Food Additives and Safety: Health Risks and Standards

Food Additives and Safety: Health Risks and Standards

Abstract

People were preserving food since ancient times based on traditional approaches since there was no technology to preserve food. Particularly, processes, such as smoking, drying, salting, pickling, and canning were used to preserve foods. However, the invention of artificial preservatives promoted the development of food additives with various health complications. Food additives refer to chemicals added to food in the process of manufacturing and general preparation to obtain a particular effect. The effects of food additives range from the addition of flavor, color, and other substances that make the food last for a longer time, as in the…