| BENZALDEHYDE | |
| COE No.: | 101 | FEMA No.: | 2127 | JECFA No.: | 22 | Chemical names: | BENZALDEHYDE | Synonyms: | BENZOIC ALDEHYDE; ALMOND OIL, ARTIFICIAL; BENZENECARBOXALDEHYDE; BENZENECARBONAL | Functional class: | FLAVOURING AGENT | Latest evaluation: | 2001 | ADI: | 0-5 mg/kg bw (1996) | Comments: | No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent. The 1996 group ADI of 0-5 mg/kg bw for benzoic acid, the benzoate salts (calcium, potassium and sodium), benzaldehyde, benzyl acetate, benzyl alcohol and benzyl benzoate, expressed as benzoic acid equivalents, was maintained at the fifty-seventh meeting (2001). | Report: | TRS 909-JECFA 57/73 | Specifications: | COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 9/FNP 52 Add.9/110 | Tox monograph: | FAS 48-JECFA 57/227 | Previous status: | 1996, TRS 868-JECFA 46/41, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 4/FNP 52 Add.4/175, FAS 37-JECFA 46/29. 0-5 mg/kg bw (GROUP ADI FOR BENZOIC ACID, THE BENZOATE SALTS (CALCIUM, POTASSIUM AND SODIUM), BENZALDEHYDE, BENZYL ACETATE, BENZYL ALCOHOL AND BENZYL BENOZATE, EXPRESSED AS BENZOIC ACID). FU. R
1967, NMRS 44/TRS 383-JECFA 11/12, FAS 69.31/NMRS 44B-JECFA 11/4 (COMPENDIUM/181), FAS 68.33/NMRS 44A-JECFA 11/10. 0-5 (GROUP ADI FOR BENZALDEHYDE AND BENZYL ACETATE, AS TOTAL BENZOIC ACID FROM ALL FOOD ADDITIVE SOURCES). FU. N |
| Intake: | See BENZOATES |
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See Also:
Toxicological Abbreviations
Benzaldehyde (ICSC)
Benzaldehyde (FAO Nutrition Meetings Report Series 44a)