Letter to the Editor in response to "Our unrequited love for natural ingredients," by Burdock and Wang

Christie L Harman; Sean V Taylor

doi:10.1016/j.fct.2017.11.045

Letter to the Editor in response to "Our unrequited love for natural ingredients," by Burdock and Wang

Food Chem Toxicol. 2018 Jan:111:670-672. doi: 10.1016/j.fct.2017.11.045. Epub 2017 Nov 24.

Authors

Christie L Harman¹, Sean V Taylor²

Affiliations

¹ Flavor and Extract Manufacturers Association, 1101 17th Street, NW Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036, USA.
² Flavor and Extract Manufacturers Association, 1101 17th Street, NW Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036, USA. Electronic address: staylor@vertosolutions.net.

PMID: 29180063
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2017.11.045

Abstract

This letter is in response to the review article "Our unrequited love for natural ingredients" authored by Burdock and Wang in the September edition of FCT. Our purpose is to clarify the procedure used by the FEMA Expert Panel for the safety evaluation of natural flavor complexes, as well as to note and/or correct inaccuracies that we have identified within the article.

Keywords: Flavoring; Food; GRAS; Natural flavor complex; Threshold of toxicological concern; Toxicology.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Biological Products / analysis*
Flavoring Agents / analysis*
Humans
Plant Extracts / analysis*
Toxicity Tests

Substances

Biological Products
Flavoring Agents
Plant Extracts