Open AccessSafety of smoke flavour Primary Product ‐ Fumokomp
Author(s) -
Flavourings
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
efsa journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.076
H-Index - 97
ISSN - 1831-4732
DOI - 10.2903/j.efsa.2009.1343
Subject(s) - flavour , primary (astronomy) , food science , smoke , product (mathematics) , medicine , chemistry , mathematics , physics , organic chemistry , geometry , astronomy
This Opinion concerns the safety of the smoke flavouring Primary Product Fumokomp. The Panel considered the technical and analytical data provided acceptable to characterise the Primary Product and to demonstrate its batch‐to‐batch variability and stability. The product has been tested in in vitro and in vivo genotoxicity studies and in a 90‐day feeding study in rats. While a positive result was obtained in one out of three in vitro genotoxicity tests, two in vivo genotoxicity tests were negative and sufficient to eliminate the concerns over the in vitro genotoxicity. The 90‐day study was conducted before the advent of GLP, and only a summary report was available. In addition the identity of the material tested in this study is unknown. Therefore the Panel was not able to confirm the validity of the study and concluded that the toxicological data do not enable the safety of Fumokomp to be established.