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Summary of Evaluations Performed by the
Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

MERCURY
See: METHYLMERCURY
Functional class: CONTAMINANT
Latest evaluation: 1978
Tolerable Intake: PTWI 0.005 mg/kg bw
Report: TRS 631-JECFA 22/26
Tox monograph: FAS 13-JECFA 22/43
Previous status: 1972, NMRS 51/TRS 505-JECFA 16/11, FAS 4-JECFA 16/11. PTWI 0.005; ADI: NONE
1970, NMRS 48/TRS 462-JECFA 14/18. NO ADI
1966, NMRS 43/TRS 373-JECFA 10/16
 
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       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Mercury (EHC 1, 1976)
       Mercury (ICSC)
       Mercury (WHO Food Additives Series 4)
       Mercury (WHO Food Additives Series 13)
       Mercury (UKPID)