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efsaeu-eb7f73179c8641577e7a858390264939
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10.2903/j.efsa.2019.5674

Re-evaluation of phosphoric acidphosphates di-, tri- and polyphosphates (E 338341, E 343, E 450452) as food additives and the safety of proposed extension of use

Flag for EU EFSA on June 12th 2019
Ine Waalkens-Berendsen, Gunter Kuhnle, Gabriele Aquilina, Karl-Heinz Engel, Paul Fowler, Rainer Gürtler, Inger Therese Lillegaard, Detlef Wölfle, Cristina Fortes, Ana Rincon, Alexandra Tard, Romina Shah, Peter Moldeus, Alessandra Giarola, Agneta Oskarsson, Adamasco Cupisti, Peter Aggett, Peter Fürst, Michael Scotter, Maria Jose Frutos Fernandez, Maged Younes, Wim Mennes, Ursula Gundert-Remy, Trine Husøy and Laurence Castle
The Panel on Food Additives and Flavourings added to Food (FAF) provided a scientific opinion re-evaluating the safety of phosphates (E 338–341, E 343, E 450–452) as food additives. The Panel considered that adequate exposure and toxicity data were available. Phosphates are authorised food additives in the EU in accordance with Annex II and III to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008. Exposure to phosphates from the whole diet was estimated using mainly analytical data. The values ranged from 251 mg P/person per day in infants to 1,625 mg P/person per day for adults, and the high exposure (95th...

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1 OpenAlex NIH DOIs (April 2024) 4 National Institutes of Health 2 National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute 1 American Heart Association 3 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 3 NIH (Special project, May 2022) 1 FP7_REST_SecondPillar (Special project, May 2022) 1 FP7_REST_ALL (Special project, May 2022) 1 Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte 1 Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego 1 Ministerstwo Edukacji i Nauki 1 Canada Research Chair Foundation 1 Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada 1 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada 1 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada 1 Cancer Research UK 1 Medical Research Council 1 NIHR (November 2024) 3 NIH CTSA 1 National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases 1 National Institutes of Diabetes Digestive and Kidney Diseases

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