This article is from the Food Science FAQ, bypking123@sympatico.ca (Paul E. J. King) with numerous contributions by others.
In the interests of "user-friendliness" the FAQ is written so
that, as far as possible each answer is self-contained. This of
necessity results in some repetition of material in the answers to
related question For convenience, the FAQs are in four Groups as
follows:
GROUP 1 FOOD AND NUTRITION
GROUP 2 FOOD SAFETY
GROUP 3 ADDITIVES AND PACKAGING
GROUP 4 SCIENCE AND FOOD
The following is a summary of the questions, by the grouping
described above. The group answers can be found under headings of the
format: "ANSWERS TO GROUP [number] QUESTIONS - [group name]",
excluding the quotes and square brackets, and all capital letters.
When the answer to a question is given, the question and question
number will be repeated in the line above it.
 
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