Additional Resources
NIOSH Resources
NIOSHTIC-2 search results on Flavorings
NIOSHTIC-2 is a searchable bibliographic database of occupational safety and health publications, documents, grant reports, and journal articles supported in whole or in part by NIOSH.
NIOSH Update: Limiting Job Exposures to Food Flavorings, Flavoring Ingredients, is Recommended in New Alert
NIOSH Alert: Preventing Lung Disease in Workers Who Use or Make Flavorings
NIOSH Publication No. 2004-110
This Alert describes health effects that may occur because of workplace exposure to some flavorings or their ingredients, gives examples of workplace settings in which illness has occurred, and recommends steps that companies and workers should take to prevent hazardous exposures. In
addition to the full Alert in English, a Summary
Sheet from the Alert is available in Spanish (en Español).
International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSC)
An ICSC summarizes essential health and safety information on chemicals for their use at the "shop floor" level by workers and employers in factories, agriculture, construction and other work places.
Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances (RTECS)
RTECS is a compendium of data extracted from the open scientific literature. The data are recorded in the format developed by the RTECS staff and arranged in alphabetical order by prime chemical name. For each citation, the bibliographic source is listed thereby enabling the user to access the actual studies cited. No attempt has been made to evaluate the studies cited in RTECS. The user has the responsibility of making such assessments.
OSHA Resources
OSHA Safety and Health Topic: Diacetyl
External link: http://www.osha.gov/dts/chemicalsampling/data/CH_231710.html
OSHA Safety and Health Topic: Vegetable Oil Mist (Total Dust)
External link: http://www.osha.gov/dts/chemicalsampling/data/CH_275150.html
State Resources
California Department of Health Services
The PDF resources listed below were provided to NIOSH by the California Department of Health Services; they are intended to supplement the NIOSH occupational safety and health information in this topic page. NIOSH is not responsible for the contents or accuracy of material presented.
- Case Summary
 PDF only 127 KB (2 pages)
- Letter to Labor Organizations / Community-Based Organization PDF only 130 KB (1 pages)
- Letter to Health Care Providers PDF only 120 KB (1 pages)
- Letter to Employers PDF only 121 KB (1 pages)
- Employer Health Resource Guide PDF only 102 KB (1 pages)
- Worker Fact Sheet PDF only 131 KB (2 pages)
 En Español
Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
The Safety & Health Assessment & Research for Prevention (SHARP) Program at the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries has produced information resources that can be accessed via this web page to help employers and employees work safely with food flavorings and diacetyl. One of the documents that can be accessed via the web page is an information sheet for restaurant owners and workers about diacetyl.
Non-Governmental Resources
Respirator Health and Safety in the Flavor Manufacturing Workplace
Flavor and Extract Manufacturers Association
External Link: http://www.femaflavor.org/html/public/RespiratoryRpt.pdf
Page last updated: October 3, 2008
Page last reviewed: February 27, 2008
Content Source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
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