Food Chemical Codex (FCC) - Eighth Edition

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United States Pharmacopeia Convention

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This essential resource is a compendium of internationally recognised standards for determining the purity and quality of food ingredients. The Food Chemicals Codex (FCC) Eighth Edition is a valuable resource for authenticating a wide variety of ingredients, including processing aids, preservatives, flavourings, colourants, and nutrients.

The FCC is now revised and updated through an open collaborative revision process involving industry, government, and the public. It provides access to comprehensive specifications, methods, and reference information for food ingredients used around the world.

Recent updates include new or revised standards for glycerin, lutein, sodium iron EDTA, DHA alga oil, synthetic red colour additives, ARA infant formula ingredients, and mineral oil.

This two-year print subscription includes a main edition and three supplements, which publish at six-month intervals during the subscription period. Each supplement contains significant new and revised standards and information.

Key features include:

• More than 1,100 monographs featuring key specifications:

  • Empirical formula, structural formula, formula weight, CAS, INS, and FEMA numbers

  • Description, including physical form and solubility

  • Function, identification, assay, impurity limits and specific tests

  • Packaging and storage

• 14 appendices providing clear, step-by-step guidance for more than 150 tests and assays

• Helpful information and guidance on Validation of Food Chemicals Codex Methods:

  • AOAC/ISO/IUPAC guidelines on method validation

  • USP Reference Standards for food ingredients

  • Information on analytical techniques from USP-NF General Chapters, IR spectra

  • General Good Manufacturing Practices Guidelines for Food Chemicals

  • Comparison of GMP elements from foods and drugs

  • FCC in the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations

• New - 1,300+ entries extract from USP's soon-to-be-released Food Fraud Database featuring information on adulterants reported for specific ingredients, including analytical methods. Based on scholarly manuscripts and media articles from 1980 - 2010, it serves a baseline on fraud issues and is a useful risk management tool

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