The topic of food additives recently become a “front burner” item for IFT for a number of reasons, and stemming from deliberations in a couple of different IFT groups, the “Food Chemicals Codex” (FCC) became one of several priorities in our global harmonization efforts. I subsequently offered to lead a small tactical team on FCC-related activities, and to provide updates on FCC developments of potential interest to the IFT membership.
The FCC is a compendium of internationally recognized standard…