Ninety-second meeting - Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA)

Overview

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 the meeting was to evaluate the safety of certain food additives and flavourings. The present meeting was the 92nd in a series of similar meetings. The tasks before the Committee were (a) to further elaborate principles governing the evaluation of food additives, (b) to undertake safety evaluations of certain food additives, (c) to review and prepare specifications for certain food additives and (d) to establish specifications for certain flavouring agents.