Utilization of Tropical Foods: Trees


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The Application of Risk Communication to Food Standards and Safety Matters


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With increased public concern regarding food safety, greater demands are placed on risk communicators to involve the public and other interested parties in an interactive dialogue and to explain the magnitude and severity of risks associated with foodborne hazards in clear and comprehensible terms that convey credibility and trustworthiness. This requires communicators to recognize and overcome gaps in knowledge as well as obstacles inherent in the uncertainties of scientific risk assessment. This document is the report of a Joint FAO/WHO Expert Consultation on the Application of Risk Communication to Food Standards and Safety Matters was held from 2-6 February 1998 at the Italian Ministry of Health, Rome.




Nutrition Education for the Public


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Papers from the FAO Expert Consultation on Nutrition Education for the Public, 18-22 September 1995. - For the report of this conference, see FAO Food & Nutrition Paper 59 (ISBN 9251037973)




Fats and Oils in Human Nutrition


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In their efforts to improve nutrition, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Health Organization convene expert consultations to provide advice to developing and developed countries. Fats and Oils in Human Nutrition: report of a joint expert consultation reviews the most recent scientific information on this crucial topic and presents the experts' recommendations. Key issues which may influence consumption, health, food production and processing, food marketing and nutrition education are discussed. The report contains recommendations about desirable minimum and maximum intakes of fats; maternal and infant nutrition; essential fatty acids; saturated, unsaturated and isomeric fatty acids; antioxidants; and scientific and programmatic needs. An extensive bibliography is included.







Aliments Vendus Sur la Voie Publique


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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.







Carbohydrates in Human Nutrition


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"The Joint FAO/WHO Expert Consultation on Carbohydrates in Human Nutrition was held in Rome from 14 to 18 April 1997"--P. xv.