Notice of Modification to the List of Permitted Preservatives to Enable the Use of Long-Chain Glycolipids from Dacryopinax spathularia MUCL 53181 in Various Non-Alcoholic Beverages - Reference Number: NOM/ADM-0184 [2022-06-10]

Background

Health Canada’s Food Directorate completed a premarket safety assessment of a food additive submission seeking approval for the use of long-chain glycolipids from Dacryopinax spathularia MUCL 53181 as a preservative in various standardized and unstandardized non-alcoholic beverages.

Health Canada published a Proposal to Enable the Use of Long-Chain Glycolipids from Dacryopinax spathularia MUCL 53181 as a Preservative in Various Non-Alcoholic Beverages [NOP/ADP-0037] on September 23, 2021. The proposal was open to the public for comment for 75 days. No comments were received during this period.

The results of the premarket assessment support the safety of long-chain glycolipids from D. spathularia MUCL 53181 for its requested uses. Consequently, Health Canada has enabled the use of long-chain glycolipids from D. spathularia MUCL 53181 described in the information document below by modifying Part 2 and Part 3 of the List of Permitted Preservatives, effective June 10, 2022.

The purpose of this communication is to publically announce the Department's decision in this regard and to provide the appropriate contact information for those wishing to submit an inquiry or new scientific information relevant to the safety of this food additive.

Information Document

To obtain an electronic copy of the Notice of Modification to the List of Permitted Preservatives to Enable the Use of Long-Chain Glycolipids from Dacryopinax spathularia MUCL 53181 in Various Non-Alcoholic Beverages – Reference Number: NOM/ADM-0184, please contact our publications office or send an e-mail to publications-publications@hc-sc.gc.ca with the words "hpfb BCS nom-adm-0184-eng" in the subject line of your e-mail.

Contact Information

Health Canada's Food Directorate is committed to reviewing new scientific information on the safety in use of any permitted food additive, including long-chain glycolipids from D. spathularia MUCL 53181. Anyone wishing to submit an inquiry or new scientific information on the use of this additive may do so in writing, by regular mail or electronically. If you wish to contact the Food Directorate electronically, please use the words "long-chain glycolipids (NOM-0184)" in the subject line of your e-mail.

Bureau of Chemical Safety, Food Directorate
251 Sir Frederick Banting Driveway
Tunney’s Pasture, PL: 2202C
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0K9
E-mail: bcs-bipc@hc-sc.gc.ca

Supporting Information

Food Additives