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SUBMITTER: EFSA Panel on Food Additives and Nutrient Sources added to Food (ANS)
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7010087 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mortensen Alicja A Aguilar Fernando F Crebelli Riccardo R Di Domenico Alessandro A Dusemund Birgit B Frutos Maria Jose MJ Galtier Pierre P Gott David D Gundert-Remy Ursula U Lambré Claude C Leblanc Jean-Charles JC Lindtner Oliver O Moldeus Peter P Mosesso Pasquale P Oskarsson Agneta A Parent-Massin Dominique D Stankovic Ivan I Waalkens-Berendsen Ine I Woutersen Rudolf Antonius RA Wright Matthew M van den Brandt Piet P Fortes Cristina C Merino Leonardo L Toldrà Fidel F Arcella Davide D Christodoulidou Anna A Barrucci Federica F Garcia Ana A Pizzo Fabiola F Battacchi Dario D Younes Maged M
EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority 20170615 6
The Panel on Food Additives and Nutrient Sources added to Food (ANS) provided a scientific opinion re-evaluating the safety of sodium nitrate (E 251) and potassium nitrate (E 252) when used as food additives. The current acceptable daily intakes (ADIs) for nitrate of 3.7 mg/kg body weight (bw) per day were established by the SCF (1997) and JECFA (2002). The available data did not indicate genotoxic potential for sodium and potassium nitrate. The carcinogenicity studies in mice and rats were nega ...[more]