70th JECFA meeting

NEW: Call for data for the 70th JECFA meeting. Geneva, 21 – 29 October 2008.

69th JECFA meeting

NEW:	Supplemental call for data for the 69th JECFA meeting. Rome, 17 – 26 June 2008
	Call for data for the 69th JECFA meeting. Rome, 17 – 26 June 2008.

68th JECFA meeting

Now available: The Summary report of the 68th JECFA meeting

The 68th meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee for Food Additives (JECFA) from 19 - 28 June 2007 took place at WHO headquarters in Geneva. The Committee drew from the experience of 38 scientists from 16 countries at this meeting, which was devoted to the evaluation of food additives and contaminants.

NEW: 68th JECFA meeting - Steviol glycoside evaluation - Pre-publication of draft report

JECFA Flavourings (flavouring agents) specifications database on-line updated

The JECFA database for flavourings (flavouring agent) specifications has been updated and modernised. All specifications for flavourings that have been evaluated by JECFA since its 44th meeting, including the 68th meeting, are available in the new format with easy search options in English, French, Spanish, Arabic and Chinese here.

Joint FAO/WHO expert meeting on the benefits and risks of the use of 'active chlorine' in food production and food processing (2007)

In early 2007 FAO/WHO issued a 'Call for Experts' and a 'Call for Information' (now closed) to facilitate new work on the assessment of benefits and risks of the use of 'active chlorine' in food production and processing. Read more...

Roster of JECFA experts 2007 - 2011

The experts for the JECFA roster for the period 2007 - 2011 have been selected. More information can be found here.

Call for data

• NEW: List of substances scheduled for evaluation and request for data (Residues of veterinary drugs in food). Seventieth meeting. Geneva, 21 – 29 October 2008
• NEW: Supplement to the list of substances scheduled for evaluation and request for data (Food additives). Sixty-ninth meeting. Rome, 17 – 26 June 2008
• List of substances scheduled for evaluation and request for data (Food additives). Sixty-ninth meeting. Rome, 17 – 26 June 2008

Documents

• Summary and conclusions of the sixty-seventh meeting. Food additives and contaminants. Rome, 20-29 June 2006.
• Summary and Conclusions of the sixty-sixth meeting. Residues of veterinary drugs in food. Rome, 22-28 February 2006.
• Final report from 2005 workshop on update of principles and methods of risk assessment - MRLs for Pesticides and Veterinary Drugs. FAO/RIVM/WHO workshop held in Bilthoven, the Netherlands, 7 - 11 November 2005
• Summary and Conclusions of the sixty-fifth meeting. Food Additives. Geneva, 7-16 June 2005
• Summary and Conclusions of the sixty-fourth meeting. Food contaminants. Rome, 8-17 February 2005

Publications

• Now available: Compendium of food additive specifications, sixty-eighth meeting. FAO JECFA Monographs 4, 2007 (ISBN 978-92-5-105866-4).
• Now available: Compendium of food additive specifications, sixty-seventh meeting. FAO JECFA Monographs 3, 2006 (ISBN 92-5-105559-9).
• Now available: Residue evaluation of certain veterinary drugs, sixty-sixth meeting. FAO JECFA Monographs 2, 2006 (ISBN 92-5-105553-X).
• Compendium of food additive specifications, FAO Food and Nutrition Paper 52, Addendum 13, 2005. (ISBN 92-5-105355-3). Errata add. 13
• Compendium of food additive specifications, FAO Food and Nutrition Paper 52 Addendum 12, 2004. (ISBN 92-5-105246-8). Errata add. 12
• Sixty-second meeting: Residues of some veterinary drugs in animals and foods. FAO Food and Nutrition Paper 41/16, 2004. (ISBN 92-5-105195-X).

Acrylamide

• News on acrylamide