Top Tweets for #CCFA54
📰 | #CodexNews | Report adopted with agreements on alignment and 350 food additive provisions.
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#CCFA54 | #FoodSafety
👥 | Food additives are substances added to food to maintain or improve its safety or appearance. But food additives need to be assessed for potential harmful effects on human health before they can be used under defined conditions.
👉 This is one of the tasks of #CCFA54 [🧵⤵️]
![FAOWHOCodex's tweet photo. 👥 | Food additives are substances added to food to maintain or improve its safety or appearance. But food additives need to be assessed for potential harmful effects on human health before they can be used under defined conditions.
👉 This is one of the tasks of #CCFA54 [🧵⤵️] https://t.co/Kxnp3crh18](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GLswehbW4AA9Vb2.jpg)
📙 | The "Codex General Standard for Food Additives" sets forth the conditions under which permitted food additives may be used in all foods, whether or not they have previously been standardized by Codex.
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#CCFA54 | #FoodSafety
🤔 | #DYK | Food additives have been in use for centuries for preservation, such as salt in dried fish or sugar in marmalade.
👉 Similarly, the resins added to Greek and Roman wine acted as mild preservatives.
#CCFA54 | #FoodSafety
ISDI was pleased to attend #CCFA54. Progress was made to prepare the evaluation of #FoodAdditives for use in infant formula. We're confident that JECFA can now begin the scientific risk assessment.
🙏 Thank you to @FAOWHOCodex and China for organising a successful meeting.
📝 | Other food additives are used for a variety of reasons, such as:
🔸 preservation
🔸 colouring
🔸 sweetening
👉 They are added when food is prepared, packaged, transported, or stored, and they eventually become a component of the food.
#CCFA54 | #FoodSafety
📰 | #CodexNews | Kenya🇰🇪 blazes a trail for fellow CCAFRICA Members in CCFA as new Chair of WG on Priorities.
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#CCFA54 | #FoodSafety
Kenya assumes Chair of the In-Session Working Group (IWG) of developing a priority list of food additives, processing aids & flavouring agents for safety evaluation by the WHO/FAO Joint Expert Committee for Food Additives (JECFA) during the 54th Session of the Codex Committee.
🤔 | #DYK | Enzyme preparations are mainly used:
🍞 in baking (to improve the dough)
🧃 for manufacturing fruit juices (to increase yields)
🍷 in wine making and brewing (to improve fermentation)
🧀 in cheese manufacturing (to improve curd formation)
#CCFA54 | #FoodSafety
📝 | Enzyme preparations are a type of additive that may or may not end up in the final food product.
👉 Enzymes are naturally occurring proteins that boost biochemical reactions by breaking down larger molecules into their smaller building blocks.
#CCFA54 | #FoodSafety
🤔 | #DYK | Food additives can be grouped into different categories according to their function.
👉 For example, flavouring agents - which are added to food to improve aroma or taste - make up the greatest number of additives used in foods.
#CCFA54 | #FoodSafety
📸 | Breaks are an ideal time for informal exchanges to discuss topics and build consensus in the Codex family.
#CCFA54 | #FoodSafety
🤝Lideramos a la región CCLAC en la 54.ª sesión del Comité sobre aditivos alimentarios que se celebra en Chengdu, provincia de Sichuan, China 🇨🇳 a fin de armonizar estándares mundiales y proteger la salud de los consumidores.
#CCFA54 #FoodSafety
📰 | #CodexNews | “We are here to find a solution to important questions” - #CCFA54 kicks off in Chengdu🇨🇳
➕ℹ️➡️ https://t.co/PAptBygXhy
#FoodSafety | #Codex
👥 | The Codex Committee on Food Additives (CCFA) establishes or endorses permitted maximum levels for individual food additives and sets forth the conditions under which they may be used in all foods.
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#CCFA54 | #FoodSafety
ISDI is in Chengdu for #CCFA54, the 54th session of the @FAOWHOCodex Committee on #FoodAdditives. We're looking forward to advancing on provisions related to additives in FSDU, as well as starting the review of authorisation for additives in use in infant formula.
👥 | Food additives are substances added to food to maintain or improve its safety or appearance. But food additives need to be assessed for potential harmful effects on human health before they can be used under defined conditions.
👉 This is one of the tasks of #CCFA54 [🧵⤵️]
⏭️ | Next on #Codex agenda:
👥 Codex Committee on Food Additives
🗓️ 22 - 26 March
📍 Chengdu, China 🇨🇳
➕ℹ️➡️ https://t.co/PAptBygps0
#CCFA54 | #FoodSafety
🔸Why was CCFA established❓
🔸What kind of additives can be used in food and when❓
👉 Lingping Zhang, Food Standards Officer, Codex Secretariat, answers.
➕ℹ️➡️ https://t.co/PAptBygps0
#CCFA54 | #FoodSafety
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