JECFA Monographs

These monographs, published by the World Health Organization, contain detailed descriptions of the biological and toxicological data considered in the evaluation, as well as the intake assessment.

The 1^st, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 8^th, 10^th, and 12^th through 52nd series of FAS monographs are available in HTML format. WHO monographs beginning with the 51st series are also available in PDF format. The information and endpoints contained in the evaluations can be found in summarized form on the WHO Technical Report Series (TRS) page of this web site.

To locate the most up-to-date evaluation and the corresponding FAS for a specific chemical, please use the  database of evaluation summaries.

Specifications for the identity and purity of some food additives. WHO Food Additives Series, No. 11, 1977.

Specifications for the identity and purity of certain food additives. WHO Food Additives Series, No. 9, 1976.

Specifications for the identity and purity of some food colours enhancers, thickening agents, and certain food flavour additives. WHO Food Additives Series, No. 7, 1975.

A review of the technological efficacy of some antioxidants and synergists. WHO Food Additives Series, No. 3, 1972 (out of print).

Specifications for the identity and purity of some enzymes and certain other substances. WHO Food Additives Series, No. 2, 1972 (out of print).

Safety evaluation of certain food additives: prepared by the fifty-ninth meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (‎JEFCA)‎, 2003, nos 1053-1071 on INCHEM.

Toxicological evaluation of certain veterinary drug residues in food: prepared by the fifty-eighth meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (‎JEFCA)‎, 2001, nos 1045-1052 on INCHEM.

Safety evaluation of certain food additives and contaminants: prepared by the fifty-seventh meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (‎JEFCA)‎, 2001, nos 1021-1044 on INCHEM.

Safety evaluation of certain mycotoxins in food: prepared by the fifty-sixth meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (‎JEFCA)‎, 2001, nos 1011-1020 on INCHEM.

Safety evaluation of certain food additives and contaminants: prepared by the fifty-fifth meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (‎JEFCA)‎, 2001, nos 994-1010 on INCHEM.

Toxicological evaluation of certain veterinary drug residues in food: prepared by the fifty-fourth meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (‎JEFCA)‎, 2000, nos 987-993 on INCHEM.

Safety evaluation of certain food additives and contaminants: prepared by the fifty-third meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (‎JEFCA)‎, 2000, nos 965-986 on INCHEM.

Toxicological evaluation of certain veterinary drug residues in food: prepared by the fifty-second meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (‎JEFCA)‎, 2000, nos 957-964 on INCHEM.

Safety evaluation of certain food additives: prepared by the fifty-first meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (‎JEFCA)‎, 1999, nos 927-956 on INCHEM.

Toxicological evaluation of certain veterinary drug residues in food: prepared by the fiftieth meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (‎JEFCA)‎, 1998, nos 914-926 on INCHEM.

Safety evaluation of certain food additives and contaminants: prepared by the forty-ninth meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (‎JEFCA), 1998, nos 897-913 on INCHEM.

Toxicological evaluation of certain veterinary drug residues in food: prepared by the forty-eighth meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (‎JEFCA), 1997, nos 884-896 on INCHEM.

Toxicological evaluation of certain veterinary drug residues in food: prepared by the forty-seventh meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (‎JEFCA), 1996, nos 873-883 on INCHEM.

Toxicological evaluation of certain food additives and contaminants: prepared by the forty-sixth meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (‎JEFCA), 1996, nos 864-872 on INCHEM.

Toxicological evaluation of certain veterinary drug residues in food: prepared by the forty-fifth meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (‎JEFCA), 1996, nos 853-863.

Toxicological evaluation of certain food additives and contaminants: prepared by the forty-fourth meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (‎JEFCA), 1996, nos 832-852.

Toxicological evaluation of certain veterinary drug residues in food: prepared by the forty-third meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (‎JEFCA), 1995, nos 818-831.

Toxicological evaluation of certain veterinary drug residues in food: prepared by the forty-second meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (‎JEFCA), 1994, nos 804-817.

Toxicological evaluation of certain food additives and contaminants: prepared by the forty-first meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (‎JEFCA), 1993, nos 783-803.

Toxicological evaluation of certain veterinary drug residues in food: prepared by the fortieth meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (‎JEFCA), 1993, nos 769-782.

Toxicological evaluation of certain food additives and naturally occurring toxicants: prepared by the thirty-ninth meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (‎JEFCA), 1993, nos 746-768.

Toxicological evaluation of certain veterinary residues in food: prepared by the thirty-eighth meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (‎JEFCA), 1991, nos 731-745.

Toxicological evaluation of certain food additives and contaminants: prepared by the thirty-seventh meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (‎JEFCA), 1991, nos 706-730.

Toxicological evaluation of certain veterinary drug residues in food: prepared by the thirty-sixth meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (‎JEFCA), 1991, nos 694-705.

Toxicological evaluation of certain food additives and contaminants: prepared by the thirty-fifth meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (‎JEFCA), 1990, nos 680-693.

Toxicological evaluation of certain veterinary drug residues in food: prepared by the thirty-fourth meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (‎JEFCA), 1990, nos 665-679.

Toxicological evaluation of certain food additives and contaminants: prepared by the thirty-third meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (‎JEFCA), Cambridge University Press, 1989, nos 651-664.

Toxicological evaluation of certain veterinary drug residues in food: prepared by the thirty-second meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (‎JEFCA),. Cambridge University Press, 1988, nos 643-650.

Toxicological evaluation of certain food additives: prepared by the thirty-first meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (‎JEFCA). Cambridge University Press, 1988, nos 627-642.

Toxicological evaluation of certain food additives and contaminants: prepared by the thirtieth meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (‎JEFCA). Cambridge University Press, 1987, nos 607-626.

Toxicological evaluation of certain food additives and contaminants: prepared by the twenty-ninth meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (‎JECFA). Cambridge University Press, 1987, nos 591-606.

Toxicological evaluation of certain food additives and contaminants: prepared by the twenty-eighth meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (‎JECFA),1984, nos 574-590.

Toxicological evaluation of certain food additives and contaminants: prepared by the twenty-seventh meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (‎JECFA), 1983, nos 554-573.

Toxicological evaluation of certain veterinary drug residues in food: prepared by the twenty-sixth meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (‎JECFA), 1982, nos 521-553.

Toxicological evaluation of certain food additives: prepared by the twenty-fifth meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (‎JECFA), 1981, nos 495-520.

Toxicological evaluation of certain food additives; prepared by the twenty-fourth meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (‎JECFA), 1980, nos 486-494.

Toxicological evaluation of certain food additives: prepared by the twenty-third meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (‎JECFA), 1980, nos 465-485.

Summary of toxicological data of certain food additives and contaminants: prepared by the twenty-third meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (‎JECFA), 1978, nos 451-464.

Summary of toxicological data of certain food additives: prepared by the twenty-first meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (‎JECFA), 1977, nos 429-450.

Toxicological evaluation of certain food additives: prepared by the twentieth meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (‎JECFA), 1976, nos 415-428.

Toxicological evaluation of some food colours, thickening agents, and certain other substances: prepared by the nineteenth meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (‎JECFA), 1975, nos 401-414.

Toxicological evaluation of some food colours, enzymes, flavour enhancers, thickening agents, and certain other food additives: prepared by the eighteenth meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (‎JECFA), 1975, nos 354-400.

Toxicological evaluation of some food additives including anticaking agents, antimicrobials, antioxidants, emulsifiers, and thickening agents: prepared by the seventeenth meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (‎JECFA), 1974, nos 257-353.

Evaluation of mercury, lead, cadmium and the food additives amaranth, diethylpyrocarbonate, and octyl gallate; prepared by the sixteenth meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (‎JECFA), 1972, nos 249-256.

Toxicological evaluation of some enzymes, modified starches, and certain other substances: prepared by the fifteenth meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (‎JECFA), 1972, nos 222-248.

Toxicological evaluation of some extraction solvents and certain other substances: prepared by the fourteenth meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (‎JECFA)‎, 1970., 199-221.

Toxicological evaluation of some flavouring substances and non-nutritive sweetening agents: prepared by the eleventh meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (‎JECFA), 1967, nos 92-131.

Toxicological evaluation of some antimicrobials, antioxidants, emulsifiers, stabilizers, flour-treatment agents, acids, and bases: prepared by the night and tenth of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (‎JECFA). 1967, nos 17-91.

Specifications for identity and purity and toxicological evaluation of some antimicrobial and antioxidants. prepared by the eighth meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (‎JECFA), 1965, nos 1-16.