Food chemicals codex.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

United States Pharmacopeial Convention, author, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food additives--Standards.

Food additives.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1636 pages)

Edition:

Eighth edition.

Place of Publication:

Rockville, Maryland : United States Pharmacopeial Convention, 2012.

Summary:

This book is a compendium of internationally recognized monograph standards and tests for the purity and quality of food ingredients, e.g., preservatives, flavorings, colorants, and nutrients. It is beneficial to the food industry because it provides quality standards used in agreements between suppliers and manufacturers in ongoing supply decisions and purchasing transactions. Published since 1966 and recently acquired by USP from the Institute of Medicine, this Eighth Edition is updated through an open collaborative revision process involving industry, government, and the public. The Eighth Edition features: More than 1,100 monographs14 appendices providing clear, step-by-step guidance for more than 150 tests and assaysValidation of Food Chemicals Codex Methods; AOAC/ISO/IUPAC guidelines on method validation; USP Reference Standards for food ingredients; Information from USP-NF General Chapters, IR spectra; General Good Manufacturing Practices Guidelines for Food Chemicals; Comparison of GMP elements; and FCC in the U.S. Code of Federal RegulationsNew 1,300+ entry extract from the USP Food Fraud Database featuring information on adulterants reported for specific ingredients, including analytical methods.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on: online resource; title from cover (Knovel, viewed Mar. 28, 2017).

ISBN:

1-61344-858-9