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

MODIFIED CELLULOSES
See: ETHYL CELLULOSE ETHYL HYDROXYETHYL CELLULOSE HYDROXYPROPYL CELLULOSE HYDROXYPROPYLMETHYL CELLULOSE METHYL CELLULOSE METHYL ETHYL CELLULOSE SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYL CELLULOSE CROSS-LINKED SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYL CELLULOSE
Functional class: THICKENING AGENTS
Latest evaluation: 1989
ADI: NOT SPECIFIED
Comments: Group ADI of "not specified" for modified celluloses established at the thirty-fifth meeting (1989): ethyl cellulose, ethyl hydroxyethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose, methyl cellulose, methyl ethyl cellulose, and sodium carboxymethyl cellulose; cross-linked sodium carboxymethyl cellulose added at the fifty-ninth meeting (2002)
Report: TRS 790-JECFA-35/24
Tox monograph: FAS 26-JECFA 35/81
 
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    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Modified celluloses (WHO Food Additives Series 5)
       Modified celluloses (WHO Food Additives Series 26)