FDNS 4600 1st Edition Lecture 32 Outline of Past Lecture I II III USDA Collaborates with NIH ODS US Preventative Health Services Taskforce Research Behind USPSTF Recommendation Statements Outline of Current Lecture I II III IV V What are food additives Facts about food additives The Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act Food Additive Amendment Product label Current Lecture I II III IV What are food additives a Anything added to the food b Usually a direct ingredient in the food c FDA is responsible for regulation of food additives d Cannot use color additives to cover up a mistake Facts about food additives a Safe or Unsafe i Cannot always tell what is safe or unsafe just by the name b Certified or Exempt i Certified are synthetic usually does not add flavor ii Exempt are natural sources can change flavor color c Improve and maintain i Safety and freshness ii Nutritional value iii Taste texture and appearance The Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act a Add the definition of what a food additive is b Maintains assuring that food additives ingested are safe c Some food additives may be safe for one situation but not others Therefore food additives are regulated based on case by case basis Food Additive Amendment These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute V a GRAS safe food additives b Prior to 1958 food was sanctioned Product label a All ingredients must be listed in order of weight b Clean labeling i No legal definition industry term ii Involves the replacement of unfamiliar or chemical sounding ingredients with those that the consumer is more likely to recognize iii Using fewer chemicals in the food 1 People do not buy foods with ingredients they do not recognize a This raises many problems like shelf life flavor and ways to produce the food b Also difference between incomes whole foods vs Kroger 2 An example is using celery seeds for preserving meat rather than using nitrates for preserving However the celery seeds might have more nitrate in the food
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