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XANTHOPHYLLS
See: TAGETES EXTRACT
INS: 161b
Chemical names: LUTEIN: beta,epsilon-CAROTENE-3,3'-DIOL
Synonyms: TAGETES EXTRACT
Functional class: COLOUR
Colour class: CAROTENOID
Latest evaluation: 1977
ADI: NO ADI ALLOCATED
Report: TRS 617-JECFA 21/22
Specifications: WITHDRAWN (1987)
Tox monograph: NOT PREPARED
Previous status: 1984, FNP 31/1-JECFA 28/141. R,T. (THESE SPECIFICATIONS WERE SUPERSEDED, IN PART, BY THOSE FOR TAGETES EXTRACT PUBLISHED IN 1987, FNP 38-JECFA 31/128)
1977, TRS 617-JECFA 21/22. NO ADI ALLOCATED. NO. S
1959, NMRS VOL. II-IV/55. N
 
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