Demonstration of safety for rice bran wax and sunflower wax based on bridging to other naturally derived waxes used in foods.

Novel waxes require safety documentation, which traditionally involves using a battery of assays in experimental animals. For a class of well-studied substances (e.g., waxes) generally recognized to be of low or no toxicity, bridging methods that lev…

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