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Update of the EFSA scientific
guidance documents on food enzymes
Yi Liu
Scientific Officer, Team leader
Food Ingredients and Packaging Unit
EFSA 7th ROUNDTABLE WITH INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS
15 September 2020
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Cross-sectorial Issues involving Food Enzymes
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Flavorings
Food enzymes
Novel food
Protein hydrolysateAdditive
applications
Sweetener as additives
Feed additives GMOs
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EC Mandate EFSA-Q-2020-00477
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On 20 May 2020 the European Commission requested EFSA to:
Terms of reference
▪ In accordance with Article 29 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002,
the Commission
requests EFSA to update and consolidate the Guidance for the
Submission of a
Dossier on Food Enzymes under Regulation (EC) No 1331/2008,
taking into
account the experience gained with the risk assessment of
enzymes and the
numerous other relevant scientific and technical documents that
have been
published by EFSA since the adoption of the current guidance
related to food
enzymes.
▪ EFSA to carry out this updating within 18 months from the
receipt of this letter.
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Food Enzymes are used to produce foods-as-consumed or
ingredients –playing a pivotal role in the assessment of several
regulated products
▪ CEF Panel guidance on Submission of a food enzyme dossier
(EFSA,
2009)https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.2903/j.efsa.2009.1305
▪ CEF Panel statement on Exposure assessment of food enzymes
(EFSA,
2016)https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.2903/j.efsa.2016.4581
▪ Annex B- Process‐specific technical data used in exposure
assessment of food enzymes (lastversion 2019)
https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/downloadSupplement?doi=10.2903%2Fj.efsa.2016.4581&file=efs24581-sup-0001-Annex_B.pdf
▪ CEP Panel statement on Characterisation of microorganisms used
to producefood enzymes (EFSA, 2019)
https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.2903/j.efsa.2019.5741
Current EFSA guidance documents
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https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.2903/j.efsa.2009.1305https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.2903/j.efsa.2016.4581https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/downloadSupplement?doi=10.2903%2Fj.efsa.2016.4581&file=efs24581-sup-0001-Annex_B.pdfhttps://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.2903/j.efsa.2019.5741
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Timeline for the new food enzyme guidance
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Thank you for your attention!
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