Assessment of processing aids
The processing aids used in food preparation and production processes are regulated in Spain by Royal Decree 773/2023, which also defines them. There is also a specific regulation for the processing aids used in the production process of edible oils, which are regulated by Royal Decree 640/2015.
As established in said royal decrees, the processing aids that do not appear in Annex I, and that are not referred to in sections 2 and 3 of Article 3, of Royal Decree 773/2023, and the processing aids used in the production process of edible oils that do not appear in Annex I of Royal Decree 640/2015 must be subject, for their approval and inclusion in said annexes, to a risk assessment by the Scientific Committee of the AESAN that establishes the safety of the intended use.
In this regard, and in order to specify what information is necessary to evaluate the safety of the use of said processing aids and thus facilitate the submission of the assessment application dossiers, the Scientific Committee has developed these guidelines that are an amendment of those approved by the Scientific Committee in 2010, which they replace. Download PDF
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