FOOD CONTACT – MORE
November 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has released safety assessments of a number of substances used food contact materials for packaging, including activated charcoal and silicic acid. EFSA has also declared safe the use of 41 acetals of aliphatic saturated primary alcohols and aldehydes, and one orthoester of formic acid. * and http://www.efsa.eu.int/science/afc/afc_opinions/671/afc_opinion18_ej107_flavourings_group3_en1.pdf
THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has released safety assessments of a number of substances used food contact materials for packaging, including activated charcoal and silicic acid. EFSA has also declared safe the use of 41 acetals of aliphatic saturated primary alcohols and aldehydes, and one orthoester of formic acid. * and http://www.efsa.eu.int/science/afc/afc_opinions/671/afc_opinion18_ej107_flavourings_group3_en1.pdf
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