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Recently, there has been an issue with the detection of 4-methylbenzophe-none (MBP) in breakfast cereal in Europe, leading to publicity concerning the presence of this photoinitiator in the food. Based on the close similarity between MBP and benzophenone, a photoinitiator for inks and coatings that are cured with UV light, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has concluded that short-term consumption of breakfast cereals containing ppm traces of MBP should not pose a risk to most people, but recommended that this substance undergo more detailed evaluation if it will continue to be used in food packaging. ... 

European Food Safety Authority, Advice of the Ad Hoc Expert Group Set up to Advise the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) on the Possible Occurrence of Semicar-bazide in Packaged Foods, July 28, 2003, AFC/ad hoc SEM/1, Brussels, 2003. 

Related to food packaging materials, it is important to highlight the Commission Regulations (EU) No 1282/2011 and No 1183/2012 amending and correcting Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food, in which the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) issued favourable scientific evaluations for additional... 

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