Info Session: (Re-)Evaluating Food Additives

Presentations are now available.

Background

EFSA’s expert Panel on Food Additives and Flavourings (FAF) is responsible for assessing the safety of new food additives and new uses of permitted food additives. Furthermore, it has been conducting re-evaluations of all food additives authorised for use in the EU before 20 January 2009, under Regulation EC 1333/2008. As the current FAF Panel 2018-2024 nears the end of its term, EFSA convened a stakeholder meeting to take stock of the work carried out on food additives over these years and to discuss future challenges and developments.

Objectives of the meeting

EFSA organised an info session with interested stakeholders on food additives. The meeting was held on 19 and 20 of March 2024 in Parma and was also webstreamed. The aim of the info session was to provide insights into recent, ongoing and future assessments, as well as the ongoing revision of the 2012 ANS Panel’s food additive guidance for submission for food additive evaluations.

During the meeting EFSA replied to participants’ questions and to questions received during the registration phase for attending the info session.

Contact

Do not hesitate to contact the organising committee at events@efsa.europa.eu for more information.

Presentations

• 01. (Re)-evaluations of food additives: what has happened since we last met?
• 02. State of play and lessons learnt from the re-evaluation of sweeteners
  • 02a. State of play: the re-evaluation of sweeteners
  • 02b. Integrating epidemiological evidence in risk assessment – the case of erythritol
  • 02c. Update on the exposure protocol for sweeteners
• 03. Evaluation of the safety of food additives used in food for infants and young children: state of play
• 04. Safety assessment of food additives - Reviewing procedure progress
• 05. EU Commission Feedback
• 06. Emerging changes in the EU specifications of authorised food additives
• 07. When a conventional risk assessment is and is not sufficient?
• 08. Challenges in developing a testing programme following the EFSA Guidance on risk assessment of nanomaterials 
• 09. The specificities of food supplements in relation to exposure assessment
• 10. Upcoming revision of the 2012 Guidance on food additives
• 11. Data collection on food additives/food flavourings under the monitoring programme
• 12. Ongoing and upcoming calls for data