TY - JOUR
T1 - Scientific opinion on the evaluation of substances as acceptable previous cargoes for edible fats and oils
AU - Knutsen, Helle Katrine
AU - Jan, Alexander
AU - Barregård, Lars
AU - Bignami, Margherita
AU - Brüschweiler, Beat
AU - Ceccatelli, Sandra
AU - Cottrill, Bruce
AU - Dinovi, Michael
AU - Edler, Lutz
AU - Hogstrand, Christer
AU - Hoogenboom, Laurentius (Ron)
AU - Nebbia, Carlo
AU - Oswald, Isabelle
AU - Petersen, Annette
AU - Rose, Martin
AU - Roudot, Alain-Claude
AU - Schwerdtle, Tanja
AU - Vollmer, Günter
AU - Wallace, Heather
AU - Grasl-Kraupp, Bettina
AU - Grob, Konrad
AU - Penninks, André
AU - Binaglia, Marco
AU - Torres, Ruth Roldán
AU - Vleminckx, Christiane
AU - EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM)
N1 - The Panel wishes to thank the members of the Working Group on acceptable previous cargoes for edible fats and oils – Previous cargoes 2016: Bettina Grasl-Kraupp, Konrad Grob, André Penninks and Christiane Vleminckx and EFSA staff members: Marco Binaglia and Ruth Roldán Torres. The Panel acknowledges the European Chemicals Agency that provided data on ammonium sulphate.
PY - 2017/1/18
Y1 - 2017/1/18
N2 - Shipping of edible fats and oils into Europe is permitted in bulk tanks, provided that the previous cargo is included in a positive list. The European Commission requested EFSA to evaluate the acceptability as previous cargoes for fats and oils the substances calcium lignosulphonate, methyl acetate, ethyl tert-butyl ether (ETBE) and ammonium sulphate. The evaluation was based on the same criteria as those used for the evaluation of the substances currently on the list in the Annex to Commission Directive 96/3/EC as acceptable previous cargoes for edible fats and oils. Methyl acetate and ETBE meet the criteria for acceptability as previous cargoes. Due to uncertainties, mainly with regard to the composition and toxicity of the low molecular mass fraction, and the fact that the toxicological database is limited to the 40–65 grade and does not cover all grades of calcium lignosulphonate shipped as previous cargoes, the EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM Panel) concluded that calcium lignosulphonate does not meet the criteria for acceptability as a previous cargo. Only food-grade ammonium sulphate meets the criteria for acceptability as a previous cargo due to uncertainties about impurities in other (non-food) grades.
AB - Shipping of edible fats and oils into Europe is permitted in bulk tanks, provided that the previous cargo is included in a positive list. The European Commission requested EFSA to evaluate the acceptability as previous cargoes for fats and oils the substances calcium lignosulphonate, methyl acetate, ethyl tert-butyl ether (ETBE) and ammonium sulphate. The evaluation was based on the same criteria as those used for the evaluation of the substances currently on the list in the Annex to Commission Directive 96/3/EC as acceptable previous cargoes for edible fats and oils. Methyl acetate and ETBE meet the criteria for acceptability as previous cargoes. Due to uncertainties, mainly with regard to the composition and toxicity of the low molecular mass fraction, and the fact that the toxicological database is limited to the 40–65 grade and does not cover all grades of calcium lignosulphonate shipped as previous cargoes, the EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM Panel) concluded that calcium lignosulphonate does not meet the criteria for acceptability as a previous cargo. Only food-grade ammonium sulphate meets the criteria for acceptability as a previous cargo due to uncertainties about impurities in other (non-food) grades.
KW - acceptable previous cargo
KW - edible fats and oils
KW - sea transport
KW - calcium lignosulphonate
KW - methyl acetate
KW - ethyl tert-butyl ether
KW - ammonium sulphate
U2 - 10.2903/j.efsa.2017.4656
DO - 10.2903/j.efsa.2017.4656
M3 - Article
VL - 15
JO - EFSA Journal
JF - EFSA Journal
SN - 1831-4732
IS - 1
M1 - e04656
ER -