Safety assessment of the substance dimethyl carbonate for use in food contact materials

Abstract This scientific opinion of the EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes, Flavourings and Processing Aids (CEF Panel) deals with the safety assessment of dimethyl carbonate used as monomer for making a polycarbonate prepolymer with 1,6‐hexanediol and then reacted with 4,4′‐methylenediph...

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Main Authors: EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes, Flavourings and Processing Aids (CEF), Vittorio Silano, Claudia Bolognesi, Jean‐Pierre Cravedi, Karl‐Heinz Engel, Paul Fowler, Roland Franz, Konrad Grob, Rainer Gürtler, Trine Husøy, Sirpa Kärenlampi, Wim Mennes, Maria Rosaria Milana, André Penninks, Andrew Smith, Maria de Fátima Tavares Poças, Christina Tlustos, Detlef Wölfle, Holger Zorn, Corina‐Aurelia Zugravu, Martine Kolf‐Clauw, Eugenia Lampi, Kettil Svensson, Cristina Croera, Laurence Castle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-07-01
Series:EFSA Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2017.4901