Safety evaluation of the food enzyme rennet paste from the abomasum of suckling goats, lambs and calves

The food enzyme rennet paste containing chymosin (EC 3.4.23.4), pepsin A (EC 3.4.23.1) and triacylglycerol lipase (triacylglycerol acylhydrolase, EC 3.1.1.3) is prepared from the abomasum of suckling goats, lambs and calves by Caglificio Clerici S.p.A. The food enzyme is intended to be used in milk...

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Published in:EFSA journal 2021-12, Vol.19 (12), p.e07006-n/a
Main Authors: Lambré, Claude, Barat Baviera, José Manuel, Bolognesi, Claudia, Cocconcelli, Pier Sandro, Crebelli, Riccardo, Gott, David Michael, Grob, Konrad, Lampi, Evgenia, Mengelers, Marcel, Mortensen, Alicja, Rivière, Gilles, Steffensen, Inger‐Lise, Tlustos, Christina, Van Loveren, Henk, Vernis, Laurence, Zorn, Holger, Glandorf, Boet, Herman, Lieve, Aguilera, Jaime, Andryszkiewicz, Magdalena, Kovalkovičová, Natália, Liu, Yi, Chesson, Andrew
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Language:English
Subjects:
Abomasum
Amino acids
Animals
Calves
Cellulase
Chloride
Chymosin
Diet
EC 3.1.1.3
EC 3.4.23.1
EC 3.4.23.4
Enzymes
Food
Food additives
food enzyme
Food safety
Food sources
Goats
Hygiene
Hypersensitivity
Lamb
Manufacturing
Milk
Pepsin
Pepsin A
Peptides
Regulation
Rennets
Safety
Scientific Opinion
Sheep
Sodium
Suckling behavior
suckling calves
suckling goats
suckling lambs
Triacylglycerol lipase
Triglycerides
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Summary:The food enzyme rennet paste containing chymosin (EC 3.4.23.4), pepsin A (EC 3.4.23.1) and triacylglycerol lipase (triacylglycerol acylhydrolase, EC 3.1.1.3) is prepared from the abomasum of suckling goats, lambs and calves by Caglificio Clerici S.p.A. The food enzyme is intended to be used in milk processing for cheese production. As no concerns arise from the animal source of the food enzyme, from its manufacture, and based on the history of safe use and consumption, the Panel considers that toxicological data were not required and no exposure assessment was necessary. On the basis of literature data, the Panel considers that, under the intended conditions of use, the risk of allergic sensitisation and elicitation reactions by dietary exposure could not be excluded, but the likelihood is considered to be low. Based on the data provided, the Panel concludes that this food enzyme does not give rise to safety concerns under the intended conditions of use.
ISSN:1831-4732
1831-4732
2314-9396
DOI:10.2903/j.efsa.2021.7006