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Preface This ACS Symposium Series book evolved from the ACS symposium “Food Additives and Packaging,” sponsored by the Division of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (AGFD) at the 245th ACS National Meeting & Exposition in New Orleans, LA, April 7–11, 2013. There had not been such a large meeting of scientists, regulators, and legal representatives of the industry in this field or an ACS Symposium related to this topic for at least 10 years. The theme of the Spring 2013 ACS Meeting, “Food and Energy,” was perfect. The purpose in organizing this book was to broaden the readers’ understanding of the rules and regulations governing the use of food additives and food packaging materials in the U.S. and globally. Furthermore, the book investigates novel materials and applications related to food additives and food packaging materials and explores concerns, issues, and current events in the field. The book particularly highlights global regulations, research, development, applications, and evaluation of food additives and food packaging materials. These areas are dynamic, constantly changing, and expected to attract the interest of a broad and diverse readership. When consumers think of food additives, they usually think of chemicals directly added to food, like preservatives, food colorings and flavorings, and sugar substitutes. However, the term “food additive” is legally defined to cover any substances which may become components of food. The term “food contact substances” (FCS) is used in the U.S. to include components of packaging materials, and materials used in the processing, handling, and storage of food. This Symposium Series book is divided into two parts: Part I on Global Regulations and Part II on Research and Development, Applications, and Evaluations. This book contains 19 timely chapters written by global authorities in the fields of food additives, food processing aids, and food packaging materials, which are designed to attract the interest of a broad, diverse readership. Part I of this book highlights how food additives and packaging materials are classified and regulated in different parts of the world and addresses some of the scientific, legal, and practical issues related to these regulations from the perspective representatives. Part I contains monographs on general aspects of regulatory processes in various countries (U.S., EU, Thailand and Japan) and specific aspects, such as GRAS substances, color additives, enzymes, flavorings, safety assessments, and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Part II presents some current topics related to the research, development, applications, and evaluation of food additives and food packaging materials. Part II contains monographs on applying regulatory knowledge for packaging compliance and evaluating food packaging for pre-packaged irradiated food, and ix Komolprasert and Turowski; Food Additives and Packaging ACS Symposium Series; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 2014.
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on various emerging technologies, such as a control release packaging system and high pressure processing that can improve the appearance, texture, taste, or shelf-life of food; it also includes monographs that discuss other aspects, such as bisphenol A, PET packaging materials, nanomaterials, and biomaterials. The audience for this book includes food scientists, packaging scientists, researchers, regulators, government officials, regulatory staff in the food industry and personnel at law offices interested in obtaining updates on food additive and food packaging material regulations, as well as the emerging research and development, applications, and evaluation. It will also interest food technologists and engineers designing food packages, polymer chemists, and polymer engineers developing new packaging materials. We would like to thank the authors of the chapters and Ashlie Carlson, Arlene Furman, Tim Marney, and Bob Hauserman from the ACS Books department for their incredible patience when we missed nearly every deadline. It has been a pleasure and joy to work with you all. We also thank Allan Bailey from the Division of Food Contact Notification, U.S. FDA, for his invaluable input to this book.
Vanee Komolprasert Division of Food Contact Notifications Office of Food Additive Safety U.S. Food and Drug Administration College Park, Maryland
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Petra Turowski Division of Food Contact Notifications Office of Food Additive Safety U.S. Food and Drug Administration College Park, Maryland
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x Komolprasert and Turowski; Food Additives and Packaging ACS Symposium Series; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 2014.
