2023年11月20日，欧盟食品安全局就一种食品酶内切多聚半乳糖醛酸酶（endo-polygalacturonase）的安全性评价发布意见。
据了解，这种食品酶是由非转基因塔宾曲霉菌株MUCL 55013生产的，旨在用于10种食品生产过程：加工水果和蔬菜以生产果汁、其他水果和蔬菜产品、葡萄酒、葡萄酒蒸馏酒、除葡萄酒以外的酒精饮料；用于生产精制糖和未精制糖、植物食用油、脱脂生咖啡豆、咖啡提取物和茶以及其他草药和水果浸剂的植物衍生产品加工。
经过评估，专家小组认为，在预期的使用条件下，不能排除通过饮食接触引起过敏反应的风险，特别是对木瓜过敏的人，但这种风险不会超过食用木瓜的风险。根据所提供的数据，小组得出结论，这种食品酶在预期使用条件下不会引起安全问题。部分原文报道如下：
The food enzyme endo-polygalacturonase ((1→4)-α-D-galacturonan glycanohydrolase (endo-cleaving); EC 3.2.1.15)) is produced with the non-genetically modified Aspergillus tubingensis strain MUCL 55013 by Soufflet Biotechnologies. The food enzyme is free from viable cells of the production organism. It is intended to be used in 10 food manufacturing processes: processing of fruits and vegetables for the production of juices, other fruit and vegetable products, wine, distilled spirits from wine, alcoholic beverages other than grape wine; processing of plant-derived products for the production of refined and unrefined sugar, edible oils from plants, green coffee beans by demucilation, coffee extracts and tea and other herbal and fruit infusions. Since residual amounts of total organic solids (TOS) are removed in three processes, dietary exposure was calculated only for the remaining seven food manufacturing processes. Exposure was estimated to be up to 7.834 mg TOS/kg body weight (bw) per day in European populations. Genotoxicity tests did not indicate a safety concern. The systemic toxicity was assessed by a repeated dose 90-day oral toxicity study in rats. The Panel identified a no observed adverse effect level of 2,097 mg TOS/kg bw per day, the highest dose tested, resulting in a margin of exposure of at least 268. A search for the similarity of the amino acid sequence of the food enzyme to known allergens found 14 matches, one of which was to a food allergen. The Panel considered that the risk of allergic reactions upon dietary exposure to this food enzyme cannot be excluded, in particular for individuals sensitised to papaya, but that the risk will not exceed that of consumption of papaya. In addition, oral allergy reactions cannot be excluded in pollen-sensitised individuals. based on the data provided, the Panel concluded that this food enzyme does not give rise to safety concerns, under the intended conditions of use.
