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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

HYDROXYLATED LECITHIN
Chemical names: COMMERCIAL HYDROXYLATED LECITHIN IS A MIXTURE OF PHOSPHATIDES INCLUDING: PHOSPHATIDYL CHOLINE, PHOSPHATIDYL ETHANOLAMINE, PHOSPHATIDYL INOSITOL AND PHOSPHATIDIC ACID
Synonyms: HYDROXYLATED PHOSPHATIDES; DIHYDROXY PHOSPHOLIPIDS
Functional class: EMULSIFIER
Latest evaluation: 1980
ADI: NO ADI ALLOCATED
Report: TRS 653-JECFA 24/17
Specifications: FNP 17-JECFA 24/67 (LECITHINS)
Tox monograph: NOT PREPARED
Previous status: 1977, TRS 617-JECFA 21/27. NO ADI ALLOCATED. NO. S
1973, NMRS 53/TRS 539-JECFA 17/36. NO ADI ALLOCATED. NO. S
1969, NMRS 46/TRS 445-JECFA 13/17, FAS 70.37/NMRS 46B-JECFA 13/69, FAS 70.36/NMRS 46A-JECFA 13/127. NO ADI. NO. N,T
 
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    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Hydroxylated lecithin  (FAO Nutrition Meetings Report Series 46a)
       Hydroxylated lecithin (WHO Food Additives Series 5)