Studies on Food Additives in Imported Foods

Adverse reactions to foods and food additives.

Australia's Imported Food Program--a valuable source of information on micro-organisms in foods.

Foods imported into Australia are subject to laboratory testing for microbiological and chemical hazards under the Imported Food Program (IFP) for the purposes of protecting public health and safety. The program, operating under the Imported Food Control Act 1992, is jointly administered by the Australian Quarantine Inspection Service (AQIS) and the Australia New Zealand Food Authority (ANZFA)....

Guidelines for Assessment of the Effect of Foods on Health for Food Additives

This document is an English version of the Guidelines for Assessment of the Effect of Foods on Health for Food Additives published by the Food Safety Commission, Cabinet Office of Japan in May 2010. Although the contents were reviewed by both Dr. Shoji Fukushima (Director, Japan Bioassay Research Center) and Dr. Dai Nakae (Head, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan Institut...

Two Toxic Food Additives Common in Diet Foods May Cause Diabetes

Food preservatives and additives

To maintain consistency or texture ? to sustain smoothness or prevent the food from separating, caking, or clumping. To improve or retain nutritional value: Enrichment replaces nutrients lost in processing ? this occurs with grains, as some vitamins and minerals are lost in the milling process. Fortification adds a nutrient that wasn't there before and may be lacking in many people's diets. Iod...