Safety evaluation of certain food additives

Safety evaluation of certain
food additives
Prepared by the
Seventy-first meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO
Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA)
WHO FOOD
ADDITIVES
SERIES: 62
World Health Organization, Geneva, 2010

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Safety evaluation of certain food additives / prepared by the Seventy-first meeting of
the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA).
(WHO food additives series ; 62)
1.Food additives - toxicity. 2.Food contamination. 3.Flavoring agents - analysis.
4.Flavoring agents - toxicity. 5.Risk assessment. I.Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee
on Food Additives. Meeting (71st : 2009 : Geneva, Switzerland). II.International
Programme on Chemical Safety. III.Series.
ISBN 978 92 4 166062 4 (NLM Classification: WA 712)
ISSN 0300-0923
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