Safety assessment of the substance isobutane, for use in food contact materials

Autor: EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes, Flavourings and Processing Aids (CEF), Silano, Vittorio, Bolognesi, Claudia, Chipman, Kevin, Cravedi, Jean-Pierre, Engel, Karl‐Heinz, Fowler, Paul, Franz, Roland, Grob, Konrad, Gürtler, Rainer, Husøy, Trine, Kärenlampi, Sirpa, Mennes, Wim, Milana, Maria Rosaria, Pfaff, Karla, Riviere, Gilles, Srinivasan, Jannavi, Tavares Poças, Maria de Fátima, Tlustos, Christina, Wölfle, Detlef, Zorn, Holger, Kolf‐Clauw, Martine, Lampi, Eugenia, Svensson, Kettil, Lioupis, Alexandros, Castle, Laurence
Přispěvatelé: ToxAlim (ToxAlim), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Toulouse (ENVT), Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Ecole d'Ingénieurs de Purpan (INPT - EI Purpan), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)
Rok vydání: 2020
Předmět:
Food contact materials
Ingénierie des aliments
emballage alimentaire
Plant Science
010501 environmental sciences
030226 pharmacology & pharmacy
01 natural sciences
chemistry.chemical_compound
E 943b
0302 clinical medicine
[SDV.IDA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Food engineering
interaction aliment emballage
TX341-641
CAS No 75‐28‐5
chemistry.chemical_classification
Isobutane
Pulp and paper industry
food contact materials
Hydrocarbon
sécurité alimentaire
Emulsion
Alimentation et Nutrition
food.ingredient
Veterinary (miscellaneous)
safety assessment
Foaming agent
TP1-1185
polystyrene
Microbiology
03 medical and health sciences
food
Food and Nutrition
Food engineering
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Propellant
Nutrition. Foods and food supply
Food additive
Chemical technology
isobutane
foaming agent
Vegetable oil
Scientific Opinion
chemistry
Environmental science
Animal Science and Zoology
Parasitology
FCM Substance No 1069
[SDV.AEN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Food and Nutrition
Food Science
Zdroj: EFSA Journal
EFSA Journal 1 (16), 7p.. (2018)
EFSA Journal, European Food Safety Authority, 2018, 16 (1), 7p. ⟨10.2903/j.efsa.2018.5116⟩
EFSA Journal, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp n/a-n/a (2018)
ISSN: 1831-4732
2314-9396
Popis: International audience; The substance isobutane is intended to be used as a foaming agent at max 4.5% to produce expanded polystyrene (EPS) to be used for packaging foods, such as fruits, vegetables, meat, fish and cheese, at room temperature or lower. Isobutane is approved in Europe as a food additive (E943b) to be used quantumsatis as a gas propellant only in vegetable oil pan spray (for professional use only) and water-based emulsion spray according to Regulation (EC) No1333/2008. The purity requirements for the use of isobutane as a food additive are described in Commission Regulation (EU) No231/2012. The substance is a gas at room temperature. It is a saturated hydrocarbon, obtained with a high level of purity, and is not expected to react under the processing conditions used to make foamed polystyrene materials and articles. Data on migration of isobutane from trays at 20 degrees C for 10days ranged from 0.2 to 0.4mg/kg food. Considering the intended applications, estimated exposure is extremely low based on migration data. In the absence of genotoxicity alerts and given the very low toxicity following repeated exposure with no observed adverse effect concentration (NOAEC) of several thousands of mg/m(3) by inhalation, it was considered that the use of isobutane as a foaming agent, at the expected exposure from food, does not raise a safety concern.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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