Publisher's Synopsis
This volume contains monographs prepared at the 57th meeting of the Joint FAO/WTO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA), which met in Rome, Italy, from 5th-14th June 2001.;The monographs summarize data on the safety of a number of food additives, including the emulsifiers diacetyltartaric and fatty acid esters of glycerol and quillaia extracts, the food colour beta-carotene from Blakeslea trispora, the glazing agent hydrogenated poly-1-decene, the preservative natamycin, the sweetening agent D-tagatose, the thickening agents carrageenan and processed Eucheuma seaweed, and the miscellaneous substances acetylated oxidized starch and alpha-cyclodextrin. Monographs on six groups of related flavouring agents evaluated by the Procedure for the Safety Evaluation of Flavouring Agents are also included.;This volume also contains monographs summarizing the toxicological and intake data on two chloropropanols (3-chloro-1, 2-propanediol, and 2,3-dichloro-2-propanol) and on polychlorinated dibenzodioxins, polychlorinated dibenzofurans, and coplanar polychlorinated biphenyls.;This volume and others in the "WHO Food Additives" series contain information that is useful to those who produce and use food additives and veterinary drugs and those involved with controlling contaminants in food, government and food regulatory officers, industrial testing laboratories, toxicological laboratories, and universities.
