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  2. E number - Wikipedia

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    The fact that an additive has an E number implies that its use was at one time permitted in products for sale in the European Single Market; some of these additives are no longer allowed today. Having a single unified list for food additives was first agreed upon in 1962 with food colouring. In 1964, the directives for preservatives were added ...

  3. Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives - Wikipedia

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    The meetings either cover (i) food additives, contaminants and naturally occurring toxicants in food or (ii) residues of veterinary drugs in food. Different sets of experts (called Members for the purposes of the meeting) are invited to these meetings to solicit their expertise depending on the topics being discussed.

  4. International Numbering System for Food Additives - Wikipedia

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    The International Numbering System for Food Additives (INS) is an international naming system for food additives, aimed at providing a short designation of what may be a lengthy actual name. [1] It is defined by Codex Alimentarius , the international food standards organisation of the World Health Organization (WHO) and Food and Agriculture ...

  5. Food additive - Wikipedia

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    To regulate these additives and inform consumers each additive is assigned a unique number called an "E number", which is used in Europe for all approved additives.This numbering scheme has now been adopted and extended by the Codex Alimentarius Commission as the International Numbering System for Food Additives (INS) to internationally identify all additives (INS number), [3] regardless of ...

  6. Category:E-number additives - Wikipedia

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    E numbers are given to EU Approved food additives. Additives can be utilized for various purposes: colours, preservatives , antioxidants , sweeteners , emulsifiers , stabilisers , thickeners and other.

  7. European Food Safety Authority - Wikipedia

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    As stated by Hanna Schebesta and Kai Purnhagen, the authors of EU Food Law, the EFSA contributes to a public Food Additives list posted by the European Commission that catalogs all food-related chemicals and relevant information for each of them. This additional information includes specific conditions for use, food items the chemical may be ...

  8. List of food additives - Wikipedia

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    Additives are used for many purposes but the main uses are: Acids Food acids are added to make flavors "sharper", and also act as preservatives and antioxidants. Common food acids include vinegar, citric acid, tartaric acid, malic acid, folic acid, fumaric acid, and lactic acid.

  9. Food Chemicals Codex - Wikipedia

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    More specifically, the FCC is a compendium for all food ingredients, while JECFA considers only "food additives" for inclusion in its compendium. Examples of substances included in the FCC, but not in JECFA standards, are soybean oil, sucrose, fructose, and sodium chloride -- substances considered by JECFA to be foods or food ingredients, but ...