Guidance document for WHO monographers and reviewers evaluating food additives (‎‎‎excluding enzyme preparations and flavouring agents)‎‎‎, version 1.0

Overview

This guidance document replaces the previous guidance for the safety evaluation of food additives by Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) monographers and reviewers, issued by WHO in 2000. It is intended primarily for WHO Experts (monographers) who prepare monographs for JECFA and for Members (reviewers) who have been assigned to peer review them. The guidance will also be useful to manufacturers who submit dossiers to WHO and other parties interested in understanding the process followed in the evaluation of food additives by JECFA. Detailed scientific guidance on the interpretation of toxicological and epidemiological data may be found in the monograph Environmental Health Criteria 240.