Joint Expert Committee which is controlled by imperialist governments organization’s such as World Healthy Organization (WHO) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) works on additives in the world and submit their toxicological studies evaluation proposals to International Codex Alimentarius. IECFA also determines the properties of the additives and making standard of their analysis methods. They prepare A, B, C lists for additives. A list represents the positive list. Uncompleted evaluated additives classified in the B list. C list is for the negative list.
What is additives?
It is the chemical materials which use for promote sales and facilitate marketing. The usage aim of additives is the following.
1 – As preservatives, delaying of staling, taint or deterioration in food. Benzoic acid, sodium benzoyl, etc.
2 – To facilitate to bind normally non mixed or hard mixed substances like lecithin.
3 – As a thickener, Agar agar, gelatin, etc.
4 – As Colorants, convert food colors to be remarkable like E120 Carmine.
5 – Flavors, Aromas, give the flavor to the palate such as vanilla.
6 – To protect and enhance the nutritional values.
7 – Sweeteners, Aspartame, etc
8 – To facilitate the production and keep stable like E920 L-cysteine
AS a result of that, it is obvious that Muslims have to establish their own organization for International food, cosmetic and therapeutic product’s codex.
