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FURFURAL
COE No.: 2014
FEMA No.: 2489
JECFA No.: 450
Chemical names: 2-FURALDEHYDE
Synonyms: 2-FORMYLFURAN; FURAL; 2-FURALDEHYDE; FURFURALDEHYDE; 2-FURYLCARBOXALDEHYDE; PYROMUCIC ALDEHYDE
Functional class: EXTRACTION SOLVENT; FLAVOURING AGENT
Latest evaluation: 2000
ADI: 0-0.5 mg/kg bw
Comments: No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent. A group ADI of 0-0.5 mg/kg bw was established at the fifty-fifth meeting (2000) for furfural, furfuryl alcohol, furfuryl acetate, furfuryl propionate, furfuryl pentanoate, furfuryl octanoate, furfuryl 3-methylbutanoate, methyl 2-furoate, propyl 2-furoate, amyl 2-furoate, hexyl 2-furoate, and octyl 2-furoate.
Report: TRS 901-JECFA 55/6,37
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 8/FNP 52 Add.8/160 (FLAVOUR)
Tox monograph: FAS 46-JECFA 55/137
Addendum: FAS 46-JECFA 55/3
Previous status: 1998, TRS 881-JECFA 51/22, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 6/FNP 52 Add. 6/188 (FLAVOUR), FAS 42-JECFA 51/33. NO ADI ALLOCATED (DATA WERE INSUFFICIENT FOR ESTABLISHING AN ADI). NO. N
1992, TRS 828-JECFA 39/28, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 1/FNP 52 Add.1/51, FAS 30-JECFA 39/271. NO ADI ALLOCATED (EVIDENCE OF GENOTOXICITY AND CARCINOGENICITY; USE AS A SOLVENT SHOULD BE RESTRICTED TO SITUATIONS IN WHICH ALTERNATIVES ARE NOT AVAILABLE). NO, R, T
1979, TRS 648-JECFA 23/21, FNP 12-JECFA 23/46 (COMPENDIUM/667), NOT PREPARED. NO ADI ALLOCATED. NO. N
 
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    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Furfural (ICSC)
       Furfural (WHO Food Additives Series 30)
       Furfural (WHO Food Additives Series 42)
       Furfural (WHO Food Additives Series 46)
       Furfural (IARC Summary & Evaluation, Volume 63, 1995)