The Secretary of state for Health has released a national standard on compound food chemicals to higher regulate the development and employ of these chemicals and be sure food safety.

Compound food chemicals, which are made to improve food quality or help in food processing, ought to be used moderately in food items, based on the standard the ministry released Tuesday.

Entitled the overall Rule on Compound Food Chemicals, the conventional states that each one of the elements employed for making compound food chemicals, that are a mixture of several single food chemicals, should meet national standards concerning food safety.

No chemical reaction should take place with no new compounds ought to be produced throughout the development procedure for compound food chemicals, based on the standard.

Compound food chemicals producers should clarify limits from the levels of dangerous substances, for example lead and arsenic, within their items and take measures to manage the amount of dangerous substances, based on the standard, that will enter into impact on Sept. 5 this season.