Learning Objectives

1. Understand the background and principles of safety assessment of food additives.
2. Review the quantitative assessment of dietary exposure to food additives and the development of concern levels.
3. Explore the basics of testing related to food additive safety.
4. Explore the relationship between food type & food packaging in food additive safety assessment.
5. Understand the interaction of the Delaney Clause and food additive regulation.

Advance Reading

1. Shibamoto & Bjeldanes, pp 232-236; pp 237-242; pp 242-244; pp 247-252

Suggested Reading

1. Food Additives and Ingredients Association
2. Center for Science in the Public Interest Guide to Food Additives

Keywords

1. Food additive
2. Food color additive
3. Codex Alimentarius
4. Direct food additives
5. Certified color additives
6. Exempt color additives
7. Unintentional additives
8. GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe)
9. Regulated food additive
10. Contaminant tolerance
11. Contaminant action level

12. Unintentional food additive
13. FDA Red Book
14. Reference Dose (RfD)
15. Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI)
16. Estimated daily intake
17. Food Safety Concern Level (CL)
18. Consumption factor (CF)
19. Food type (fT)
20. De Minimis concept
21. Secondary carcinogenesis
22. Delaney clause