| Evaluation of Certain Food Additives: Eighty-Fourth Report of the Joint Fao/Who Expert Committee on Food Additives Contributor(s): World Health Organization (Author) |
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ISBN: 9241210168 ISBN-13: 9789241210164 Publisher: World Health Organization OUR PRICE: $34.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Industrial Health & Safety - Technology & Engineering | Food Science - General - Medical | Public Health |
| Dewey: 664.06 |
| LCCN: 2018395413 |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 6.1" W x 9.3" (0.45 lbs) 104 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This report represents the conclusions of a Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee (JECFA) convened to evaluate the safety of various food additives and to prepare specifications for the identity and purity of the food additives. The first part of the report contains a general discussion of the principles governing the toxicological evaluation of compounds on the agenda and includes information requirements for submissions on products derived from natural sources. Also described are updates on activities relevant to JECFA from the Forty-ninth Session of the Codex Committee on Food Additives (CCFA), the International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS) and JECFA publications. Next is a summary of the Committee's evaluations of technical, toxicological and dietary exposure data for nine food additives: Brilliant Blue FCF; betta-carotene-rich extract from Dunaliella salina; Fast Green FCF; gum ghatti; Jagua (Genipin-Glycine) Blue; metatartaric acid; tamarind seed polysaccharide; tannins; and yeast extracts containing mannoproteins. Specifications for the following food additives were revised: microcrystalline cellulose; silicon dioxide, amorphous; sodium aluminium silicate; steviol glycosides; and sucrose esters of fatty acids. Annexed to the report are tables summarizing the Committee's recommendations for dietary exposures to all of the food additives as well as toxicological information, dietary exposures and information on specifications. |
Contributor Bio(s): World Health Organization: - World Health Organization is a Specialized Agency of the United Nations, charged to act as the world's directing and coordinating authority on questions of human health. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries, and monitoring and assessing health trends. |