Update of the Scientific Opinion on opium alkaloids in ...
1.1.1. Background. On 5 October 2011, the EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM) adopted the Scientific Opinion on the risks for public health related to the presence of opium alkaloids in poppy seeds (EFSA CONTAM Panel, 2011). For that opinion, EFSA received the results from analyses of opium alkaloids, primarily morphine, codeine, thebaine, papaverine and …