Revisions
Revisions to FCC standards are published in the FCC, which includes a main edition and three Supplements. Revisions supersede any previously published content.
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Commentary
Public comments to revision proposals in the FCC Forum are reviewed by the Food Ingredients Expert Committee. Following the Rules and Procedures of the 2020–2025 Council of Experts, revision proposals can advance to publication with minor modifications, as needed, without requiring further public review.
Errata
Errata are considered to be text erroneously published in the FCC or its Supplements that does not accurately reflect the intended requirements as approved by the Council of Experts. Errata are posted on the last Friday of June and December to align with the posting of the FCC Forums, and are effective on the first day of the following month.
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Errata are corrected in each online publication (FCC bi-annual edition, first, second, and third Supplements) and include revision symbols to designate changes—▲new text▲ (ERR 1–Jul–2022)
Errata are posted in the interactive table below. Users can search for an item by title, or sort the table by column heading. In addition, data can be downloaded in Excel or CSV format and printed.
- Errata Effective Date refers to the date the Erratum becomes effective.
- Source Publication is the latest effective publication where the Erratum appears, or upcoming effective publication if the Erratum was introduced after the latest effective publication.
- Page Number indicates where the item is found within the source print publication.
- Target Errata Print Publication will be populated with NA as of December 31, 2021. This column is no longer relevant as the FCC will be online only starting March 1, 2022.
- Target Online Fix Publication specifies when the Erratum will be corrected online and may be the main edition or Supplement.
Food Chemicals Codes (FCC), Fourteenth Edition
Book
Food Chemicals Codex (FCC), Thirteenth Edition
Book
- Revisions (posted 01–Mar–2022)
- Cancellations- None
- Deferrals (posted 01–Mar–2022)
- Commentary (posted 01–Mar–2022)
First Supplement
- Revisions (posted 11–July–2022)
- Cancellations- None
- Deferrals (posted 11–July–2022)
- Commentary (posted 01–Sept–2022)
Second Supplement
- Revisions (posted 19–January–2023)
- Cancellations- None
- Deferrals (posted 19–January–2023)
- Commentary (posted 01-Mar-2023)
Third Supplement
- Revisions (posted 01-Sep-2023)
- Cancellations (posted 01-Sep-2023)
- Deferrals- None
- Commentary (posted 01-Sep-2023)
Food Chemicals Codex (FCC), Twelfth Edition
Book
- Revisions (posted 20–Feb–2020)
- Cancellations (posted 20–Feb–2020)
- Deferrals (posted 20–Feb–2020)
- Commentary (posted 02–Mar–2020)
- Index (posted 02–Mar–2020)
First Supplement
- Revisions (posted 14–Oct–2020)
- Cancellations (posted 14–Oct–2020)
- Deferrals- None
- Commentary (posted 23–Oct–2020)
Second Supplement
- Revisions (posted 14–Dec–2020)
- Cancellations- None
- Deferrals posted 14–Dec–2020)
- Commentary (posted 01–Mar–2021)
Third Supplement
- Revisions (posted 22–June–2021)
- Cancellations-None
- Deferrals (posted 22–June–2021)
- Commentary (posted 01–Sept–2021)
Food Chemicals Codex (FCC), Eleventh Edition
Book
- Revisions (posted 30–Jan–2018)
- Cancellations (posted 30–Jan–2018)
- Deferrals (posted 30–Jan–2018)
- Commentary (posted 28–Feb–2018)
- Index (posted 28–Feb–2018)
First Supplement
- Commentary (posted 31–Aug–2018)
- Index (posted 31–Aug–2018)
- Revisions (posted 27–Jul–2018)
- Cancellations (posted 27–Jul–2018)
- Deferrals (posted 27–Jul–2018)
Second Supplement
- Commentary (posted 01–Mar–2019)
- Index (posted 01–Mar–2019)
- Revisions (posted 25–Jan–2019)
- Cancellations (posted 25–Jan–2019)
- Deferrals (posted 25–Jan–2019)
Third Supplement
- Commentary (posted 03–Sep–2019)
- Revisions (posted 28–Jun–2019)
- Cancellations (posted 28–Jun–2019)
- Deferrals (posted 28–Jun–2019)
- Index (posted 11–Nov–2019)
Food Chemicals Codex (FCC), Tenth Edition
Book
- Revisions (posted 29–Jan–2016)
- Cancellations: None
- Deferrals (posted 29–Jan–2016)
- Commentary (01–Mar–2016)
- Index (01–Mar–2016)
First Supplement
- Revisions (posted 29–Jul–2016)
- Deferrals (posted 29–Jul–2016)
- Cancellations: None
- Commentary (posted 08–Sep–2016)
- Index (posted 08–Sep–2016)
Second Supplement
- Revisions (posted 01–Mar–2017)
- Deferrals (posted 01–Mar–2017)
- Cancellations: None
- Commentary (01–Mar–2017)
- Index (posted 01–Mar–2017)
Third Supplement
- Revisions (posted 01–Aug–2017)
- Deferrals (posted 01–Aug–2017)
- Cancellations: None
- Commentary (30–Aug–2017)
- Index (30–Aug–2017)
The Cumulative List of FCC 10th Edition provides updated information on all items approved, deferred or cancelled during the 2015-2020 Cycle
Food Chemicals Codex (FCC), Ninth Edition
Book
- Revisions (posted 31–Jan–2014)
- Cancellations (posted 31–Jan–2014)
- Deferrals (posted 31–Jan–2014)
- Commentary (posted 28–Feb–2014)
First Supplement
- Revisions (posted 25–Jul–2014)
- Deferrals: None
- Cancellations: None
- Commentary (posted 02–Sep–2014)
Second Supplement
- Revisions (posted 30–Jan–2015)
- Deferrals (posted 30–Jan–2015)
- Cancellations (posted 30–Jan–2015)
- Commentary (posted 02–Mar–2015)
- Index (posted 13–Mar–2015)
Third Supplement
- Revisions (posted 31–Jul–2015)
- Deferrals - None
- Cancellations (posted 31–Jul–2015)
- Commentary (01–Sep–2015)
- Index (01–Sep–2015)
Food Chemicals Codex (FCC), Eighth Edition
Food Chemicals Codex (FCC), Seventh Edition
Food Chemicals Codex (FCC), Sixth Edition
For more information on the errata process, see USP's Guideline on the Use of Accelerated Processes for Revisions to USP–NF. USP staff is available to respond to questions regarding the accuracy of a particular requirement by phone at 1-800-822-USPC or email at execsec@usp.org.