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

OLEIC ACID
COE No.: 13
FEMA No.: 2815
JECFA No.: 333
Chemical names: (Z)-OCTADECA-9-ENOIC ACID
Functional class: FLAVOURING AGENT
Latest evaluation: 1998
ADI: ACCEPTABLE
Comments: No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent. The 1988 group ADI of "not specified" for the salts of oleic acid (calcium, potassium, sodium) was maintained at the fifty-first meeting (1998).
Report: TRS 891-JECFA 51/68
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 8/FNP 52 Add.8/142 (2000)
Tox monograph: FAS 42-JECFA 51/267
Previous status: 1998, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 6/FNP 52 Add. 6/180. N
 
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       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Oleic acid (ICSC)