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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

5-HYDROXY-7-DECENOIC ACID delta-LACTONE
FEMA No.: 3745
JECFA No.: 247
Chemical names: 7-DECEN-5-OLIDE; 6-PENTYLTETRAHYDRO-2-PYRONE
Synonyms: 7-DECENE-1,5-LACTONE; JASMINE LACTONE
Functional class: FLAVOURING AGENT
Latest evaluation: 1997
ADI: ACCEPTABLE
Comments: No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent
Report: TRS 884-JECFA 49/42
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 8/FNP 52 Add.8/140 (2000)
Tox monograph: FAS 40-JECFA 49/231
Previous status: 1998, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 6/FNP 52 Add. 6/174. N
 
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