Food Additives: Safety Assessment, Consumer Dietary Exposure Estimates and Regulation
A special issue of Toxics (ISSN 2305-6304). This special issue belongs to the section "Exposome Analysis and Risk Assessment".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 October 2021) | Viewed by 464
Special Issue Editors
Interests: genetic toxicology; toxicology; risk assessment; regulatory toxicology
* Retired from Istituto Superiore di Sanita (ISS) since 1 April 2020
* Disclaimer: The views expressed in this Special Issue do not necessarily represent the views of the FDA.
Interests: dietary exposure estimation; safety assessments; analytical chemistry
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Food additives play an important function in the manufacture, processing, packaging, and storage of food. Food ingredients are added in order to improve the safety, shelf-life, freshness, taste, texture, and appearance of food. Although food additives such as salt have been widely used for centuries for food preservation, their use is met with suspicion by many consumers that view food ingredients as unnatural and unhealthy. This risk perception is influenced by knowledge of legislation granting their safety and trust in regulators. At present, public awareness of the scientific activities and existing regulations enforced to protect consumers’ health from potential risks related to the use of food additives is low. This Special Issue will provide a platform to present and discuss scientific and regulatory approaches enforced in different regions of the world for exposure and safety assessment of food additives. It is hoped that this publication, based on current evidence and scientific knowledge, will contribute to enhance information on food additive use, consumer exposure, and health risks.
Dr. Riccardo CrebelliDr. Romina Shah
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- food additives
- color additives
- non-nutritive sweeteners
- preservatives
- mammalian toxicology
- dietary exposure
- safety assessment
- regulatory toxicology
- food regulation
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