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G. SMITHERS, CSIRO - Food Science Australia, 671 Sneydes Road (Private Bag 16), Werribee, Victoria, 3030, Australia, P. Roupas, Food Science Australia, and L. Keener, International Product Safety Consultants, 4021 W. Bertona Street, Seattle, WA 98199-1934. Globally, there is a large and rapidly growing market for functional food ingredients. This burgeoning market is being driven by consumer expectations, indeed demands, for health-promoting foods together with foods that offer convenience and a pleasurable eating experience. The consumption of functional food products is being driven by a key consumer motivator: self-maintenance and improvement of health through diet. Evidence for this trend is found in the size and growth of the global functional foods market, estimated at >$50 billion in 2003/04, with the USA being the largest market at more than $18 billion, and projected to grow annually at 8% until 2005 and then by 4 to 5% per year through 2010. Access to and growth in this market are creating an almost insatiable desire among food companies for new bioactive and multifunctional ingredients, and new processing technologies for their isolation and incorporation into foods. These modern food ingredients are being manufactured through the use of increasingly new and novel processing aids (for example, enzymes, chromatographic resins, membranes). Such processing aids are creating a challenging situation for food regulators worldwide as they attempt to ensure the safety of the food supply, but also allow an environment conducive to innovation to flourish. Global approaches by food regulators in controlling what is used in the manufacture of food ingredients and foods vary widely, notably in relation to categorization, areas of utilization, interaction with the food, and general food safety. This presentation will compare and contrast both current and emerging trends in regulation of food processing aids with a view toward global accord.
Session 27, Global harmonization of legislation of food products and processes
2005 IFT Annual Meeting, July 15-20 - New Orleans, Louisiana |