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Xanthan Gum, 82nd JECFA—Chemical and Technical Assessment (CTA), 2016

Year of publication 2016

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 11p.

Author Dessipri, E., Rao, M. V.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Meeting

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Synopsis (short abstract) This Chemical and Technical Assessment summarizes data and information on xanthan gum submitted to JECFA by International Special Dietary Foods Industries1 in a dossier dated 26 November 2015 and focusing on its use as thickener in infant formulae, follow-up formulae, and formulae for special medical purposes intended for infants. The Committee previously reviewed xanthan gum at its eighteenth, twenty-ninth and thirtieth meetings. At the thirtieth meeting, the Committee allocated an Acceptable D aily Intake (ADI) of “not specified” to xanthan gum. The Committee prepared specifications for xanthan gum at several of its meetings. The last specifications for xanthan gum were prepared at the fifty-third meeting in 1999. At the present meeting (eighty-second meeting), xanthan gum is being re-evaluated by the Committee with emphasis placed on the evaluation of safety data to support its intended use in infant formulae, follow-up formulae, and formulae for special medical purposes intended for infants.

Statutory body / Meeting title Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA)

Meeting symbol N/A

Meeting Session Number Sess. 82

Meeting date 2016

Meeting location Rome, Italy

Language English

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