據了解，加拿大衛生部曾于今年3月24日發布公告就此征求意見，評議期為75天，然而在評議期內尚未收到任何最新科學信息。經過風險評估，加拿大衛生部也未發現健康風險，因此更新食品著色劑列表，批準番茄紅素用于一系列食品。

 

        部分原文報道如下：

 

    Health Canada's Food Directorate completed a detailed safety assessment of a food additive submission seeking approval for the use of lycopene extract from tomato as a food colouring agent.

 

    Since this is a food additive that was not previously permitted for use in Canada, Health Canada published a Notice of Health Canada's Proposal to Enable the Use of a New Food Additive, Lycopene Extract from Tomato, as a Food Colouring Agent in Various Foods - Reference Number: NOP/AVP-0024 on March 24, 2017.  The proposal was open to the public for comment for 75 days, during which no new scientific information in response to the proposal was submitted to the Department.