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EFSA Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids and Materials in Contact with Food , 2007. Opinion of the Scientific Panel on food additives, flavourings, processing aids and materials in contact with food (AFC) related to a 15th list of substances for food contact materials. EFSA Journal 2007;5(7):516, 12 pp. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2007.516
Panel members: Fernando Aguilar, Herman Autrup, Sue Barlow, Laurence Castle, Riccardo Crebelli, Wolfgang Dekant, Karl‐Heinz Engel, Nathalie Gontard, David Gott, Sandro Grilli, Rainer Gürtler, John Christian Larsen, Jean‐Charles Leblanc, Catherine Leclercq, François Xavier Malcata, Wim Mennes, Maria Rosaria Milana, Iona Pratt, Ivonne Rietjens, Paul Tobback, Fidel Toldrá.
Acknowledgement: The European Food Safety Authority wishes to thank the members of the FCM working group for their contribution to the draft opinion: M.‐L. Binderup, L. Castle, R. Crebelli, D. W. Dekant, A. Feigenbaum, R. Franz, N. Gontard, Eugenia Lampi, J.‐C. Lhuguenot, X. Malcata, M.R. Milana, B. Moseley, K. Pfaff, P. Tobback and D. Wölfle.
Adoption date: 3 July 2007
Published date: 30 July 2007
Question number: EFSA‐Q‐2003‐208, EFSA‐Q‐2005‐253, EFSA‐Q‐2006‐049
References
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- ‐ Unpublished data submitted by the petitioner in June 2003 and December 2006.
- Unpublished data submitted by the petitioner in July 2006 and November 2006.