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Record Nr.

UNINA9910139471903321

Titolo

Evaluation of certain food additives : sixty-ninth report of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Geneva, : World Health Organization, 2009

ISBN

1-282-45613-X

9786612456138

92-4-068415-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Collana

WHO technical report series, , 0512-3054 ; ; 952

Disciplina

615.954

Soggetti

Food additives - Analysis

Food contamination

Risk assessment

Toxicity testing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Title; Copyright; Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. General considerations; 3. Specific food additives (other than flavouring agents); 4. Flavouring agents; 5. Future work; 6. Recommendations; Acknowledgements; References; Cover

Sommario/riassunto

This report represents the conclusions of a Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee convened to evaluate the safety of various food additives, including flavoring agents, with a view to recommending acceptable daily intakes (ADIs) and to preparing specifications for identity and purity. The first part of the report contains a general discussion of the principles governing the toxicological evaluation and assessment of intake of food additives (in particular, flavoring agents). A summary follows of the Committee's evaluations of technical, toxicological and intake data for certain food additives (aspara