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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

5-HYDROXYUNDECANOIC ACID delta-LACTONE
COE No.: 688
FEMA No.: 3294
JECFA No.: 234
Chemical names: 5-UNDECANOLIDE; 6-HEXYLTETRAHYDRO-2-PYRONE
Synonyms: delta-UNDECALACTONE; UNDECA-1,5-LACTONE
Functional class: FLAVOURING AGENT
Latest evaluation: 1997
ADI: ACCEPTABLE
Comments: No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent
Report: TRS 884-JECFA 49/42
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 6/FNP 52 Add.6/172 (1998)
Tox monograph: FAS 40-JECFA 49/231
 
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