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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

ALUMINIUM AMMONIUM SULFATE
INS: 523
Functional class: STABILIZER; FIRMING AGENT
Latest evaluation: 1988
Tolerable Intake: PTWI 7 mg/kg bw
Comments: Group PTWI for aluminium and its salts, expressed as Al; includes food additive uses of aluminium salts
Report: TRS 776-JECFA 33/26
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 12/FNP 52 Add. 12/67 (METALS LIMITS) (2004)
Tox monograph: FAS 24-JECFA 33/113
Previous status: 1985, TRS 733-JECFA 29/22; FNP 34-JECFA 29/5, COMPENDIUM/51; NOT PREPARED. 0-0.6 (TEMPORARY ACCEPTANCE; GROUP ADI FOR ALUMINIUM SALTS EXPRESSED AS ALUMINIUM). TE. N
 
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