Food and Color Additives Hazard Identification

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	Calorie Control Council	Aspartame Information Center Provides aspartame information and links to other sites with aspartame information.	Feb 10, 2005
	Scientific Committee, European Food Safety Authority	Botanicals and Botanical Preparations Widely Used as Food Supplements and Related Products: Coherent and Comprehensive Risk Assessment and Consumer Information Approaches Discussion paper adopted on June 23, 2004 that addresses issues related to risk assessment and consumer information on botanicals in food supplements. Includes discussion of quality and safety issues, related EC legislation, and potential future activities related to these products. (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, September 21, 2004	Sep 22, 2004
	Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	Color Additives Information on color additives, including background information and information about U.S. color laws and regulations, colors subject to certification, the petition process, enforcement and compliance, color additives for specific product categories, and links to FDA offices and centers that regulate products with color additives. (more)	Jun 17, 2002
	Office of Food Additive Safety, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	EAFUS: A Food Additive Database This database of substances is referred to as "Everything" Added to Food in the United States (EAFUS). For each substance, information is provided about the status of toxicology information available in the Priority-based Assessment of Food Additives (PAFA) database, the PAFA database number of the Food Additive Safety Profile volume containing information about the substance, the name of the substance as recognized by CFSAN, the Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) Registry Number or other code number of the substance, and the regulation numbers in Title 21 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations where the chemical appears. (more)	Jun 17, 2002
	Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	Fish and Fisheries Products Hazards and Controls Guidance: Third Edition This report discusses the FDA's thinking on the hazards associated with fish and fishery products and on controls for those hazards. It includes information on developing a HACCP Plan and discussion of such hazards as pathogens from the harvest area, parasites, natural toxins, chemical contaminants, aquaculture drugs, allergens, metal and glass inclusion, and more. (more) Publication Month: June 2001	Aug 7, 2002
	Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences	Food Chemicals Codex Book that discusses the identification, strength, and purity of chemicals that are added to or used as foods. This page gives a history of the Food Chemicals Codex project and provides purchasing information for this book and its supplements. (more) Publication Year: 2003	Jan 13, 2003
	Institute of Food Science and Technology	Olestra This document provides an overview of olestra, including its chemistry, physiology, legislation, gastrointestinal effects, effects on fat-soluble vitamins, and more. (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, June 23, 1999	Aug 9, 2002
	Scientific Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids and Materials in Contact with Food, European Food Safety Authority	Opinion of the AFC Panel Related to Semicarbazide in Food Opinion adopted on June 21, 2005 regarding analytical aspects, mechanisms of formation, occurrence and exposure, and toxicity of semicarbazide in foods. Includes as an annex "The EFSA advice on baby foods from October 2003". (more) Publication Date: Thursday, June 30, 2005	Jul 6, 2005
	Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General, European Commission	Opinion of the Scientific Committee on Food: Update on the Safety of Aspartame Report of the committee regarding recent data regarding aspartame. Concludes "there is no evidence to suggest that there is a need to revise the outcome of the earlier risk assessment or the ADI previously established for aspartame". (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, December 10, 2002	Feb 10, 2005
	Scientific Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids and Materials in Contact with Food, European Food Safety Authority	Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids and Materials in Contact with Food (AFC) on Hydrocyanic Acid in Flavourings and Other Food Ingredients with Flavouring Properties. (Question Number EFSA-Q-2003-145) Opinion adopted on October 7, 2004 regarding human health effects from dietary intake of hydrocyanic acid. Includes discussion of exposure, toxicity, and more. (more) Publication Date: Friday, November 19, 2004	Nov 22, 2004
	Scientific Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids and Materials in Contact with Food, European Food Safety Authority	Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids and Materials in Contact with Food on a Request from the Commission Related to Pullalan PI-20 For Use as a New Food Additive (Question Number EFSA-Q-2003-138) Opinion adopted on July 13, 2004 regarding the use of pullulan in the production of capsules and coated tablets for dietary supplements and in breath-freshening edible films. Includes discussion of predicted exposure, toxicology, and more. (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, September 29, 2004	Sep 29, 2004
	Institute of Food Science and Technology	Salt This document gives an overview of the health risks associated with salt intake. It includes the effects of dietary excess of salt, effects of salt on calcium absorption, sodium intake in the UK, recommended intake, salt content in manufactured foods, labelling issues, and more. (more) Publication Month: February 2003	Aug 9, 2002
	Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations/World Health Organization	Summary of Evaluations Performed by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA 1956-2001) (First through fifty-seventh meetings): Internet Edition Searchable collection of summaries of evaluations performed on the safety of additives, contaminants, and veterinary drug residues. (more) Publication Year: 2001	Aug 31, 2001
	National Toxicology Program, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services	Toxicology and Carcinogenesis Studies of Sodium Nitrite (CAS NO. 7632-00-0) Drinking Water Studies in F344/N Rats and B6C3F1 Mice Report on studies of the effects of different doses of sodium nitrite in drinking water consumed by rats and mice over 14-week or two-year time periods and of the genetic toxicity of sodium nitrite. (more) Publication Month: May 2001	Aug 14, 2002

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