The exposure assessment was performed according to the Budget method (FAO/WHO, 2009). This
method has been used as a screening method in assessing food additives by the JECFA (FAO/WHO,
2001) and for assessments within the EU Scientific Cooperation (SCOOP) Task 4.2 (EC, 1998). The
approach is based on the maximising assumptions that 25 % of consumed solid foods and 25 % of
consumed beverages would be manufactured using the food enzyme and that all of the food enzyme
would remain in the final processed food products. It is expected that the enzyme would be inactivated
and/or residues of the food enzyme would be removed in the course of the production and processing
of final food products.