Compendium of food additive specifications

FAO; WHO;

Compendium of food additive specifications

Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives, 96th Meeting, Geneva, 27 June – 6 July 2023

Year of publication 2023

Place of publication Geneva, Switzerland ;

Pages 81 p.

Author FAO; WHO;

Publisher FAO ; WHO ;

Product type Book (series)

ISBN 978-92-5-138199-1

Series title Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) Monographs

Series number No. 31

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Synopsis (short abstract) This volume of FAO JECFA Monographs contains specifications prepared at the ninety-sixth meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA), held in Geneva from 27 June to 6 July 2023. The purpose of the meeting was to evaluate the safety of certain food additives and flavourings. The present meeting was the ninety-sixth in a series of similar meetings. The tasks before the Committee were to (a) further elaborate principles governing the evaluation of food additives; (b) undertake safety evaluations of certain food additives; (c) review and prepare specifications for certain food additives; and (d) establish specifications for certain flavouring agents. The Committee evaluated the safety of one food additive, revised the specifications for three food additives, evaluated the safety of two groups of flavouring agents and revised the specifications for eight flavouring agents.

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FAO & WHO. 2023. Compendium of food additive specifications – Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives, 96th Meeting, Geneva, 27 June – 6 July 2023. Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) Monographs, No. 31. Geneva, Switzerland.

https://doi.org/10.4060/cc7949en

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