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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7638

21 January 2000
Contents Publication in full By article 29 / 55
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/health/consumers
EU scientists examine possibility of lowering authorised limits for coumarine in foodstuffs and drinks due to potential carcinogenic risks

Brussels, 20/01/2000 (Agence Europe) - The EU scientific "Foodstuffs" committee is presently studying the possibility of revising, to make more stringent, the limit value in force in the EU for Coumarine, aromatic substance whose potential carcinogenic effects on the liver have been scientifically established.

The presence in foodstuffs of this substance, that we find in its natural state in cinnamon or possibly being used as aromatic additive, was regulated in 1988 by Council Directive on...

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