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EFSA Updates Food-Additive Risk-Assessment Guidance for New Applications
By Nutranexa News |
EFSA says its 2026 food-additive guidance covers identity, manufacturing, composition, stability, use levels, exposure, and safety data for applications submitted from July 20.
What Was Reported
EFSA's food-additives overview states that its data requirements guidance was updated in 2026. The listed areas include characterisation, manufacturing process, chemical composition, specifications, stability, reaction and fate in foods, proposed uses and use levels, exposure, and safety data.
The guidance is for food-additive applications and does not automatically classify phosphatidylserine as a food additive. It is useful as a reminder that identity and process description are part of a technical assessment, not optional marketing detail.
Ingredient Buyer Context
When a PS project involves a functional role, carrier, or additive question, define the legal identity before copying an additive dossier structure. Keep the product specification, intended use, composition, and regulatory rationale aligned and ask a qualified regulatory reviewer to confirm the route.
The source concerns the named study, company, agency, or market development. It should not be expanded into a medical treatment claim, a universal ingredient result, or a guarantee about a supplier or finished product.
Nutranexa Takeaway
This brief describes EFSA's guidance scope and makes no claim about PS authorization or permitted use. Nutranexa can support a buyer's product-document request for the exact PS grade.
For a product-specific discussion, provide the target market, application, source preference, PS grade, annual quantity, packaging, and required documents. Nutranexa can then discuss the relevant product and quality evidence without assuming facts that are not in the current controlled file.