| NITROUS OXIDE | |
| INS: | 942 |
| Chemical names: | DINITROGEN MONOXIDE |
| Synonyms: | NITROGEN OXIDE; DINITROGEN MONOXIDE |
| Functional class: | PROPELLANT; ANTIOXIDANT; FOAMING AGENT |
| Latest evaluation: | 2000 |
| ADI: | ACCEPTABLE AS PROPELLANT (1985) |
| Comments: | At its twenty-ninth meeting (1985), the Committee concluded that use of nitrous oxide as a propellant for food was acceptable. At its fifty-fifth meeting (2000), the Committee was requested by the Codex Committee on Food Additives and Contaminants to evaluate the additional use of nitrous oxide as a packaging gas, but the Committee could not carry out this request because no information on intake of nitrous oxide for such use was available. |
| Report: | TRS 901-JECFA 55/17 |
| Specifications: | COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 8/FNP 52 Add.8/79 |
| Tox monograph: | NOT PREPARED |
| Previous status: | 1985, TRS 733-JECFA 29/40, FNP 34-JECFA 29/157 (COMPENDIUM/1009). NOT PREPARED. ACCEPTABLE (THE FOOD USE OF NITROUS OXIDE AS A PROPELLANT IS ACCEPTABLE). AC. R
1984, FNP 31/2-JECFA 28/67. R 1978, TRS 631-JECFA 22/23, FNP 7-JECFA 22/46, NOT PREPARED. NO ADI ALLOCATED. NO. N |
| 28 Apr 02 | |
See Also:
Toxicological Abbreviations
Nitrous oxide (ICSC)
Nitrous oxide (PIM 381)