Position Statements
Up one levelSAAFoST positioning statements on various issues are kept here.
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Food Irradiation
- The above parties, in line with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN, consider all foodstuffs irradiated up to an average absorbed dose of 10 kGy as nutritionally sound and safe for human consumption.
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Tartrazine
- Tartrazine has been the subject of a considerable amount of publicity over the years. Much of the information given on the subject in the media has been either inaccurate or exaggerated and consumers have, as a result, become misinformed and confused.