1. Introduction; 2. General considerations; 3. Specific food additives (other than flavouring agents); 4. Flavouring agents; 5. Contaminants; 6. Future work; 7. Recommendations; Acknowledgement; References; Annex 1 Reports and other documents resulting from previous meetings of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives; Annex 2 Acceptable Daily Intakes, other toxicological information and information on specifications; Annex 3 Further information required or desired
Summary
This report represents the conclusions of a Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee convened to evaluate the safety of residues of certain veterinary drugs in food and to recommend maximum levels for such residues in food. The first part of the report considers general principles regarding the evaluation of veterinary drugs within the terms of reference of JECFA, including compounds without an ADI or MRL; recommendations on principles and methods in derivation of MRLs, including a new procedure for estimating chronic dietary intakes; the use of a spreadsheet-based procedure for the statistical evaluati
