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Food additives


food additives - natural or artificial substances and their compounds intentionally added to food products during their manufacturing process in order to impart certain properties to the food products and (or) to preserve the quality of food products;

Source: Federal Law No. 29-FZ dated January 2, 2000 (as amended on July 19, 2011) "On the Quality and Safety of Food Products"

food additive - any substance (or mixture of substances), whether or not having its own nutritional value, usually not consumed directly as food, intentionally used in the production of food products for a technological purpose (function) to ensure the processes of production (manufacturing), transportation (carriage) and storage, which may result or may lead to the fact that this substance or products of its transformation become components of food products; a food additive may perform several technological functions;

Source: Decision of the Eurasian Economic Commission Council dated 20.07.2012 No. 58 "On adoption of the Technical Regulation of the Customs Union "Safety requirements for food additives, flavorings and technological auxiliary agents" (together with "TR CU 029/2012. Technical Regulation of the Customs Union. Safety requirements for food additives, flavorings and technological auxiliary agents")

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