关键词: 食品添加剂；食品安全；公众感知

Abstract:

With the frequent outbreaks of food safety incidents in recent years, food additive has become the most concerned food safety problem for the consumers. In fact, to use food additives legally and properly is necessary to maintain food safety. We can only consume limited varieties of processed foods with short shelf life without food additives. Food spoilage and corruption will become more unsafe factors. Food safety issue is very complicate in China. Using food additives excessively and adding not edible material illegally have caused many safety risks, although it is not the fault of food additive itself. It is necessary to complete the construction of law, regulation, and standard system, strengthen governments supervision and enterprises self discipline, so as to ensure the scientific and rational use of food additives, to maintain food safety, and bring benefit to peoples health.

Key words: food additive, food safety, public perception