ESTIMATION OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE MAXIMUM THEORETICAL INTAKE FOR 10 ADDITIVES IN FRANCE

Authors
VERGER P CHAMBOLLE M BABAYOU P LEBRETON S VOLATIER JL
Citation
P. Verger et al., ESTIMATION OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE MAXIMUM THEORETICAL INTAKE FOR 10 ADDITIVES IN FRANCE, Food additives and contaminants, 15(7), 1998, pp. 759-766
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Food Science & Tenology","Chemistry Applied",Toxicology,"Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
Journal title
Food additives and contaminants → ACNP
ISSN journal
0265203X
Volume
15
Issue
7
Year of publication
1998
Pages
759 - 766
Database
ISI
SICI code
0265-203X(1998)15:7<759:EOTDOT>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Three European directives imply for all member stares all evaluation o f food additives intakes. This paper describes the French approach, us ing a step-by-step procedure to evaluate, at a national level, the con sumption of 10 food additives ol groups of additives (E100, curcumin; E160b, annatto, E200-203, sorbic acid and salts; E210-213, benzoic aci d and salts, E220-224, 226-228, sulphites; E249-250, nitrites; E297, f umaric acid; E473-474, sucrose esters and sucroglycerides; E491-492, s tearoyl lactates; E952, cyclamic acid). The results are reassuring for the general population, except for sulphites.