Compendium of Food Additive Specifications


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The specification of identity and purity of food additives, established by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA), identify substances that have been subject to biological testing to ensure they are of adequate purity for the safe use in food. This volume contains specification prepared at the fifty-seventh meeting of JECFA and should be considered in conjunction with the Report of the meeting, which will be published in the WHO Technical Report Series.




Compendium of Food Additive Specifications


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The specification of identity and purity of food additives, established by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA), are meant to identify substances that have been subject to biological testing, ensure they are of adequate purity for the safe use in food and to encourage good manufacturing practice. The report of the twenty third session covered 382 specifications of which 125 were new. Sixteen specifications were withdrawn.




Compendium of Food Additive Specifications


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Combined Compendium of Food Additive Specifications: Food additives A-D


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This publication is one of three volumes comprising the combined food additive specifications prepared by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) during 65 meetings held during the years 1956 to 2005. The objectives of these specifications are to identify additives subjected to safety testing, to ensure quality standards required for use in food or in processing, and to reflect and encourage good manufacturing practice. The other volumes are: Vol. 2: additives E-O (ISBN 9251053936); Vol. 3: additives P-Z (ISBN 9251053944).




Compendium of Food Additive Specifications


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This publication provides information on the identity and purity of certain food additives and flavouring agents. The specifications have three main objectives: to identify the substance that has been subject to biological testing; to ensure that the substance is of the quality required for safe use in food; and to reflect and encourage good manufacturing practice. This document is one of three publications prepared by the 59th session of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA), held in Geneva in June 2002 to discuss food additives and contaminants in food.




Compendium of Food Additive Specifications


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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives, 67th meeting, Rome, 20-29 June 2006




Compendium of Food Additive Specifications


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This document contains food additive specification monographs, analytical methods, flavouring agent specifications and other information prepared at the seventy-sixth meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA), which was held on Geneva, Switzerland from 5 14 June 2012. The specification monographs provide information on the identity and purity of food additives used directly in foods or in food production.




Compendium of Food Additive Specifications


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"This volume of FAO JECFA Monographs contains specifications of identity and purity, prepared at the 76th meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA), held in Geneva on 5-14 June 2012"--Page ix.







COMPENDIUM OF FOOD ADDITIVE SPECIFICATIONS


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This issue covers food additives used directly in foods or in food production. The document focuses on identifying the additives that have been tested for safety, ensuring that they comply with standards and encouraging good manufacturing practice.