TY - GEN
T1 - Scientific Opinion on Flavouring Group Evaluation 204 Revision 1 (FGE.204Rev1): consideration of genotoxicity data on representatives for 17 monounsaturated, aliphatic, α,β-unsaturated ketones and precursors from chemical subgroup 1.2.1 of FGE.19
AU - Younes, Maged
AU - Aquilina, Gabriele
AU - Castle, Laurence
AU - Engel, Karl-Heinz
AU - Fowler, Paul
AU - Frutos Fernandez, Maria Jose
AU - Fürst, Peter
AU - Gundert-Remy, Ursula
AU - Gürtler, Rainer
AU - Husøy, Trine
AU - Moldeus, Peter
AU - Oskarsson, Agneta
AU - Shah, Romina
AU - Waalkens-Berendsen, Ine
AU - Wölfle, Detlef
AU - Benigni, Romualdo
AU - Bolognesi, Claudia
AU - Chipman, Kevin
AU - Cordelli, Eugenia
AU - Degen, Gisela
AU - Marzin, Daniel
AU - Svendsen, Camilla
AU - Carfì, Maria
AU - Vianello, Giorgia
AU - Mennes, Wim
AU - EFSA Panel on Food Additives and Flavourings (FAF)
N1 - Acknowledgements: The FAF Panel wishes to thank the Working Group on Genotoxicity of the former EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes, Flavourings and Processing Aids (CEF) for the preparatory work on this scientific opinion, in particular Mona-Lise Binderup, Francesca Marcon and Pasquale Mosesso. The Panel wishes to thank the hearing experts: Vibe Beltoft and Karin Nørby and EFSA staff: Jose Cortinas Abrahantes for the support provided to this scienti fic output.
PY - 2019/7/17
Y1 - 2019/7/17
N2 - 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 in vitro micronucleus test for clastogenicity and a negative result, but with no proof of bone marrow exposure, in an in vivo micronucleus assay for the representative substance 7-methyl-3-octenone-2 [FL-no: 07.177]. Subsequently, the Industry submitted an in vivo 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.
AB - 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 in vitro micronucleus test for clastogenicity and a negative result, but with no proof of bone marrow exposure, in an in vivo micronucleus assay for the representative substance 7-methyl-3-octenone-2 [FL-no: 07.177]. Subsequently, the Industry submitted an in vivo 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.
KW - FGE.19
KW - subgroup 1.2.1
KW - aliphatic
KW - mono-unsaturated
KW - α
KW - β-unsaturated ketones
U2 - 10.2903/j.efsa.2019.5750
DO - 10.2903/j.efsa.2019.5750
M3 - Article
C2 - 32626370
VL - 17
SP - e05750
JO - EFSA Journal
JF - EFSA Journal
SN - 1831-4732
ER -