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    Younes, Maged; Aquilina, Gabriele; Castle, Laurence; Engel, Karl‐Heinz; Fowler, Paul; Frutos Fernandez, Maria Jose; Fürst, Peter; Gürtler, Rainer; Gundert‐Remy, Ursula; Husøy, Trine; Moldeus, Peter; Oskarsson, Agneta; Shah, Romina; Waalkens‐Berendsen, Ine; Wölfle, Detlef; Benigni, Romualdo; Bolognesi, Claudia; Chipman, Kevin; Cordelli, Eugenia; Degen, Gisela; Marzin, Daniel; Svendsen, Camilla; Carfì, Maria; Kovalkovicova, Natalia; Martino, Carla; Vianello, Giorgia; Mennes, Wim

    EFSA journal, January 2019, Letnik: 17, Številka: 1
    Journal Article

    The EFSA Panel on Food Additives and Flavourings was requested to evaluate the genotoxic potential of flavouring substances from subgroup 2.2 of FGE.19 in the Flavouring Group Evaluation 208 Revision 3 (FGE.208Rev3). In FGE.208Rev1, the Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes, Flavourings and Processing Aids (CEF) evaluated genotoxicity studies on the representative substance p‐mentha‐1,8‐dien‐7‐al FL‐no: 05.117, which was found to be genotoxic in vivo. The Panel concluded that there was a potential safety concern for the nine substances in this FGE that were all represented by FL‐no: 05.177. Consequently, substance FL‐no: 05.117, as well as four substances (FL‐no: 05.121, 09.272, 09.899 and 09.900), no longer supported by industry were deleted from the Union List. In FGE.208Rev2, the Panel assessed genotoxicity studies submitted on five flavouring substances FL‐no: 02.060, 02.091, 05.106, 09.278 and 09.302 and concluded that the concern for genotoxicity could be ruled out for these substances, except from myrtenal FL‐no: 05.106 for which the available data were considered equivocal. Thus, industry provided additional genotoxicity studies (a bacterial reverse mutation assay and a combined in vivo bone marrow erythrocytes micronucleus test and Comet assay in liver and duodenum) for this substance which were evaluated in the present opinion, FGE.208Rev3. Based on these new data, the Panel concluded that the concern for genotoxicity could be ruled out for myrtenal FL‐no: 05.106. Subsequently, this substance can be evaluated through the Procedure.