TY - JOUR
T1 - Follow-up of the re-evaluation of glycerol (E 422) as a food additive
AU - EFSA Panel on Food Additives and Flavourings (FAF)
AU - Younes, Maged
AU - Aquilina, Gabriele
AU - Castle, Laurence
AU - Engel, Karl Heinz
AU - Fowler, Paul
AU - Frutos Fernandez, Maria Jose
AU - Gundert-Remy, Ursula
AU - Gürtler, Rainer
AU - Husøy, Trine
AU - Manco, Melania
AU - Mennes, Wim
AU - Moldeus, Peter
AU - Passamonti, Sabina
AU - Shah, Romina
AU - Waalkens-Berendsen, Ine
AU - Wölfle, Detlef
AU - Wright, Matthew
AU - Cheyns, Karlien
AU - Mirat, Manuela
AU - Rincon, Ana Maria
AU - Fürst, Peter
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KgaA on behalf of the European Food Safety Authority.
PY - 2022/6
Y1 - 2022/6
N2 - Glycerol (E 422) was re-evaluated in 2017 by the former EFSA Panel on Food Additives and Nutrient sources added to Food (ANS). As a follow-up to that assessment, in this opinion, the Panel on Food Additives and Flavourings (FAF) addresses the data gaps identified to support an amendment of the EU specifications for E 422 in Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012. The Panel performed a risk assessment of undesirable impurities present in E 422. The Panel concluded that the maximum limits in the EU specifications for the four toxic elements (arsenic, lead, mercury and cadmium) should be lowered based on actual levels in the commercial food additive E 422. The Panel recommended setting a numerical limit value for acrolein in the specifications for E 422. The potential exposure to free 3-monochloropropanediol at the maximum limit of 0.1 mg/kg, as laid out in the specifications for E 422, does not give rise to a health concern. The Panel recommended to consider modifying the definition of E 422 in Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 indicating that E 422 is obtained only from vegetable oils and fats and undergoes purification processes that involve distillation, and other clean up steps to obtain refined glycerol. Overall, the Panel concluded that the technical data provided support an amendment of the specifications for glycerol (E 422).
AB - Glycerol (E 422) was re-evaluated in 2017 by the former EFSA Panel on Food Additives and Nutrient sources added to Food (ANS). As a follow-up to that assessment, in this opinion, the Panel on Food Additives and Flavourings (FAF) addresses the data gaps identified to support an amendment of the EU specifications for E 422 in Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012. The Panel performed a risk assessment of undesirable impurities present in E 422. The Panel concluded that the maximum limits in the EU specifications for the four toxic elements (arsenic, lead, mercury and cadmium) should be lowered based on actual levels in the commercial food additive E 422. The Panel recommended setting a numerical limit value for acrolein in the specifications for E 422. The potential exposure to free 3-monochloropropanediol at the maximum limit of 0.1 mg/kg, as laid out in the specifications for E 422, does not give rise to a health concern. The Panel recommended to consider modifying the definition of E 422 in Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 indicating that E 422 is obtained only from vegetable oils and fats and undergoes purification processes that involve distillation, and other clean up steps to obtain refined glycerol. Overall, the Panel concluded that the technical data provided support an amendment of the specifications for glycerol (E 422).
KW - CAS Registry Number 56-85-1
KW - E 422
KW - food additive
KW - glycerin
KW - glycerine
KW - glycerol
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85133234360&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.2903/j.efsa.2022.7353
DO - 10.2903/j.efsa.2022.7353
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85133234360
SN - 1831-4732
VL - 20
JO - EFSA Journal
JF - EFSA Journal
IS - 6
M1 - e07353
ER -