The FCC prepares to modify Omega-3 fatty acids and Steviosid

In order to guarantee the quality of the ingredients in popular food, Food Chemicals Codex (FCC) has already started to update the food standard, including krill oil and steviosides. The FCC is internationally recognized as food composition quality standards, which is issued by the United States pharmacopoeia (USP).

According to USP global leaders of science and standards, it requires the dedication from the entire global food supply chain to ensure the quality of the food ingredients. It’s not only a responsible business attitude; but more importantly, it is crucial to the health of all consumers. The identification, quality and purity standards of the released ingredients help the finished product manufacturers to purchase high-quality ingredients and use them into their final products, and they also ensure that the ingredients can meet the manufacturers’ expectation. It is very important all food ingredients as a whole, especially to those high value-added ingredients such as krill oil and steviosides. At present, the FCC has already begun to make new standards for some new ingredients.