PPT-food additives Outline

food additives Direct Food Additives Indirect Food Additives Types of additives roles and functions of food additives in food Coding of food additives Food safty food additives Food preservation. . Dennis Keefe, Ph.D.. Office of Food Additive Safety. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Codex Committee on Food Additives (CCFA) . Terms of Reference. Establish or endorse acceptable maximum use levels for individual food additives. Jasper K. Imungi, PhD. Professor of Food Chemistry. Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Technology. University of Nairobi. Paper presented in the. . Food Additives and Safety Workshop, 24th June, 2014 Intercontinental Hotel, Nairobi. Food Additives. https://. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSgILz-ZX8I. Copyright © Notice: The materials are copyrighted © and trademarked ™ as the property of The Curriculum Center for Family and Consumer Sciences, Texas Tech University.. Processed foods often contain small amounts of ingredients, added to extend their shelf life, or improve; colour, flavour, texture or nutritional value. Additives can be natural or synthetic (chemical).. Manojit Basu, PhD . Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA). 1. Outline. GMA overview. Food Additives. Determining Regulatory . Status - FDA. Risk Assessment Process. FDA Safety Standards. 2. Grocery Manufacturers Association(GMA). ESSENTIAL QUESTION. How harmful are food additives?. Background . A food additive is any substance added to a food, directly to improve its quality or indirectly via packaging. . Food additives have been used for over a century to preserve, flavor, thicken, and enhance food. . Manojit Basu, PhD . Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA). 1. Outline. GMA overview. Food Additives. Determining Regulatory . Status - FDA. Risk Assessment Process. FDA Safety Standards. 2. Grocery Manufacturers Association(GMA). May only be used if they fulfill acceptable and useful functions. . They must be safe to use.. There must be a technological need for their use.  . Their use must not mislead the consumer, i.e. issues related to the nature, freshness, quality of ingredients used. . Food additives are substances added to products to perform specific technological functions. These functions include preserving, i.e. increasing shelf-life or inhibiting the growth of pathogens, or adding . Packaging is one of the largest markets for plastic in the world. From food to medical supplies, cosmetics to numerous industrial applications, packaging is used to protect goods from damage in transi Additives . are substances used for a variety of reasons . such . as preservation, colouring, sweetening, . during . the . preparation of . food. . The . European Union legislation defines them . as:. Update on the re-evaluation. Roadmap for the follow-up of EFSA re-evaluation scientific opinions . Call for scientific and technical data on . sorbic. acid - . sorbates. Re-evaluation programme . Commission Regulation (EU) No 257/2010 sets up a programme for the re-evaluation of approved food additives, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008. By: Lexi Carp, Devon . Grissinger. , and Nina . Salvucci. Objectives and Vocabulary. Objectives:. Identify common food additives and their uses. Compare natural and synthetic additives. Explain how additives are regulated . Additives. Substances that are added to food to maintain or improve the safety, freshness, taste, texture, to extend its shelf life are known as . food additives.. Some food additives have been in use for centuries for preservation – such as salt (in meats), sugar (in marmalade.