食品伙伴網訊  據歐盟食品安全局（EFSA）消息，4月23日歐盟食品安全局就再次評估花青素（anthocyanins ）作為食品添加劑發(fā)布了意見。

    歐盟專家組認為，現(xiàn)行的毒理學數(shù)據不能得出花青素的ADI數(shù)值，花青素作為食品添加劑的暴露數(shù)值要高于作為膳食食品的暴露數(shù)值（不包括著色食品），未來還需更多的毒理學數(shù)據以及化學特性數(shù)據來評估花青素作為食品添加劑。

    部分原文報道如下：

    Following a request from the European Commission to the European Food Safety Authority （EFSA）， the Scientific Panel on Food Additives and Nutrient Sources added to Food （ANS） was asked to provide a scientific opinion re-evaluating the safety of anthocyanins （E 163）。 The Panel concluded that the currently available toxicological database was inadequate to establish a numerical ADI for anthocyanins. For anthocyanins extracted from edible fruits and vegetables by aqueous processes, changes in composition would not be expected. The Panel concluded that provided exposure from use as a food additive was comparable to that from the diet the underlying conclusion in the 1975 SCF opinion that such food additives derived from natural sources would still apply.

    The Panel concluded that refined exposure estimates of anthocyanins used as a food additive were much higher than dietary intakes and that these did not include intakes from colouring foods. Therefore the Panel would recommend that appropriate characterisation and toxicological data should be required to permit a further re-evaluation of anthocyanins including comparative data on anthocyanins （E 163） produced by aqueous extraction.

    原文鏈接：<http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/doc/3145.pdf>