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Scientific Opinion on Flavouring Group Evaluation 204 Revision 1 (FGE.204Rev1): consideration of genotoxicity data on representatives for 17 monounsaturated, aliphatic, alpha,beta-unsaturated ketones and precursors from chemical subgroup 1.2.1 of FGE.19

  • Maged Younes
  • , Gabriele Aquilina
  • , Laurence Castle
  • , Karl-Heinz Engel
  • , Paul Fowler
  • , Maria Jose Frutos Fernandez
  • , Peter Furst
  • , Ursula Gundert-Remy
  • , Rainer Gurtler
  • , Trine Husoy
  • , Peter Moldeus
  • , Agneta Oskarsson
  • , Romina Shah
  • , Ine Waalkens-Berendsen
  • , Detlef Woffle
  • , Romualdo Benigni
  • , Claudia Bolognesi
  • , Kevin Chipman
  • , Eugenia Cordelli
  • , Gisela Degen
  • Daniel Marzin, Camilla Svendsen, Maria Carfi, Giorgia Vianello, Wim Mennes

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    Abstract

    The Panel on Food Additives and Flavourings (FAF Panel) of the European Food Safety Authority was requested to evaluate the genotoxic potential of the flavouring substances from subgroup 1.2.1 of FGE.19 in the Flavouring Group Evaluation 204 (FGE.204). In the present revision of this FGE (FGE.204Rev1), the FAF Panel evaluated new data provided by Industry following a request from the former Panel on Food Contact materials, Enzymes, Flavourings and Processing Aids (CEF Panel). This request followed from positive results in an invitro micronucleus test for clastogenicity and a negative result, but with no proof of bone marrow exposure, in an invivo micronucleus assay for the representative substance 7-methyl-3-octenone-2 [FL-no: 07.177]. Subsequently, the Industry submitted an invivo comet assay which was considered equivocal in the liver. The study was repeated confirming that 7-methyl-3-octenone-2 [FL-no: 07.177] did not induce primary DNA damage in the liver and duodenum. Based on the available data, the Panel concluded that the concern for genotoxicity can be ruled out for [FL-no: 07.177] and the 15 structurally related substances [FL-no: 02.102, 02.193, 07.044, 07.048, 07.082, 07.104, 07.105, 07.106, 07.107, 07.121, 07.139, 07.187, 07.188, 07.244, 07.258] which can be evaluated through the Procedure for flavouring substances. (C) 2019 European Food Safety Authority. EFSA Journal published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd on behalf of European Food Safety Authority.
    Original languageEnglish
    Article number5750
    Number of pages26
    JournalEFSA Journal
    Volume17
    Issue number7
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2019

    Keywords

    • FGE.19
    • subgroup 1.2.1
    • aliphatic
    • mono-unsaturated
    • alpha,beta-unsaturated ketones

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