据欧盟食品安全局（EFSA）消息，应欧委会的要求，5月7日欧盟食品安全局就26种香料物质的潜在遗传毒性发布意见。

　　欧盟专家组在第一轮评估中排除了11种香料物质的遗传毒性，剩余15种还需进一步评估。

　　根据最新的数据，专家组发现，其中的13中香料物质可以排除遗传毒性，而麦芽酚和异丁酸麦芽酚酯并不能排除遗传毒性。

　　部分原文报道如下：

　　The Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes, Flavourings and Processing Aids of the European Food Safety Authority was requested to evaluate the genotoxic potential of 26 flavouring substances from subgroup 2.7 of FGE.19 in the Flavouring Group Evaluation 213. In the first version of FGE.213 the Panel concluded based on available genotoxicity data that a concern regarding genotoxicity could be ruled out for [FL-no: 07.047, 07.056, 07.057, 07.075, 07.076, 07.080, 07.117, 07.118, 07.119, 07.120 and 07.168], but for the remaining 15 substances in subgroup 2.7 further genotoxicity data were required. Based on new submitted genotoxicity data, the Panel concluded in FGE.213Rev1 that the concern regarding genotoxicity could be ruled out for 13 substances in subgroup 2.7 [FL-no: 02.106, 07.008, 07.010, 07.041, 07.083, 07.089, 07.108, 07.109, 07.127, 07.136, 07.200, 07.224 and 09.305] but not for maltol [FL-no: 07.014] and maltyl isobutyrate [FL-no: 09.525].