JECFA, Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives

Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA)—Monographs and Evaluations. 

The extent of safety studies necessary to obtain food additive approval can be demonstrated by the studies carried out on acesulfame K (trade name Sunett ), one of the sweeteners developed in course of the last 25 years,7 which has been endorsed for food use by the Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) of the WHO and FAO and the Scientific Committee for Foods (SCF) of the EU and has meanwhile been approved in more than 100 countries. This program shows the wide range of studies necessary. 

Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) - Monographs and evaluations Joint Meeting on Pesticide Residues (JMPR) - Monographs and evaluations Pesticide Data Sheets (PDSs)... 

Since food laws in most countries regulate the use of intense sweeteners, analytical control for the presence and levels of sweeteners in food is essential. According to the FAO/ WHO Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) it is also important to know the level of additives in food products in order to estimate the actual consumption by the population. This information will show the average intake in relation to the acceptable daily intake (ADI) over a period of time. Based on this knowledge, regulatory authorities can propose regulations to ensure intakes below... 

The Codex Committee on Food Additives of the WHO/FAO has for many years given "temporary endorsement" to a large number of substances, particularly the flavor materials on Codex Lists B1 and B2. This was done for one of the following reasons the Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) did not allocate ADI levels mainly because of lack of "adequate" classical toxicological or specification data (these were placed on list Bl), or the materials were never evaluated by JECFA (these were placed on list B2). 

The committee is cognizant of the need for international harmonization of specifications in today s world. Efforts were made, where feasible, to harmonize the specifications in this edition with those of other standards-setting organizations, in particular with those in the Compendium of Food Additive Specifications, prepared by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)AVorld Health Organization (WHO) Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) and published by the FAO. 

Another potentially important source of food safety expertise resides in the Joint Expert Committees on Food Additives (JECFA), first organized in 1956 by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) and now associated with these organizations Codex Alimentarius Commission. JECFA reports have influenced decisions by the FDA and other regulatory bodies, and its recommendations... 

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