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APPENDIX XIII: FOOD ADDITIVES AND CONTAMINANTS PROPOSED FOR EVALUATION BY JECFA

Food Additives for Toxicological Evaluation
and Development of Specifications

Proposed by

argon, helium, and oxygen

United Kingdom

curdlan

Japan

erythritol

Australia

flavouring agents

United States

sodium sulfate

European Union



Food Additives for Intake Assessment




canthaxanthin, annatto extracts, iron oxides, and erythrosine

CCFAC

flavouring agents: consideration of comparative methods for

Norway

estimating intake (using specific flavouring agents, to be


identified, as examples)




Contaminants and Naturally Occurring Toxicants




cadmium

Japan, United States

chloropropanols

United States

dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs

CCFAC

ethyl carbamate

CCFAC

fumonisins

IPCS

glycyrrhizic acid

Denmark

lead (risk assessment for children)

United States

methylmercury

CCFAC

nitrate

Netherlands

ochratoxin A

United States

phenylhydrazines, including agaritine

Denmark

polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Denmark, Netherlands

trichothecenes

Netherlands

zearalenone

Sweden


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