How can I be sure that food additives are safe?

Mar 24, 2023

EU Specialty Food Ingredients

07-06-2023

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EU Specialty Food Ingredients is pleased to support World Food Safety Day, celebrated today in order to inspire action to help prevent, detect and manage foodborne risks and to draw attention to the many aspects of food safety.

All actors in the food chain share a clear responsibility to increase sustainable production of safe food, an essential aspect and guarantee of human health and well-being. Specialty Food Ingredients are no exception. For example, food additives must be assessed and declared safe by national and international food safety authorities (e.g. JECFA, EFSA) before they can be used in food and drinks on the market.

In line with World Food Safety Day 2023 theme "Food standards save lives", it is important to stress how available safety standards, based on scientific risk assessments, guarantee that consumers can safely enjoy high quality foods and drinks, while at the same time protecting consumer health.