欧盟就一种田紫草油作为新型食品配料发布意见

    据欧盟食品安全局（EFSA）消息，应欧委会的要求，2月25日欧盟食品安全局专家组就田紫草油作为新型食品配料发布意见。

    这种油料富含亚麻酸、亚麻油酸，亚油酸，可用于乳制品、早餐谷物、食品补充剂中。专家组对这种油料的安全性进行了评估。经过评估，专家组认为，按照提议的使用范围与使用量将田紫草油用于食品是安全的。

    部分原文报道如下：

    Following a request from the European Commission, the EFSA Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies （NDA） was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on refined Buglossoides oil as a novel food ingredient （NFI） in the context of Regulation （EC） No 258/97. The NFI is produced from the seeds of Buglossoides arvensis （L.） I. M. Johnst, using processes conventionally used for edible oil production. The main fatty acids （FAs） contained in the NFI are alpha-linolenic acid （ALA）， stearidonic acid （SDA） and linoleic acid, with smaller amounts of oleic acid, gamma-linolenic acid （GLA） and saturated FAs. With the exceptions of SDA and GLA, these FAs are widely present in common foods. The NFI is intended to be used in a range of foods and food supplements to provide approximately 200 mg of SDA per day. Upon digestion, FAs are used primarily as an energy source. ALA and SDA can be elongated and desaturated to produce eicosapentaenoic acid. In human studies using various sources of SDA, no increase or small increases in SDA were observed in blood cell membranes or in total plasma. The proposed specifications for pyrrolizidine alkaloids and erucic acid, which are undesirable substances,do not give rise to concern in view of the proposed conditions of use.

    原文链接：http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/4029.htm