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.

Summary reports

In the weeks following a JECFA  meeting, a summary report is published and posted on the FAO and WHO websites. It includes the main conclusions and the health-based guidance values or other safety recommendations for the substances evaluated at the meeting. The summary report is replaced by the JECFA meeting report at the time of its publication.

Thumbnail cover of the summary report

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...

JECFA 97 summary and conclusions pub cover

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 purpose...

JECFA’s risk assessment of titanium dioxide risk released – background information pub cover

Assessment of the health impacts of the food colour additive titanium dioxide (TiO2) has been released by the and the World Health Organization (WHO) and...

Joint FAO/WHO Expert Consultation on Risks and Benefits of Fish Consumption publication cover

In October 2023, FAO and WHO held a Joint FAO/WHO Expert Consultation to update the Report of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Consultation on the Risks and Benefits...

Ninety-sixth meeting - Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA): summary publication cover

The Ninety-sixth meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Executive Committee on Food Additives was held in Geneva from 27 June to 6 July 2023. The purpose of the...

Ninety-fifth meeting - Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee of Food Additives (JECFA) publication cover

A virtual meeting of the Joint Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)/World Health Organization (WHO) Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) was held...

JECFA93 summary and conclusions publication cover

A meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) was held on a virtual online platform from 24 March to 1 April 2022. The purpose...

A meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) was held on a virtual online platform on 7–18 June 2021. The purpose of...