How To Participate with the Food Chemicals Codex

The Committee on Food Chemicals Codex has published the Food Chemicals Codex, Fifth Edition. The monographs and tests in the book became effective as of January 1, 2004. To order a copy, please call 1-800-624-6242 or order online (10% discount) at www.nap.edu

We would like your help:

The Committee on Food Chemicals Codex is planning to review the chromatography test methods for possible updates in the following monographs:

Acid Hydrolysates of Proteins

Ammonium Saccharin

Butadiene-Styrene Rubber

Butane

Calcium Saccharin

Caramel

Cocoa Butter Substitute

Disodium EDTA

Erythritol

Folic Acid

Gellan Gum

Glyceryl Behenate

Glyceryl Monooleate

Glyceryl Monostearate

Glyceryl Palmitostearate

Hydrochloric Acid

Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose

Isobutane

Isopropyl Alcohol

Lactylated Fatty Acid Esters of Glycerol and Propylene Glycol

Lactylic Esters of Fatty Acids

Malt Syrup

Methylcellulose

Nitrous Oxide

Polydextrose

Polyethylene Glycols

Propane

Propylene Glycol

Sodium Saccharin

Sodium Stearyl Fumarate

Sucrose Fatty Acid Esters

TBHQ

All-rac-alpha-Tocopherol (replaced dl-alpha)

RRR-alpha-Tocopherols Concentrate, Mixed (replaced d-alpha)

RRR-alpha-Tocopheryl Acetate

RRR-alpha-Tocopheryl Acid Succinate

Vitamin D2

If you are a manufacturer of one or more of these substances and would like to participate in the review process by proposing new or revised chromatographic methods, please email mlewis@nas.edu with the name of one of the above substances in your Subject line.

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This page was last updated 03/16/04.



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Suggestions for specific changes or corrections must be clearly marked on hard copies of the downloaded drafts. Mail the draft(s) to:

Committee on Food Chemicals Codex
Food and Nutrition Board/Keck-733A
Institute of Medicine
500 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20001

Electronic copies with changes or corrections clearly marked may be sent to fcc@nas.edu
In either case, do not retype the text.
 
Identify the sources of the comments and append supporting data and documentation. All comments must be received no later than the deadline given in each monograph, test method, or solution now under consideration for the Fifth Edition. The committee advises that comments received after this date cannot be considered for the next publication but will still be considered for later ones.