The next meeting of CCFA is scheduled for March 16-20, 2009 in Beijing, China.

The Committee will continue working on:

• Draft and proposed draft Food Additive Provisions of the GSFA
• Guidelines and Principles for the Use of Substances used as Processing Aids
• Amendments to the INS List
• Specifications for the Identity and Purity of Food Additives arising from the 69th JECFA meeting
• Discussion Paper on scope of selected food categories and use of colours
• Report of the Electronic Working Group on the GSFA
• Discussion Paper on identification of problems and recommendations related to the inconsistent presentation of food additive provisions in Codex commodity standards
• Inventory of Substances used as Processing Aids (IPA)
• Discussion paper on inconsistencies in the names of compounds in Codex Specifications and the INS
• Priority List of Food Additives Proposed for Evaluation by JECFA (including proposals for the revision of the Circular Letter)
• Working Document for Information and Support to the Discussion on the GSFA

DELEGATES

U.S. Delegate
Dennis M. Keefe, Ph.D.
Manager, International Activities
Office of Food Additive Safety (HFS-205)
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Food and Drug Administration
5100 Paint Branch Parkway
College Park, MD 20740
Phone: (301) 436-1284
Fax: (301) 436-2972
dennis.keefe@fda.hhs.gov

Alternate Delegate
Susan E. Carberry, Ph.D.
Supervisory Chemist
Division of Petition Review
Office of Food Additive Safety (HFS-265)
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Food and Drug Administration
5100 Paint Branch Parkway
College Park, MD 20740
Phone: (301) 436-1269
Fax: (301) 436-2972
Susan.Carberry@fda.hhs.gov