Publisher's Synopsis
This volume summarizes data on the safety of a number of food additives, including the flavouring agent furfural, the food colour cochineal extract and carmines, the sweetening agent D-tagatose, and the miscellaneous substance trehalose. Evaluations by the Procedure for the Safety Evaluation of Flavouring Agents on four groups of related flavouring agents are also included. As is a summary of the toxicological and intake data on two contaminants in food (cadmium and tin) and the intake data available on caramel colour II.;The volumes in the WHO Food Additives Series contain information useful to those who produce and use food additives and veterinary drugs as well as those involved with controlling contaminants in food, government and food regulatory officers, industrial testing laboratories, toxicological laboratories, and universities.
