"Food grade" food...?
Started by D-D, Feb 21 2012 11:24 AM
There are regulations on food contact materials e.g. for packaging etc but what/where are the guidelines that make a food...food? Especially for chemicals that are used for food flavourings/additives etc, what separates inudstrial from food suitability?
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There are regulations on food contact materials e.g. for packaging etc but what/where are the guidelines that make a food...food? Especially for chemicals that are used for food flavourings/additives etc, what separates inudstrial from food suitability?
Dear D-D,
Yr question encompasses a vast array of official/library reference texts in a large assortment of languages (every Country has one
FCC = Food Chemical Codex.
Codex Alimentarius's Encyclopedia of defined FGCs-additives / Codex E-Numbers (try looking on the back of snack food packets).
US-FDA Food Additive Lists.
US-FDA's GRAS (Generally Recognised As Safe) list.
It gets a bit more discriminating if you are seeking things like edible lubricants. And then there is Pharmaceutical Grade.
I expect UK has their own list(s) also, somewhere. BSI XYZ ?
I suppose the general answer to yr other query is "purity", particularly directed towards "food safety" / toxicity aspects, eg BCP(A) specifications.
Rgds / Charles.C
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