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Summary of Evaluations Performed by the
Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

CHLOROFORM
Chemical names: TRICHLOROMETHANE
Functional class: EXTRACTION SOLVENT
Latest evaluation: 1979
ADI: NOT TO BE USED
Comments: Not suitable for use as a food additive
Report: TRS 648-JECFA 23/19
Specifications: NOT PREPARED
Tox monograph: FAS 14-JECFA 23/24
 
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    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Chloroform (EHC 163, 1994)
       Chloroform (HSG 87, 1994)
       Chloroform (ICSC)
       Chloroform (WHO Food Additives Series 14)
       Chloroform (PIM 121)
       Chloroform (CICADS 58, 2004)
       Chloroform  (IARC Summary & Evaluation, Supplement7, 1987)
       Chloroform  (IARC Summary & Evaluation, Volume 1, 1972)
       Chloroform  (IARC Summary & Evaluation, Volume 20, 1979)
       Chloroform  (IARC Summary & Evaluation, Volume 73, 1999)