Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA)
The Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) is an international scientific expert committee that is administered jointly by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO). It has been meeting since 1956, initially to evaluate the safety of food additives. Its work now also includes the evaluation of contaminants, naturally occurring toxicants and residues of veterinary drugs in food.
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Latest reports and monographs

Toxicological evaluation of certain veterinary drug residues in food: prepared by the ninety-eighth meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (‎JECFA)

The monographs contained in this volume were prepared at the ninety-eighth meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA), which...

Safety evaluation of certain food additives: prepared by the ninety-ninth meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (‎JECFA)‎

The Ninety-ninth meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Executive Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) was held in Geneva from 11 June to 20 June 2024. The purpose...

Joint FAO/WHO expert consultation on the risks and benefits of fish consumption: meeting report, Rome, 9–13 October 2023

Evolving science and debate concerning the benefits and risks of consuming fish have resulted in confusion over the years, and national and international...

Safety evaluation of certain food additives: prepared by the ninety-seventh meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (‎JECFA)‎

The Ninety-seventh meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Executive Committee on Food Additives was held in Rome from 31 October to 9 November 2023. The Committee...

FAO/WHO background document on the risks and benefits of fish consumption

The report of the first Joint FAO/WHO Expert Consultation on the Risks and Benefits of Fish Consumption was published in 2010. Since then, new literature,...

Evaluation of certain food additives: ninety-ninth report of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

The Ninety-ninth report of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) meeting, Geneva, 11–20 June 2024.The report represents JECFA...

Summaries

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The One-hundredth meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives was held in Rome from 10 to 19 June 2025. The purpose of the meeting...

JECFA99 summary report

The Ninety-ninth meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) was held at WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland from 11-20...

JECFA 98 summary and conclusions pub cover

A meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) was held at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy, on 20–29 February 2024. The...