FOOD ADDITIVES: EVALUATION, RISKS, CONSUMPTION ANALYSIS

Food additives: an ethical evaluation.

BACKGROUND Food additives are an integral part of the modern food system, but opinion polls showing most Europeans have worries about them imply an urgent need for ethical analysis of their use. SOURCES OF DATA The existing literature on food ethics, safety assessment and animal testing. AREAS OF AGREEMENT Food additives provide certain advantages in terms of many people's lifestyles. ARE...

Evaluation of Certain Food Additives and Contaminants

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Safety evaluation of certain food additives

Evaluation of certain food additives and contaminants.

This report represents the conclusions of a Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee convened to evaluate the safety of various food additives, with a view to recommending acceptable daily intakes (ADIs) and to prepare specifications for the identity and purity of food additives. The first part of the report contains a general discussion of the principles governing the toxicological evaluation of food ad...

Safety evaluation of certain food additives