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Latest News Useful Links and Further Reading There are many websites with information on food additives. These are some of the most useful. Some useful books are also listed here Links International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI, Europe) http://www.ilsi.org Has useful material on additives, especially on adverse reactions International Food Information Council http://www.ific.org A large site with thorough coverage Food and Drink Federation http://www.fdf.org.uk The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) is the voice of the UK food and drink manufacturing industry. FDF promotes the industry's views and works to build consumer confidence in the food chain as a whole. Federation of European Food Additives and Food Enzymes Industries http://www.elc-eu.org/default.htm A compact overview of additives in Europe, similar in scope to this site Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives http://www.fao.org/waicent/faoinfo/economic/esn/jecfa/jecfa.htm Reports on the annual meetings at which additives are reassessed en masse and gives agendas for future assessments. A mass of authoritative information in PDF form EU Consumer Policy and Consumer Protection http://europa.eu.int/comm/food/food/additives/comm_legisl_en.htm The European Union's official site on consumer protection includes a section on additives British Nutrition Foundation http://www.nutrition.org.uk/mainmenu2.htm A good general source of nutrition information Institute of Food Science and Technology http://www.IFST.org Includes many hot topics in nutrition Chemical Industries Education Centre www.understandingfoodadditives.org Sense About Science http://www.senseaboutscience.org/ Further Reading Jim Mann and A. Stewart Truswell (eds), Essentials of Human Nutrition, OUP, 1998 Peter Cox and Peggy Bruseau, Food Safety: questions and answers, Food safety advisory Centre, 1993 A. A. Forsyth, British Poisonous Plants, MAFF Bulletin no 161, HMSO, 1954 Brian A. Fox and Allan G. Cameron, Food Science, a chemical approach, 6th Edition, Edward Arnold, 1995 Gerard L Hasenhuettl and Richard W. Hartel, Food Emulsions and their Applications, Chapman & Hall, 1997 Sweeteners, appetite, nutrition, a European perspective, proceedings of a 1993 ISA annual conference, ed S. G. Lisansky and Lesley Yeoman, International Sweeteners Association, CPL Press, Newbury, 1993 Henry B. Heath and Gary Reineccius, Flavor Chemistry and Technology, Macmillan, 1986 Dr Judith Grey, Food Intolerance: Fact or Fiction, 1986 FAIA

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