The EU bans lignite as a food additive

September


, the European Union (
EU
)
No 957/2014
Regulation, Amendment (
EC )
The regulations on the use of lignite (
E 912
) in Annex II to Regulation No. 1333/2008
remove them from the list of permitted food additives.lignite is made from lignite and ethylene glycol,
1
,
3-
butyl glycol or triol esterification and can be used for surface treatment of citrus fruits, watermelons, papayas, mangoes, avocados and pineapples. (
EC
)
No 1333/2008
requires that
all food additives approved before

120
2009 are subject to a new risk assessment by the European Food Safety Authority.
February
,

, 2012, the European Food Safety Authority publicly solicited relevant scientific data on lignite, but after several risk assessments, no data were available on lignite toxicity and developmental toxicity. Therefore, the European Food Safety Authority believes that lignite as a food additive safety can not be assessed. At present, its inclusion in the list of food additives is not supported by relevant scientific data, so it should be removed from the list of food additives.Zhejiang Hangzhou Inspection and Quarantine Bureau here to remind the relevant fruit and its processing products production enterprises, further clarify the relevant EU regulations on the use of additives, strictly control the fruit harvest for surface treatment of food additives use management, to ensure the smooth export of products to Europe.