Toxicity Tests for Chemicals Used in Food Products; Record Chemical Output; An Informed Membership

The potential toxicity of chemicals used in food technology.

Introduction Many of the substances used as food additives possess no outstanding toxic property; others which may be used as adjuncts in processing may be toxic but are present in the food only in very small quantities. The study of non-toxic substances resolves itself into the problem of trying to prove a negative. An experimental investigation of the toxicity of many of the chemicals used in...

The potential toxicity of chemicals used in food technology

Introduction Many of the substances used as food additives possess no outstanding toxic property; others which may be used as adjuncts in processing may be toxic but are present in the food only in very small quantities. The study of non-toxic substances resolves itself into the problem of trying to prove a negative. An experimental investigation of the toxicity of many of the chemicals used in...

Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment

3. Hepatitis is the general term for inflammation of the liver. This has a range of clinical presentations varying in duration, severity and eventual outcome. The initial symptoms of hepatitis are often non-specific but in the later stages of the disease the symptoms reflect impairment of various liver functions. Laboratory evidence of liver cell damage can often be detected in asymptomatic pat...

TOX/2009/38 COMMITTEE ON TOXICITY OF CHEMICALS IN FOOD, CONSUMER PRODUCTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT Methylglyoxal

Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment

1. Several cases of bracken poisoning in farm animals have been reported. The Committee was asked to consider the hazards to the health of consumers eating foods derived from bracken-poisoned animals, and whether there were sufficient data to establish how long poisoned animals should be left before they may safely be milked or slaughtered for human consumption. It was noted that bracken is eat...