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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

alpha-METHYLBENZYL ALCOHOL
COE No.: 2030
FEMA No.: 2685
JECFA No.: 799
Chemical names: 1-PHENYLETHANOL
Synonyms: 1-PHENYLETHANOL; PHENYL METHYL CARBINOL; METHYL PHENYL CARBINOL; STYRALLYL ALCOHOL; alpha-PHENETHYL ALCOHOL
Functional class: FLAVOURING AGENT
Latest evaluation: 2001
ADI: 0-0.1 mg/kg bw (1993)
Comments: No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent. The 1993 ADI of 0-0.1 mg/kg bw was maintained at the fifty-seventh meeting (2001).
Report: TRS 909-JECFA 57/61
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 9/FNP 52 Add.9/132
Tox monograph: FAS 48-JECFA 57/117
Previous status: 1993, TRS 837-JECFA 41/11, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 2/FNP 52 Add.2/79, FAS 32-JECFA 41/57. 0-0.1 mg/kg bw. FU. N
 
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    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Alpha-Methylbenzyl alcohol (WHO Food Additives Series 32)