Evaluation of certain food additives and contaminants

Abstract

The tasks before the Committee were: (a) to prepare specifications for the identity and purity of certain food additives and to carry out toxicological evaluations of them; (b) to review specifications for selected food additives; (c) to undertake toxicological evaluations of certain food additives and contaminants; (d) to asses a method for setting priorities for the safety review of food flavouring substances; and (e) to discuss and advise on matters arising from the nineteenth and twentieth sessions of the Codex Committee on Food Additives (and Contaminants).