据欧盟食品安全局消息，7月22日欧盟食品安全局就重新评估丙酸、丙酸钠、丙酸钙、丙酸钾作为食品添加剂的安全性发布意见。
专家组对四种物质进行了安全性评估，评估发现丙酸无致癌毒性与基因毒性。专家组还进行了ADI值的分析。最终专家组得出结论认为，丙酸及其盐在现有的用途和使用量下是安全的。
部分原文报道如下：
The Panel concluded that the present database did not allow allocation of an ADI for propionic acid - propionates. The overall mean and 95th percentile exposures to propionic acid - propionates resulting from their use as food additives （major contributor to exposure） ranged from 0.7-21.1 and 3.6-40.8 mg/kg bw/day, respectively. The Panel noted that the concentration provoking site of contact effect in the 90-day study in dogs （1 % propionic acid in the diet） is a factor of three higher than the concentration of propionic acid - propionates in food at the highest permitted level and concluded that for food as consumed, there would not be a safety concern from the maximum concentrations of propionic acid and its salts at their currently authorised uses and use levels as food additives.
原文链接：<http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/3779.htm>
日期：2014-07-29
