TY - JOUR
T1 - Re-evaluation of calcium carbonate (E 170) as a food additive in foods for infants below 16 weeks of age and follow-up of its re-evaluation as food additive for uses in foods for all population groups
AU - EFSA Panel on Food Additives and Flavourings (FAF)
AU - Younes, Maged
AU - Aquilina, Gabriele
AU - Castle, Laurence
AU - Degen, Gisela
AU - Engel, Karl Heinz
AU - Fowler, Paul J.
AU - Frutos Fernandez, Maria Jose
AU - Fürst, Peter
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 - Wright, Matthew
AU - Wölfle, Detlef
AU - Dusemund, Birgit
AU - Mortensen, Alicja
AU - Turck, Dominique
AU - Cheyns, Karlien
AU - Gaffet, Eric
AU - Loeschner, Katrin
AU - Mast, Jan
AU - Mirat, Manuela
AU - Undas, Anna
AU - Barmaz, Stefania
AU - Mech, Agnieszka
AU - Rincon, Ana Maria
AU - Smeraldi, Camilla
AU - Tard, Alexandra
AU - Gundert-Remy, Ursula
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 European Food Safety Authority. EFSA Journal published by Wiley-VCH GmbH on behalf of European Food Safety Authority.
PY - 2023/7
Y1 - 2023/7
N2 - Calcium carbonate (E 170) was re-evaluated in 2011 by the former EFSA Panel on Food Additives and Nutrient sources added to Food (ANS). As a follow-up to this assessment, the Panel on Food Additives and Flavourings (FAF) was requested to assess the safety of calcium carbonate (E 170) for its uses as a food additive in food for infants below 16 weeks of age belonging to food category 13.1.5.1 (Dietary foods for infants for special medical purposes and special formulae for infants) and as carry over in line with Annex III, Part 5 Section B to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008. In addition, the FAF Panel was requested to address the issues already identified during the re-evaluation of the food additive when used in food for the general population. The process involved the publication of a call for data to allow the interested business operators (IBOs) to provide the requested information to complete the risk assessment. The Panel concluded that there is no need for a numerical acceptable daily intake (ADI) for calcium carbonate and that, in principle, there are no safety concern with respect to the exposure to calcium carbonate per se at the currently reported uses and use levels in all age groups of the population, including infants below 16 weeks of age. With respect to the calcium intake resulting from the use of E 170 in food for the general population and infants < 16 weeks of age, the Panel concluded that it contributes only to a small part to the overall calcium dietary exposure. However, the unavoidable presence of aluminium in E 170 is of concern and should be addressed. In addition, the Panel concluded that the technical data provided by the IBO support further amendments of the specifications for E 170 laid down in Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012.
AB - Calcium carbonate (E 170) was re-evaluated in 2011 by the former EFSA Panel on Food Additives and Nutrient sources added to Food (ANS). As a follow-up to this assessment, the Panel on Food Additives and Flavourings (FAF) was requested to assess the safety of calcium carbonate (E 170) for its uses as a food additive in food for infants below 16 weeks of age belonging to food category 13.1.5.1 (Dietary foods for infants for special medical purposes and special formulae for infants) and as carry over in line with Annex III, Part 5 Section B to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008. In addition, the FAF Panel was requested to address the issues already identified during the re-evaluation of the food additive when used in food for the general population. The process involved the publication of a call for data to allow the interested business operators (IBOs) to provide the requested information to complete the risk assessment. The Panel concluded that there is no need for a numerical acceptable daily intake (ADI) for calcium carbonate and that, in principle, there are no safety concern with respect to the exposure to calcium carbonate per se at the currently reported uses and use levels in all age groups of the population, including infants below 16 weeks of age. With respect to the calcium intake resulting from the use of E 170 in food for the general population and infants < 16 weeks of age, the Panel concluded that it contributes only to a small part to the overall calcium dietary exposure. However, the unavoidable presence of aluminium in E 170 is of concern and should be addressed. In addition, the Panel concluded that the technical data provided by the IBO support further amendments of the specifications for E 170 laid down in Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012.
KW - E 170
KW - calcium carbonate
KW - food additive
KW - infants
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85165941963&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8106
DO - 10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8106
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85165941963
SN - 1831-4732
VL - 21
JO - EFSA Journal
JF - EFSA Journal
IS - 7
M1 - e08106
ER -