Scientific Opinion on the safety evaluation of the substance, titanium dioxide reacted with octyltriethoxysilane, CAS no. not assigned, for use in food contact materials

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2011.2003
Keywords
Titanium dioxide reacted with octyltriethoxysilane (OTES); Ref. No. 93460; Food contact materials; Safety assessment; Evaluation.
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Food Standards Agency, United Kingdom
Question Number
EFSA-Q-2009-00917
Panel members at the time of adoption
Arturo Anadón, Mona-Lise Binderup, Wilfried Bursch, Laurence Castle, Riccardo Crebelli, Karl-Heinz Engel, Roland Franz, Nathalie Gontard, Thomas Haertlé, Trine Husøy, Klaus-Dieter Jany, Catherine Leclercq, Jean-Claude Lhuguenot, Wim Mennes, Maria Rosaria Milana, Karla Pfaff, Kettil Svensson, Fidel Toldrá, Rosemary Waring, Detlef Wölfle.

Competing interests: One member of the Panel, Detlef Wölfle declared an interest as he prepared the evaluation report of the substance under contract of his Institute BfR with EFSA. This was considered as a conflict of interest because he could not act at the same time as a representative of the contractor and a member of the Panel with voting rights. He was allowed to stay in the room to answer questions specifically addressed to him but did not participate in the discussion of the opinion.

Abstract

This scientific opinion of EFSA deals with the risk assessment of the substance titanium dioxide reacted with octyltriethoxysilane, CAS No. not assigned, REF. No. 93460 for which the CEF Panel concluded that there is no safety concern for the consumer if the substance is the reaction product of titanium dioxide with up to 2% w/w surface treatment substance octyltriethoxysilane processed at high temperature. This evaluation does not cover titanium dioxide nanoparticles.

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