COMPENDIUM OF FOOD ADDITIVE SPECIFICATIONS

Addendum 7

Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives 53rd session

Rome, 1-10 June 1999


INTRODUCTION

Section A. Food additives (uses other than as flavouring agent)

-ACETOLACTATE DECARBOXYLASE FROM BACILLUS BREVIS EXPRESSED IN BACILLUS SUBTILIS
ADIPIC ACID
-AMYLASE FROM BACILLUS MEGATERIUM EXPRESSED IN BACILLUS SUBTILIS
AMYLASE FROM BACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS EXPRESSED IN BACILLUS SUBTILIS
ARGON

CAROB BEAN GUM
CHYMOSIN A FROM ESCHERICHIA COLI K-12 CONTAINING THE PROCHYMOSIN A GENE
CHYMOSIN B FROM ASPERGILLUS NIGER VAR. AWAMORI CONTAINING THE PROCHYMOSIN B GENE
CHYMOSIN B FROM KLUYVEROMYCES LACTIS CONTAINING THE PROCHYMOSIN B GENE
CITRIC ACID

CURDLAN
-CYCLODEXTRIN
ERYTHRITOL
FERROUS GLUCONATE
FERROUS SULFATE

FERROUS SULFATE, DRIED
FUMARIC ACID
GUAR GUM
GUM ARABIC
HELIUM

HYDROGENATED POLY-1-DECENE
MAGNESIUM GLUCONATE
DL-MALIC ACID
MALTOGENIC AMYLASE FROM BACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS EXPRESSED IN BACILLUS SUBTILIS
NITROGEN

OXYGEN
POTASSIUM METABISULFITE
POTASSIUM SULFITE
RIBOFLAVIN FROM BACILLUS SUBTILIS
SODIUM HYDROGEN SULFITE

SODIUM IRON (III) ETHYLENEDIAMINETETRAACETATE, TRIHYDRATE
SODIUM METABISULFITE
SODIUM SULFATE (Tentative)
SODIUM SULFITE
SODIUM THIOSULFATE

SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS
DL-TARTARIC ACID
L(+)-TARTARIC ACID
THAUMATIN
XANTHAN GUM

Section B. Flavouring agents

ORGANIZATION OF THE SECTION FOR SPECIFICATIONS OF FLAVOURING AGENTS
SPECIFICATIONS OF CERTAIN FLAVOURING AGENTS
FLAVOURING AGENTS LISTED AS "TENTATIVE": INFORMATION REQUIRED
INFRARED (IR) AND OTHER SPECTRA OF CERTAIN FLAVOURING AGENTS
GAS CHROMATOGRAPHIC (GC) ASSAY OF FLAVOUR CHEMICALS

Section C. Principles governing the establishment and revision of specifications

RESIDUAL ETHANOL
HEAVY METALS LIMIT TEST
CITATION OF MICROBIAL STRAINS
"TENTATIVE" SPECIFICATIONS FOR FOOD ADDITIVES
SPECIFICATIONS FOR FLAVOURING AGENTS DESIGNATED AS "TENTATIVE"

Section D. Test for gluconate

TEST FOR GLUCONATE

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