How can food companies regulate the use of additives

The recent occurrence of several hot food events has made food additives the object of consumers' attention

Article 150 of the Food Safety Law clearly states: Food additives refer to synthetic or natural substances added to food for the purpose of improving the quality, color, aroma and taste of food, as well as for the needs of preservation, preservation and processing technology, including nutritional fortification.

For enterprises, in order to ensure the safety of food additives, they must establish a sound food additive management system, namely: special store procurement, special counter storage, special personnel responsible, special tools, special ledger, from the procurement of food additives - acceptance - Storage - Use 4 links to ensure strict control over the use of food additives

Special store procurement: Food additive suppliers should have corresponding production qualifications, and ask for certificates and tickets for future reference when purchasing

Counter storage: Food additives should be stored separately in a locked cabinet, with the label "Food Additives Counter" posted to prevent anyone from taking or using them at will

Personnel in charge: Custodians and users of food additives must undergo relevant training and pass the assessment

Special tools: Due to the small amount of food additives used, the accuracy of measuring instruments is relatively high, so the measuring instruments for food additives should be dedicated.

Special ledger: establish a special ledger for food additives, and record the storage and delivery of food additives in detail

In addition, production enterprises should regularly carry out training on food additive laws and regulations, operational norms, etc.

At the same time, it is recommended that companies conduct compliance assessment of the use of food additives at least once a year or before the launch of new products, and evaluate food from the perspectives of the introduction of raw materials, the scope and limit of additive use, the homology of medicine and food, the use of nutritional fortifiers, and labeling ingredients and labeling specifications.

In a word, food enterprises should fulfill their food safety responsibilities in accordance with the law, establish and improve various quality and safety control systems such as inspection and inspection, purchase and sales accounts, and process control, and strictly implement them.

(Yuan Lu)

"China Food News" (July 11, 2022, 06 edition)

(Editor-in-charge: Yang Xiaojing)