On November 25, 2014 the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) published a scientific opinion considering the substance dodecanoic acid, 12-amino-, polymer with ethene, 2,5-furandione, α-hydro-ω-hydroxypoly (oxy-1,2-ethanediyl) and 1-propene (CAS 287916-86-3) safe for use in food contact materials (FCMs). The EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes, Flavourings and Processing Aids (CEF) concluded that it is safe for consumers at a maximum used level up to 20 % w/w in contact with dry foods. The substance is used as a polymeric antistatic additive in hydrophobic plastics, mainly in polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP). The additive is a self-standing polymer whose five starting substances have already undergone toxicological evaluation. They are listed in the Annex I of the Plastics Regulation (EU) No 10/2011. Migration tests gave no detectable migration of the low molecular weight oligomeric fraction less than 1000 Dalton. Neither the starting substances nor the additive itself displayed genotoxicity in vitro.

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CEF (November 25, 2014). “Scientific Opinion on the safety assessment of the substance, dodecanoic acid, 12-amino-, polymer with ethene, 2,5-furandione, α-hydro-ω-hydroxypoly (oxy-1,2-ethanediyl) and 1-propene, CAS No 287916-86-3, for use in food contact materials.EFSA Journal 12, 11, 3909

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