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Background
Health Canada's Food Directorate completed a detailed safety assessment of a food additive submission seeking approval for the use of tamarind gum in the manufacture of various standardized and unstandardized foods.
Health Canada published a Proposal to Enable the Use of Tamarind Gum as an Emulsifying, Gelling, Stabilizing and Thickening Agent in Unstandardized Foods and Certain Standardized Foods [NOP/ADP-0026] on August 15, 2017. The proposal was open to the public for comment for a period of 110 days. A summary of the comments and responses provided during this period is available in the information document referenced below.
As no safety concerns were raised through Health Canada's assessment, the Department has enabled the use of the food additive tamarind gum described in the information document below by updating the List of Permitted Emulsifying, Gelling, Stabilizing or Thickening Agents, effective May 8, 2018.
The purpose of this communication is to publically announce the Department's decision in this regard and to provide the appropriate contact information for any inquiries or for those wishing to submit any new scientific information relevant to the safety of this food additive.
Information Document
To obtain an electronic copy of the Notice of Modification to the List of Permitted Emulsifying, Gelling, Stabilizing or Thickening Agents to Enable the Use of Tamarind Gum in Various Foods - Reference Number: NOM/ADM-0113, please contact our publications office or send an e-mail to publications@hc-sc.gc.ca with the subject heading "hpfb BCS nom-adm-0113-eng".
Contact Information
Health Canada's Food Directorate is committed to reviewing any new scientific information on the safety in use of any food additive, including tamarind gum. Anyone wishing to submit new scientific information on the use of this additive or to submit any inquiries may do so in writing, by regular mail or electronically. If you wish to contact the Food Directorate electronically, please use the words "tamarind gum (NOM-0113)" in the subject line of your e-mail.
Bureau of Chemical Safety, Food Directorate
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