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This publication provides information on the identity and purity of certain food additives and flavouring agents. The specifications have three main objectives: to identify the substance that has been subject to biological testing; to ensure that the substance is of the quality required for safe use in food; and to reflect and encourage good manufacturing practice. This document is one of three publications prepared by the 59th session of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA), held in Geneva in June 2002 to discuss food additives and contaminants in food.Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives, Meeting Staff is the author of 'Compendium of Food Additive Specifications Addendum 10 ', published 2003 under ISBN 9789251048184 and ISBN 9251048185.
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