At its meeting on 17 March in Beijing, the committee agreed to put the following additives forward for the Codex General Standard for Food Additives (GSFA), which sets down conditions for permitted food additives to be used in all foods:
These colours will now be reviewed in July by the Codex Commission (the decision-making body in Codex) for a decision on whether they will be adopted.
“We’re satisfied with the outcome,” said David Pineda, the IADSA’s director of Regulatory Affairs. “The alternative of deleting key additives from the General Standard for Food Additives list, or adopting very low levels, would have created considerable confusion in many countries and significant barriers to trade. The establishment of a list of additives to be used freely in trade in food products has long been a goal for Codex, and we’re pleased to help contribute to its work to improve the General Standard for Food Additives.
“Our aim is to ensure that the adopted levels are safe for consumers and consistent with those widely used by the global food supplement industry.”
A number of colours and other additives still remain under consideration, as they were not able to be addressed last week due to time constraints. These have now been referred to the next Codex Committee on Food Additives meeting in 2010 for discussion.
Source: IADSA
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