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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives Seeks Experts
The committee provides science advice on potential human health impact of food chemicals as basis for acceptable levels of chemicals in food to the Codex Alimentarius Commission and to member states in their regulatory control programs.
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