The Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) is an international expert scientific committee that is administered jointly by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO). It has been meeting since 1956, initially to evaluate the safety of food additives. It can be contacted via the Joint Secretariats at FAO and WHO.

Joint FAO Secretariat to JECFA
FAO - Nutrition and Consumer Protection Division
Via delle Terme di Caracalla
Rome - ITALY

phone +39 06 5705 3283

fax     +39 06 5705 4593

Send your questions, critique, remarks to:

jecfa@fao.org