72. The 31st CCFAC agreed to circulate INS Number 586 for 4-Hexylresorcinol as an antioxidant and colour retention agent and to add the technological function of "emulsifier" to Pectins (INS Number 440) at Step 3 of the Accelerated Procedure for comments, subject to the approval of the Commission.[36] The 23rd Session of the Commission approved the amendments under the Accelerated Procedure as new work.[37] The 31st CCFAC also agreed that further consideration should be given to the general question of functional classes and subclasses in the framework of the development of the GSFA.[38]
Status of Amendments to the International Numbering System, Including Technological Functions and Functional Classes/Subclasses
73. The Committee agreed to forward the proposed addition of 4-Hexylresorcinol to the INS System as number 586 (antioxidant, colour retention agent) and the proposed revision to Pectins (INS 440) to include the technological function of emulsifier to the Commission for final adoption as draft revisions to the Standard at Step 5 of the Accelerated Procedure (see Appendix VII).
74. The Committee agreed to the recommendations of the ad hoc informal Working Group on the INS chaired by Australia and forwarded proposed draft revisions to the INS System to the 47th Session of the Executive Committee for preliminary adoption at Step 5 (see Appendix VII), and to request comments for additional revisions to the INS System on a standing basis. The Committee further agreed to request specific comments on Technological Functions and Functional Classes/Subclasses in the framework of the INS System, the GSFA and the Codex General Standard for the Labelling of Prepackaged Foods (CODEX STAN 1-1985, Section 4.2.2.3).
