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Do the Food Regulations define processing aids?

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In the absence of a definition for "processing aids" under the Food Regulations, the current definition for "processing aids" as stipulated in the Codex Procedural Manual may be taken as a reference: "Processing aid means any substance or material, not including apparatus or utensils, and not consumed as a food ingredient by itself, intentionally used in the processing of raw materials,foods or its ingredients to fulfil a certain technological purpose during treatment or processing and which may result in the non-intentional but unavoidable presence of residues oderivatives in the final product."

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Regulatory Standards, Frameworks & GuidelinesFood Additives and ingredients

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