Summary of Evaluations Performed by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA)
1956-2007

| WHO activities relating to JECFA and the preparation of this summary serve as a contribution to the International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS), which is a joint venture of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the International Labour Organisation (ILO), and the World Health Organization (WHO). |
FAO and WHO acknowledge the valuable assistance of Mr Durward Dodgen, who thoroughly revised and updated the database from 1996 through early 2004 and of Dr John Herrman, who is continuing this work and is responsible for the latest update. The database was originally prepared by Mrs J. Howell of the International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI®).
Printed by ILSI Press as a contribution to the work of FAO and IPCS .
Note: the printed edition that is currently available was printed in 1999 and covers the first through forty-ninth meetings.
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ISBN
1-57881-063-9 _ ILSI
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