EU Bans Use of Perilla Aldehyde Food Flavoring
05 Oct 2015 --- EU Member States have voted in favor of prohibiting the use of the flavoring substance p-mentha-1,8-dien-7-al (also known as Perilla aldehyde (FL 05.117)) from the EU list of authorized flavoring substances set out in Annex I of Regulation 1334/2008/EC.
This follows on from the safety assessment of the substance which the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) published on 23 July 2015. In this opinion, EFSA noted that p-mentha-1,8-dien-7-al has been shown to be genotoxic (damaging to DNA) in a new study on animals. Perilla aldehyde occurs naturally in the peel of citrus fruits. It is produced in limited quantities and is added to some baked foods, puddings, meat products and both alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks to produce a pungent citrus smell and a woody, spicy citrus taste.
The Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1760 has been published in the Official Journal on 2nd October 2015 and enters into force on 3rd October 2015. According to the Regulation, foods to which this flavoring substance has been added and which were lawfully placed on the market before 3rd October 2015 will be allowed to be marketed until their date of minimum durability or use-by date. Foods imported into the EU will be allowed to be marketed until their date of minimum durability or use-by date, if the importer can demonstrate that they were dispatched from the Third country and were on their way to the EU before 3rd October 2015.
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