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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

OXYSTEARIN
INS: 387
Chemical names: MIXTURE OF GLYCERIDES OF PARTIALLY OXIDIZED STEARIC AND OTHER FATTY ACIDS
Functional class: CRYSTALLIZATION INHIBITOR IN VEGETABLE OILS; SEQUESTRANT; DEFOAMING AGENT
Latest evaluation: 1973
ADI: WITHDRAWN (2001)
Comments: The ADI of 0-25 mg/kg bw that was established at the seventeenth meeting (1973) was withdrawn at the fifty-seventh meeting (2001) following the Committee's decision to withdraw the specifications due to lack of commercial use of the additive; see TRS 909/44
Report: NMRS 53/TRS 539-JECFA 17/37
Specifications: WITHDRAWN (2001); see Comments
Tox monograph: FAS 5/NMRS 53A-JECFA 17/466
Previous status: 2000, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 8/FNP 52 Add.8/83. R,T
1993, COMPENDIUM/1029. S,T
1976, FAS 11/FNS 1B-JECFA 20/51; COMPENDIUM/1029. R,T
1973, NMRS 53/TRS 539-JECFA 17/37. 0-25. FU. S
1969, NMRS 46/TRS 445-JECFA 13/21, FAS 70.37/NMRS 46B-JECFA 13/130, FAS 70.36/NMRS 46A-JECFA 13/155. 0-25. FU. N
 
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    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Oxystearin (FAO Nutrition Meetings Report Series 46a)
       Oxystearin (WHO Food Additives Series 5)