SEMICARBAZIDE LEACHING
August 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has concluded that the contamination of food from semicarbazide (SEM) in packaging is safe, and not sufficiently carcinogenic to pose health risks. This follows a detailed inquiry which found exposure levels potentially causing cancer are five times higher than those reasonably expected for adults and infants. "The issue of carcinogenicity is not of concern for human health at the concentrations of SEM encountered in food," said EFSA's scientific panel on 'food additives, flavourings, processing aids and ...
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