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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

GLYCEROL
INS: 422
FEMA No.: 2525
JECFA No.: 909
Chemical names: 1,2,3-PROPANETRIOL
Synonyms: GLYCERINE; TRIHYDROXYPROPANE; CRISTAL; GLYCEOL
Functional class: HUMECTANT; BODYING AGENT; SOLVENT; PLASTICIZER; FLAVOURING AGENT
Latest evaluation: 2002
ADI: NOT SPECIFIED (1976)
Comments: Evaluation not finalized, pending definition of "flavouring agent"
Report: TRS 913-JECFA 59/112
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 12/FNP 52 Add. 12/67 (METALS LIMITS) (2004)
Tox monograph: FAS 48-JECFA 57/333 (2001)
Previous status: 2001, TRS 909-JECFA 57/98, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 9/FNP 52 Add.9/148. EVALUATION AS A FLAVOURING AGENT NOT FINALIZED AT THE FIFTY-SEVENTH MEETING (2001); FURTHER INFORMATION REQUIRED TO DETERMINE WHETHER THIS SUBSTANCE IS IN CURRENT USE AS A FLAVOURING AGENT. THE 1976 ADI OF "NOT SPECIFIED" WAS MAINTAINED.
1976, FNS 1/TRS 599-JECFA 20/13, FAS 11/FNS 1B-JECFA 20/27 (COMPENDIUM/697), FAS 10-JECFA 20/55. NOT SPECIFIED. NS. N
 
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