Safety evaluation of certain food additives and contaminants

Safety evaluation of certain food additives and contaminants

EVALUATION OF CERTAIN FOOD ADDITIVES AND CONTAMINANTS Sixty-eighth report of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Evaluation of certain food additives and contaminants : sixty-eighth report of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives. The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the World Health Organization concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its auth...

JOINT FAO/WHO EXPERT COMMITTEE ON FOOD ADDITIVES Eighty-third meeting

A meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) was held in Rome, Italy, from 8 to 17 November 2016. The purpose of the meeting was to evaluate certain contaminants in food. Dr R. Cantrill, American Oil Chemists’ Society, United States of America, served as Chairperson, and Dr D. Benford, Food Standards Agency, United Kingdom, served as ViceChairperson. Dr M. Lipp, Agr...

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...

Effectiveness of antimicrobial food packaging materials.

Antimicrobial additives have been used successfully for many years as direct food additives. The literature provides evidence that some of these additives may be effective as indirect food additives incorporated into food packaging materials. Antimicrobial food packaging is directed toward the reduction of surface contamination of processed, prepared foods such as sliced meats and Frankfurter s...