Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives
The Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) is an international expert scientific committee that is administered jointly by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO). It has been meeting since 1956, initially to evaluate the safety of food additives. Its work now also includes the evaluation of contaminants, naturally occurring toxicants and residues of veterinary drugs in food.
To date, JECFA has evaluated more than 1500 food additives, approximately 40 contaminants and naturally occurring toxicants, and residues of approximately 90 veterinary drugs. The Committee has also developed principles for the safety assessment of chemicals in food that are consistent with current thinking on risk assessment and take account of recent developments in toxicology and other relevant sciences.
GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE JECFA
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About the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA)
REPORTS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS PRODUCED BY JECFA
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Summary of Evaluations Performed by theJoint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives(JECFA 1956-2002)(First through fifty-ninth meetings)
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INCHEM website
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Listing of reports and other documents produced by JECFA availabe from either FAO or WHO
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS OF RECENT MEETINGS
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Summaries
REQUESTS FOR DATA AND CALLS FOR EXPERTS
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Requests for data for future meetings
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Calls for experts and rosters of experts
PROCEDURAL GUIDELINES
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JECFA Procedural Guidelines
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