EU removed flavouring substance 4,5-epoxydec- 2(trans)-enal from the Union list of the flavouring

European Commission, Health and Food Safety Directorate- General has published Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1250 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards removal from the Union list of the flavouring substance 4,5-epoxydec- 2(trans)-enal. The amendment concerns the removal of the flavouring substance 4,5-epoxydec- 2(trans)-enal (FL-no 16.071) from the European Union list of flavourings following the European Food Safety Authority opinion published on 31 May 2017 which concluded that this substance is genotoxic in vivo and therefore its use as a flavouring substance raises a safety concern

Products covered : Flavourings, food 

Date of entry into force (dd/mm/yy)/period of application (as applicable): 13 July 2017 

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