加拿大批准番茄红素作为食品着色剂

 

    据了解，加拿大卫生部曾于今年3月24日发布公告就此征求意见，评议期为75天，然而在评议期内尚未收到任何最新科学信息。经过风险评估，加拿大卫生部也未发现健康风险，因此更新食品着色剂列表，批准番茄红素用于一系列食品。

 

    部分原文报道如下：

 

    Health Canada's Food Directorate completed a detailed safety assessment of a food additive submission seeking approval for the use of lycopene extract from tomato as a food colouring agent.

 

    Since this is a food additive that was not previously permitted for use in Canada, Health Canada published a Notice of Health Canada's Proposal to Enable the Use of a New Food Additive, Lycopene Extract from Tomato, as a Food Colouring Agent in Various Foods - Reference Number: NOP/AVP-0024 on March 24, 2017.  The proposal was open to the public for comment for 75 days, during which no new scientific information in response to the proposal was submitted to the Department.