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AMMONIUM POLYPHOSPHATE
INS: 452v
Chemical names: AMMONIUM POLYPHOSPHATE (HETEROGENOUS MIXTURE OF AMMONIUM SALTS OF LINEAR CONDENSED POLYPHOSPHORIC ACIDS)
Functional class: SEQUESTRANT; EMULSIFIER
Latest evaluation: 1982
Tolerable Intake: MTDI 70 mg/kg bw (as P)
Comments: Group MTDI for phosphorus from all sources, expressed as P
Report: TRS 683-JECFA 26/25
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 8/FNP 52 Add.8/203 (METALS LIMITS) (2000)
Tox monograph: FAS 17-JECFA 26/151
Previous status: 1993, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 2/FNP 52 Add.2/7 (1993)
1982, TRS 683-JECFA 26/25, FNP 25-JECFA 26/13 (COMPENDIUM/89), FAS 17-JECFA 26/151. MTDI 70 (EXPRESSED AS PHOSPHORUS FROM ALL SOURCES). FU. N,T
 
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