Fytosterolen (2) Pytosterol (2)

The applicant, Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM), has compiled a dossier on the safety of the novel food ingredient, phytosterols and phytosterol esters. These compounds are equivalent from a biological perspective, and are prepared from
vegetable oils using standard procedures. Careful production and purification appears to guarantee the quality of the product. The applicant provides sufficient information about the composition. The nutritional and toxicological information in the dossier is based entirely on the scientific information on phytosterol mixtures that are added to certain foods, which have already been authorized on the European and American markets.

Committee

• Prof. dr LM Schoonhoven, emeritus professor of entomology; Wageningen University and Research centre, chairman
• Prof. dr CAFM Bruijnzeel-Koomen, professor of dermatology/allergology; Academic Hospital Utrecht
• Ir EJ Kok, toxicologist; State Institute for Quality Control of Agricultural Products, Wageningen
• Dr CF van Kreijl, molecular biologist; National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven
• Prof. dr P van der Laan, professor of statistics; Technical University Eindhoven
• Dr B Loos, Committee on Genetic Modification, The Hague, advisor
• Prof. dr FM Nagengast, gastro enterologist; Academic Hospital Nijmegen
• Dr ir JMA van Raaij, food physiologist; Wageningen University and Research centre
• Prof. dr ir G Schaafsma, professor of nutrition; TNO Nutrition and Food Research, Zeist
• Prof. dr EG Schouten, professor of epidemiology; Wageningen University and Research centre
• Dr GJA Speijers, toxicologist; National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven
• Prof. dr WJ Stiekema, professor of bioinformatics; Wageningen University and Research centre
• Ir R Top, Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport; The Hague, advisor
• Prof. dr WM de Vos, professor of microbiology; Wageningen University and Research centre
• Dr RA Woutersen, toxicologist; TNO Nutrition and Food Research, Zeist
• Dr ir M Rutgers, Health Council of the Netherlands, The Hague, executive secretary