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Food Additives & Chemical Preservatives

Wikipedia : Wikipedia:List_of_food_additives : Wikipedia Category:Food_additives : Everything2:preservative : DMoz : DMoz:Nutrients : Food-Net :
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Food Safety : FDA:CFSAN:Food Ingredients and Packaging : FDA:CFSAN:Food Ingredients and Packaging:Regulation Matrix : FDA:CFSAN:Color Additives : FDA:CFSAN:Labeling and Nutrition : FDA:FSIS:Additives in Meat and Poultry Products : NIH:NLM:Medline Plus:Food labeling :
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Enumbers is the European category system for food additives and are usually found on food labels throughout the European Union. Find out more by following the link.

BHT & BHA

Some Studies on BHT, BHA & TBHQ
http://diet-studies.com/bht.html

Preservatives BHA and BHT -Food Preservatives and Additives Chemistry from http://chemistry.about.com/
http://chemistry.about.com/library/weekly/aa082101a.htm

Sodium Lactate

NIH:NLM:NCBI:PubMed Abstract: An effective lacticin biopreservative in fresh pork sausage. J Food Prot. 2000 Mar;63(3):370-5.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10716567&dopt=Abstract

Abstract: Antimicrobial effect of natural preservatives in a cooked and acidified chicken meat model. Int J Food Microbiol. 2002 Oct 25;78(3):217-26.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12227640&dopt=Abstract

NOTE: Found no studies regarding the use of Sodium Lactate and Cancer. There may be none.

Guides and References

Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances (RTECS) a compendium of data extracted from the open scientific literature. Six types of toxicity data are included in the file: (1) primary irritation; (2) mutagenic effects; (3) reproductive effects; (4) tumorigenic effects; (5) acute toxicity; and (6) other multiple dose toxicity.
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/rtecs/default.html

RTECS was available online, but is now a for charge database. However, access is for the information is available at the NLM's TOXNET listed below.
TOXNET, a cluster of databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related.
http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/

Food Ingredients and Colors IFIC (International Food Information Council) and FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) put together this brochure with helpful background information about food and color additives. It is available in PDF format here as well.
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/foodic.html

GrokFood the easiest, most comprehensive online food additives database. It includes:

• All chemicals added to food in the United States, including full text of federal regulations governing their use
• Additives codified under the International Numbering System, a joint FAO/WHO initiative

http://www.grokfood.com/

IPCS INCHEM is a means of rapid access to internationally peer reviewed information on chemicals commonly used throughout the world, which may also occur as contaminants in the environment and food. It consolidates information from a number of intergovernmental organizations whose goal it is to assist in the sound management of chemicals.
http://www.inchem.org/

E-Number Information

Food-Info.net
A multilingual site that provides background information about:

• foods
• food components
• how foods are made (food production)
• food ingredients
• E-numbers (additives)
• food safety

A Rough Guide to E-Numbers
http://www.chemsoc.org/ExemplarChem/entries/2001/anderson/first.htm

Listing of Food Additives using the Australian system of labelling for additives in packaged foods. Each food additive has to be named or numbered. The numbers are the same as in Europe, but without the prefix 'E'.
http://nac.allergyforum.com/additives/

Whole Foods on-line Reference Library, which includes a short reference list of Ingredients
http://www.wholefoods.com/healthinfo/list_ingredients.html

1500+ Food Additives are listed and described.
http://www.yourtruhealth.com/main/information/foodadditives/

Research on Diet and Health - A Selection of Studies Supporting Health Issues caused by eating certain foods. Article titles are linked to their MedLine Abstracts where available.
http://diet-studies.com/research.html

EXTOXNET (The EXtension TOXicology NETwork) FAQ Extension toxicologists from the University of California at Davis, Cornell University, Oregon State University, University of Idaho, and Michigan State University are collaborating in this effort to address issues raised by the public.
http://extoxnet.orst.edu/faqs/

FDA's National Center for Toxicological Research conducts peer-reviewed scientific research that supports and anticipates the FDA's current and future regulatory needs. http://www.fda.gov/nctr/index.html

Articles

Additives Link to Hyperactive Children
http://www.calderdale-online.org/html/health/food_additives.html

Harmful chemicals in everyday products
http://www.sustainable.co.za/usefularticles.php

NPR Nutrition Labels for Fast Foods Morning Edition, November 10, 2003
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1497083

http://www.ftc.gov/be/v030003.htm