖supported by analytical data
INFORMATION NEEDED
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▪ Information on stability of the food additive under/during:
➢ Storage conditions
➢ Food processing in different conditions of use
➢ Interaction with food matrices
▪ Nature and amount of the degradation products
❖supported by scientific evidence
INFORMATION NEEDED
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▪ Information on characterization of the substance
➢Considering the up-to-date EFSA Guidances
INFORMATION NEEDED
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▪Uncertainties reflected in the assessment
➢Recommendations
o Follow-up EC call for data
✓New assessment years later
▪ Lost of confidence from the consumers
CONSEQUENCES OF LACK OF INFORMATION
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