食品伙伴網(wǎng)訊  據(jù)歐盟食品安全局（EFSA）消息，應(yīng)歐委會的要求，2月25日歐盟食品安全局專家組就田紫草油作為新型食品配料發(fā)布意見。

    這種油料富含亞麻酸、亞麻油酸，亞油酸，可用于乳制品、早餐谷物、食品補(bǔ)充劑中。專家組對這種油料的安全性進(jìn)行了評估。經(jīng)過評估，專家組認(rèn)為，按照提議的使用范圍與使用量將田紫草油用于食品是安全的。

    部分原文報道如下：

    Following a request from the European Commission, the EFSA Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies （NDA） was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on refined Buglossoides oil as a novel food ingredient （NFI） in the context of Regulation （EC） No 258/97. The NFI is produced from the seeds of Buglossoides arvensis （L.） I. M. Johnst, using processes conventionally used for edible oil production. The main fatty acids （FAs） contained in the NFI are alpha-linolenic acid （ALA）， stearidonic acid （SDA） and linoleic acid, with smaller amounts of oleic acid, gamma-linolenic acid （GLA） and saturated FAs. With the exceptions of SDA and GLA, these FAs are widely present in common foods. The NFI is intended to be used in a range of foods and food supplements to provide approximately 200 mg of SDA per day. Upon digestion, FAs are used primarily as an energy source. ALA and SDA can be elongated and desaturated to produce eicosapentaenoic acid. In human studies using various sources of SDA, no increase or small increases in SDA were observed in blood cell membranes or in total plasma. The proposed specifications for pyrrolizidine alkaloids and erucic acid, which are undesirable substances,do not give rise to concern in view of the proposed conditions of use.

    原文鏈接：http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/4029.htm