Safety assessment of the substance poly(2‐hydroxypropanoic acid), n‐octyl/n‐decyl esters, for use in food contact materials

Abstract The EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes and Processing Aids (CEP) assessed the safety of poly(2‐hydroxypropanoic acid), n‐octyl/n‐decyl esters (OLA8), which is intended to be used as a plasticiser into polylactic acid (PLA) in contact with non‐fatty foods. OLA8 is intended to be u...

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Main Authors: EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes and Processing Aids (CEP), Claude Lambré, José Manuel Barat Baviera, Claudia Bolognesi, Andrew Chesson, Pier Sandro Cocconcelli, Riccardo Crebelli, David Michael Gott, Konrad Grob, Evgenia Lampi, Marcel Mengelers, Alicja Mortensen, Inger‐Lise Steffensen, Christina Tlustos, Henk Van Loveren, Laurence Vernis, Holger Zorn, Laurence Castle, Emma Di Consiglio, Roland Franz, Nicole Hellwig, Stefan Merkel, Maria Rosaria Milana, Eric Barthélémy, Remigio Marano, Ellen Van Haver, Gilles Rivière
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2023-07-01
Series:EFSA Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8100