New FCC Forum Opened December 21

From FCC e-Newsletter (Winter 2010)

The Food Chemicals Codex (FCC) Forum is available at http://forum.foodchemicalscodex.org and posted on December 21st. The FCC Forum is the free online review-and-comment site through which stakeholders and other interested parties can submit their comments on proposed additions and revisions to FCC standards and methods. As a public standards-setting organization, USP values the comments received on these proposed revisions and encourages all interested parties to review the proposals and submit comments according to the instructions in the FCC Forum.

The FCC Forum provides an opportunity for users and interested parties to review and comment on proposed changes in the following monographs and general tests:

5'-ADENYLIC ACID
ASCORBYL PALMITATE
CALCIUM LIGNOSULFONATE (40-65)
CARBON, ACTIVATED
5'-CYTIDYLIC ACID
D-CAMPHOR
L-CARVEOL
D-CARVONE
L-CARVONE
L-CARVYL ACETATE
DHA ALGAL OIL, CRYPTHECODINIUM TYPE
DHA ALGAL OIL, SCHIZOCHYTRIUM TYPE
DISODIUM 5'-URIDYLATE
DIACETYL TARTARIC ACID ESTERS OF MONO- AND
DIGLYCERIDES
DIETHYL SEBACATE
D-DIHYDROCARVONE
ETHYL LAUROYL ARGINATE
ETHYL ACETATE
FERRIC PHOSPHATE
D-FENCHONE
GLYCERYL MONOOLEATE
4-(P-HYDROXYPHENYL)-2-BUTANONE
ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL
ALPHA-LACTALBUMIN
D-LIMONENE
L-LIMONENE
MALTITOL
L-MENTHONE
DL-MENTHYL ACETATE
L-MENTHYL ACETATE
NISIN PREPARATION
POLYVINYLPOLYPYRROLIDONE
PROPYLENE OXIDE
PHOSPHORIC ACID
POTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, DIBASIC
POTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, MONOBASIC
POTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, TRIBASIC
REBAUDIOSIDE A
SODIUM PHOSPHATE, MONOBASIC
TARTARIC ACID
ZEAXANTHIN
APPENDIX III -- CHEMICAL TESTS AND DETERMINATIONS
APPENDIX VII -- FATS AND RELATED SUBSTANCES
APPENDIX XII -- MICROBIOLOGICAL TESTS

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Public Review-and-Comment Period Deadlines:
The FCC Forum is open for a 90-day comment period —until March 31, 2010. After the comment period has closed, any comments received will be reviewed by staff and then presented to the Food Ingredients Expert Committee of the USP Council of Experts for final consideration and balloting in accordance with the Rules and Procedures of the Council of Experts. The final standards approved by the Food Ingredient Expert Committee are published in the next FCC edition or Supplement.