(4) Based on the existing scientific data, including recent research commissioned by the Authority, the Scientific Panel on food additives, flavourings, processing aids and materials in contact with food (hereinafter called "the Panel") concluded, in its statement of 1 October 2003, that SEM has a weak carcinogenic activity in laboratory animals and weak genotoxicity in vitro but that it was not possible according to the current scientific knowledge to conclude whether SEM poses a carcinogenic risk to humans.
(4) Znanstveni sosvet za živilske aditive, arome, pomožna sredstva v predelavi in materiale v stiku s hrano (v nadaljnjem besedilu "Sosvet") je na podlagi obstoječih znanstvenih podatkov, vključno z nedavno raziskavo, ki jo je naročila Agencija, v svojem poročilu dne 1. oktobra 2003 ugotovil, da ima SEM šibek rakotvoren učinek pri laboratorijskih živalih in šibko genotoksičnost in vitro, vendar glede na sodobna znanstvena dognanja ni bilo možno ugotoviti, ali SEM povzroča nevarnost za raka pri ljudeh.