INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME ON CHEMICAL SAFETY
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
SUMMARY OF TOXICOLOGICAL DATA OF CERTAIN FOOD ADDITIVES
AND CONTAMINANTS
WHO FOOD ADDITIVES SERIES NO. 13
The data contained in this document were examined by the
Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives*
Rome, 3-12 April 1978
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
World Health Organization
* Twenty-second Report of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food
Additives, Geneva, 1978, WHO Technical Report Series No. 631
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
THE MONOGRAPHS
FOOD ADDITIVES
Amaranth
Azorubine
Brilliant black PN
Maltol
Ponceau 4R
Quinoline yellow
Sorbitol
Stannous chloride
Turmeric/curcumin
Xylitol
FOOD CONTAMINANTS
Asbestos
Lead
Mercury
INTRODUCTION
The summary of data contained in this document has been examined
by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee in Rome from 3-12 April 1978.
The report1 of this meeting contains comments and evaluations on the
substances whose biological data are herein enclosed.
Any new information and comments on the biological data should be
addressed to:
Division of Environmental Health
Environmental Health Criteria and Standards (Food Safety)
World Health Organization
Avenue Appia
1211 Geneva 27
Switzerland
1 Twenty-second Report of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on
Food Additives. Wld Hlth Org. techn. Rep. Ser., 631, 1978