Safety Evaluation of Certain Food Additives and Contaminants

This volume contains monographs prepared at the 57th meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food additives (JECFA), which met in Rome, Italy, from 5 to 14 June 2001. The monographs in this volume 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 B-carotene from Blakeslea trispora, the glazing agent hydrogenated poly-1-decene, the preservative natamycin and other miscellaneous substances. Six groups of related flavourings are also evaluated by the Procedure for the Safety Evaluation of Flavourings Agents.World Health Organisation Staff is the author of 'Safety Evaluation of Certain Food Additives and Contaminants' with ISBN 9789241660488 and ISBN 9241660481.