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Octyl gallate

Also known as: Octyl gallate, E311, E 311

Is Octyl gallate safe? Is it banned or restricted? Below is the cited record — every claim linked to the regulator, study, or report that made it.

The charges against Octyl gallate

1 finding
Exhibit 01
ContextCaution

In its 2015 re-evaluation of octyl gallate (E311), the EFSA ANS Panel concluded the available database was too limited to establish an ADI or apply a margin-of-safety approach, and that owing to the lack of carcinogenicity and chronic-toxicity studies it could not reach a definitive conclusion on the presence or absence of a carcinogenic potential; a safety concern was unlikely only from the single use (chewing gum) for which data were provided.

EFSA could not confirm that octyl gallate is safe across its food uses: the data were too thin to set a safe daily limit or to rule a cancer risk in or out. It found no concern only for the single use (chewing gum) it had data for.

Tier 1 · RegulatoryEUEuropean Commission, DG SANTE (citing EFSA ANS Panel opinion, EFSA Journal 2015;13(10):4248)· 2017-05-30(opens source in a new tab)

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