Definition of food additives is not the same countries around the world,the United Nations food and agriculture organization (FAO) and the world health organization (WHO) joint committee on food additives food regulations are defined as food additive is consciously general with a small amount added to the food, to improve the appearance and flavor of food and organizational structure or the nature of the storage of nutrients.
The European Union:
A food additive is any substance that is artificially added to food for technical purposes during the production, processing, preparation, handling, packaging, transportation or storage of food.
The United States:
A food additive is a substance that is intentionally used to cause or is intended to cause, directly or indirectly, to become a food ingredient or to affect the characteristics of food.
China:
According to Article 54 of the Food Hygiene Law of the People’s Republic of China, Article 28 of the Hygiene Management Measures for Food Additives, Article 2 of the Hygiene Management Measures for Food Nutrition Enhancers and Article 99 of the Food Safety Law of the People’s Republic of China, food additives in China are defined as: Food additives refer to artificial or natural substances added to food for the purpose of improving quality, color, aroma and taste of food and for the purposes of preservative, fresh-keeping and processing.
Characteristics
Food additives have the following three characteristics: first, they are substances added to food, so they are generally not eaten as food alone; Second, it includes both synthetic substances and natural substances; Three is added to the purpose of food is to improve food quality and color, fragrance, taste, as well as for anticorrosion, preservation and processing technology needs!
In the end Envo Industry co.,ltd Remind you Food additive unequal to illegal additive. When it comes to the color change of food additives, the main reason is the confusion of the concept of illegal additives and food additives. It is obviously unfair to blame some illegal additives on food additives.
It is necessary to severely crack down on the illegal addition of food, and it is urgent to regulate the production and use of food additives. Food additives have some problems, such as unknown sources, or improper materials, the most likely problem is abuse.
