Scientific Opinion on the safety evaluation of the substance, (butadiene, styrene, methyl methacrylate) copolymer cross-linked with 1,3-butanediol dimethacrylate, for use in food contact materials
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(Butadiene, styrene, methyl methacrylate) copolymer cross-linked with 1,3-butanediol dimethacrylate; Ref. No. 40560; Food contact materials; Poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC); Safety assessment; Evaluation
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Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzij en Sport, The Netherlands
Question Number
EFSA-Q-2009-00807
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
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Abstract
This scientific opinion of EFSA deals with the risk assessment of the polymeric additive (butadiene, styrene, methyl methacrylate) copolymer cross-linked with 1,3-butanediol dimethacrylate, REF. No. 40560 for which the CEF Panel concluded that there is no safety concern for the consumer if the substance is used only up to 12% w/w in rigid poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) materials at room temperature or below.
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