Food Chemical Safety

Volume 2: Additives

David Watson

• Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
• Year: 2002
• Print ISBN: 9781855735637
• eBook ISBN: 9781855736337
• Topic: Technik & Maschinenbau
• Subtopic: Lebensmittelwissenschaft

The use of additives in foods remains both widespread and, for some consumers, controversial. Additives are used for a wide range of purposes, particularly in improving the quality of food products. Whilst valuing products with the right taste, colour and texture and shelf-life, consumers have expressed reservations about the safety of the additives used to enhance these qualities. These concerns have increased the pressure on the food industry to demonstrate the safe use of additives in food. With its distinguished international team of contributors, this important collection reviews both the regulatory context and the methods used to analyse, assess and control the use of additives in food processing.Part one of the book looks at regulation in the EU and the US. Part two discusses analytical issues. There are chapters on the use of risk analysis in assessing the impact of additives on consumer health, quality control of analytical methods, and new more rapid and targeted methods in detecting and measuring additives in foods. There is also an important review of adverse reactions to additives covering such issues as monitoring, trends in reporting and the evidence concerning major additives. Part three of the book looks at some of the key groups of additives, from colorants and flavourings to texturing agents and antioxidant preservatives.Food chemical safety Volume 2: Additives is a valuable reference for all those concerned with the use of additives in food. - Reviews both the regulatory context and methods used to analyse, assess and control the use of additives in food processing - Looks at regulation in the EU and the US - Discusses the use of risk analysis in assessing the impact of additives on consumer health

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Additives
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Contributors
• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. The regulation of additives in the EU
• Chapter 3. The regulation of additives in the USA
• Chapter 4. Risk analysis of food additives
• Chapter 5. Analytical methods: quality control and selection
• Chapter 6. New methods in detecting food additives
• Chapter 7. Adverse reactions to food additives
• Chapter 8. Colorants
• Chapter 9. Safety assessment of flavor ingredients
• Chapter 10. Sweeteners
• Chapter 11. Food additives, other than colours and sweeteners
• Chapter 12. The regulation of antioxidants in food
• Index