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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

gamma-IONONE
FEMA No.: 3175
JECFA No.: 390
Chemical names: 4-(2,2-DIMETHYL-6-METHYLENECYCLOHEXYL)-3-BUTEN-2-ONE
Functional class: FLAVOURING AGENT
Latest evaluation: 1998
ADI: ACCEPTABLE
Comments: No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent
Report: TRS 891-JECFA 51/96
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 10/FNP 52 Add.10/38 (2002)
Tox monograph: FAS 42-JECFA 51/335
Previous status: 2001, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 9/FNP 52 Add.9/118. R,T
1998, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 6/FNP 52 Add.6/184. N
 
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