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For those interested in food additives. Summary of Evaluations performed by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) http://jecfa.ilsi.org/ Listing of food additives by functional class. http://jecfa.ilsi.org/section2.htm -------------------------------- This is an informational database maintained by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) under an ongoing program known as the Priority-based Assessment of Food Additives (PAFA). It contains administrative, chemical and toxicological information on over 2000 substances directly added to food, including substances regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as direct, "secondary" direct, and color additives, and Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) and prior-sanctioned substances. In addition, the database contains only administrative and chemical information on less than 1000 such substances. The more than 3000 total substances together comprise an inventory often referred to as "Everything" Added to Food in the United States (EAFUS). Some of these everythings are: acetone, benzene, formaldehyde, helium, lanolin, L - limonene, mineral oil (white), naphtha, petrolatum, polyvinyl alcohol and shellac (purified). Any food that has additives orpreservatives could contain any of the ingredients on this list. http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/eafus.html
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