Worst Offender Additives in Food Items and Their Hazards
Journal Title: Voyager - Year 2017, Vol 0, Issue 2
Abstract
Every living organism needs food to live. Foods have many nutrients such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals. These nutrients present in food are ingested and assimilated by an organism to produce energy, stimulate growth and maintain life. These days we don’tjust want our food to taste good but it also has to look good. As a result, food producers use any of laboratory- made additives to make it appear fresher, more attractive and last longer on the shelf.Processing and packaging also has increased the use of food additives in the food industry. Some of these additives have associated health risks. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), Quality Assurance Division, (A Statutory Authority established under the Food Safety and Standard Act, 2006) provides the clear idea about the permissible limit of the additives added in food items. International Numbering System [INS] gives the number to the Food Additives. INS is only for identifying the INS No. of these food additives on their synonyms as per the codex . A surveillance system which documents adverse effects to food additives as well as monitors risk on a regular basis is important for every country to have. Such data would be beneficial to regulatory authorities as well as the industry in fixing usage levels of the additive in an effort to minimize health risk.
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Rakhi Dwivedi
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