FOOD 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Quality Control, Sensory Analysis, Food Preservation
15 Jul 2020
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Has been around for thousands of years. Perhaps the rst was smoke used by early humans to preserve meats and sh: romans used sulphites to preserves their wines and salt to cure pork and sh. Food additive often has negative connotations when discussed in the context of food and nutrition. Food additive: any substance, the use of which results, or may reasonably be expected to result in it or its by-products becoming a part of or a ecting the characteristics of a food. Usually regulated according to functional usage in prescribed foods and level of usage. In canada, food additives are regulated under division 16 of the food and drug regulations. The use of food additives is highly regulated and controlled by law. They must be approved for use according to prescribed protocols outlined in food regulations. Most legislation requires that human safety and technological e cacy be demonstrated before additives receive regulatory approval.
