date:May 15, 2014
EFSA has completed the first safety assessment of a food enzyme as part of a plan by European Union decision-makers to set up an authorised list of these substances. This scientific opinion marks the start of an important new chapter in the Authoritys risk assessment work, with hundreds of assessments of food enzymes set to follow over the next few years. Given that enzymes have long been used in food production, why is it only now that EFSA has been tasked with evaluating these substances in a