Evaluation of certain food additives : sixty-ninth report of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

World Health Organization.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Series:

Technical report series (World Health Organization) ; 952.

WHO technical report series, 0512-3054 ; 952

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food additives--Analysis.

Food additives.

Food contamination.

Risk assessment.

Toxicity testing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Geneva : World Health Organization, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This report represents the conclusions of a Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee convened to evaluate the safety of various food additives, including flavoring agents, with a view to recommending acceptable daily intakes (ADIs) and to preparing specifications for identity and purity. The first part of the report contains a general discussion of the principles governing the toxicological evaluation and assessment of intake of food additives (in particular, flavoring agents). A summary follows of the Committee's evaluations of technical, toxicological and intake data for certain food additives (aspara

Contents:

Title; Copyright; Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. General considerations; 3. Specific food additives (other than flavouring agents); 4. Flavouring agents; 5. Future work; 6. Recommendations; Acknowledgements; References; Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-282-45613-X

9786612456138

92-4-068415-8

OCLC:

609852908