Food Additives

Objectives

The goals of those projects are to:

gather data on food additives so that it can be used in conjunction with other Open Food Facts data
determine what food additives data should be displayed on Open Food Facts product pages
create information pages for each food additive
possibly classify the risk of each additive so that it can be shown on Open Food Facts
- currently done for some additives on Open Food Facts in French language: http://fr.wiki.openfoodfacts.org/Projet:Fiches_sur_les_additifs

Types of data

Codes, names and synonyms

See Global additives taxonomy

Additive production

Sources of the additive
- Natural extract / chemical synthesis
- Vegetarian, vegan
- Containing pork
How is the additive produced?
Religious certifications
- Casher
- Halal

Additive uses

Types of products containing the additive

Health risks

Sources of data

For each source, we should note under which licence the data is available.

Laws and regulations

United Nations

WHO/FAO Codex Alimentarius

Codex General Standard for Food Additives (GSFA)

http://www.codexalimentarius.org/standards/gsfa/

Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JEFCA)

Combined Compendium of Food Additive Specifications

http://www.fao.org/food/food-safety-quality/scientific-advice/jecfa/jecfa-additives/en/

Specifications for Flavourings

http://www.fao.org/food/food-safety-quality/scientific-advice/jecfa/jecfa-flav/en/

European Union

Regulation on Food additives

Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on food additives

Original: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32008R1333

Consolidated: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02008R1333-20141106

Database: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/sanco_foods/main/?event=substances.search&substances.pagination=1

Regulation on Flavourings

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 872/2012 of 1 October 2012 adopting the list of flavouring substances provided for by Regulation (EC) No 2232/96 of the European Parliament and of the Council, introducing it in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 1565/2000 and Commission Decision 1999/217/EC Text with EEA relevance

Original: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32012R0872

Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on flavourings and certain food ingredients with flavouring properties for use in and on foods and amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/91, Regulations (EC) No 2232/96 and (EC) No 110/2008 and Directive 2000/13/EC (Text with EEA relevance)

Consolidated: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02008R1334-20141107

Database: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/sanco_foods/main/?event=substances.search&substances.pagination=1