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Book (stand-alone)Technical reportEvaluation of certain food additives: One-hundredth report of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives
WHO Technical Report Series, 1058
2025Also available in:
No results found.This report represents the conclusions of a Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee convened to evaluate the safety of certain food additives and enzymes, and to review and prepare specifications for the identity and purity of these food additives and enzymes.The report provides a summary of the Committee’s evaluations of technical, toxicological and/or dietary exposure data for nine specific food additives and processing aids: adipates, amyloglucosidase (JECFA95-4) from Rasamsonia emersonii expressed in Aspergillus niger, ascorbyl palmitate, carob bean gum, dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate, Gardenia (Genipin) Blue, glycolipids, rosemary extract and thaumatin II. The assessments of adipates and dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate were of dietary exposure only. The specifications for amyloglucosidase (JECFA95-4) from Rasamsonia emersonii expressed in Aspergillus niger and ascorbyl palmitate were revised. New specifications were prepared for Gardenia (Genipin) Blue, glycolipids and thaumatin II.Of the food additives and processing aids considered for specifications only, the specifications for α-amylase (JECFA95-1) from Geobacillus stearothermophilus expressed in Bacillus licheniformis, α-amylase (JECFA95-2) from Geobacillus stearothermophilus expressed in Bacillus licheniformis, α-amylase (JECFA95-3) from Rhizomucor pusillus expressed in Aspergillus niger, asparaginase (JECFA95-5) from Pyrococcus furiosus expressed in Bacillus subtilis, β-amylase (JECFA95-6) from Bacillus flexus expressed in Bacillus licheniformis and xylanase (JECFA95-9) from Bacillus licheniformis expressed in Bacillus licheniformis were revised. The Committee generated new specifications for low-acyl clarified gellan gum (INS No. 418(ii)) and revised the existing specifications monograph for gellan gum (INS No. 418(i)). -
Book (stand-alone)Technical reportEvaluation of certain veterinary drug residues in food: Ninety-eighth report of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives
WHO Technical Report Series, No. 1055.
2024Also available in:
No results found.This report represents the conclusions of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) convened to evaluate the safety of veterinary drug residues in food: clopidol, imidacloprid and fumagillin. Annexed to this report is a summary of the Committee’s recommendations on these drugs discussed at the ninety-eighth meeting, including acceptable daily intakes (ADIs), acute reference doses (ARfDs), estimated dietary exposure and proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs). Summaries are also provided for general considerations around the matters of interest arising from previous sessions of the Codex Committee on Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Foods (CCRVDF), update of Guidance for the Safety Evaluation of Residues of Veterinary Drugs with incomplete data packages, and release of JECFA Toolbox for Veterinary Drug Residues Risk Assessment.This volume and others in the WHO Technical Report Series contain infrmation that is useful to those who produce and use veterinary drugs, and those involved with controlling contaminants in food, government and food regulatory officers, industrial testing laboratories, toxicological laboratories and universities. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical reportEvaluation of certain veterinary drug residues in food: ninety-fourth report of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives
WHO Technical Report Series, no. 1041
2022Also available in:
No results found.This report represents the conclusions of a Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee convened to evaluate the safety of residues of certain veterinary drugs in food and to recommend maximum levels for such residues in food. The first part of the report considers general principles regarding the evaluation of residues of veterinary drugs within the terms of reference of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA). It covers topics such as the parallel review process; estimation of dietary exposure to veterinary drug residues; a risk-based decision tree approach for safety evaluation; assessment of the potential effects of residues on the human intestinal microbiome. Summaries follow the Committee’s evaluations of toxicological and residue data on a variety of veterinary drugs: two antiparasitic agents (imidacloprid, ivermectin) and one coccidiostat (nicarbazin). Additionally, further evaluation of the parasiticide selamectin is included as part of a pilot in support of the proposed parallel review process. Annexed to the report is a summary of the Committee’s recommendations on these drugs, including acceptable daily intakes and proposed maximum residue limits.
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DocumentOther documentGeneral principles of food hygiene 2023This document outlines the general principles that should be understood and followed by food business operators at all stages of the food chain and that provide a basis for competent authorities to oversee food safety and suitability.This edition contains a new annex which introduces tools to determine the critical control points in a hazard analysis and critical control point (HACCP) system.The term "Codex Alimentarius" is Latin and means "food code”. Codex standards are international food texts, i.e. standards, codes of practice, codes of hygienic practice, guidelines and other recommendations, established to protect the health of the consumers and to ensure fair practices in the food trade. The collection of food standards and related texts adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission is known as the Codex Alimentarius.
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BookletCorporate general interestBackyard farming and slaughtering – Keeping tradition safe
Food safety technical toolkit for Asia and the Pacific No. 2
2021Also available in:
No results found.The region of Asia and the Pacific has a long history in farming livestock at the household level: this practice is linked with cultural identities and economic development in rural and low-mid socioeconomic communities. Household and village level animal production is well-aligned with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, and is therefore important to maintain, especially in the most populous region in the world. These practices, however, carry a risk of foodborne pathogens contaminating animal-derived foods as well as the risk of disease transmission from the animal or food to humans. Such risks can be addressed by promoting the adoption and implementation of safe and sustainable practices for home slaughtering among communities. These practices include good animal management practices that promote animal health (e.g. vaccination), practices to be adopted immediately prior to slaughter, the implementation of hygienic measures after slaughtering (including access to appropriate facilities), inspections and waste management. All of these factors have an influence on food safety and will need to be taken into consideration from food safety competent authorities. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureTool 7 - Environment
Information toolkit on food biotechnologies with a focus on food safety
2021Also available in:
No results found.Tool 7 provides general information and examples on the environmental aspects of growing genetically modified (GM) foods. Environment and human health (the topic of Tool 6) were indicated by the experts as topics of primary concern among the general public in relation to food biotechnologies, and particularly GMOs. The information and the example materials provided here could support information about how environmental safety assurance is performed, or information about the prevention of and response to the accidental release of unauthorized GMOs. The examples include commonly asked questions about the possibility of creating new life forms as a result of growing GMOs, the possible spread of the GMOs grown in the environment, and the specificity of some pest-resistant GMOs.