| BENZYL ACETATE | |
| COE No.: | 2040 | FEMA No.: | 2135 | JECFA No.: | 23 | Chemical names: | BENZYL ACETATE | Synonyms: | BENZYL ETHANOATE | 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
1993, TRS 837-JECFA 41/7, FNP 28-JECFA 27/0 (1983) (COMPENDIUM/191), FAS 32-JECFA 41/27. 0-5 (GROUP ADI FOR BENZOIC ACID, BENZOATE SALTS, BENZYL ACETATE, BENZYL ALCOHOL AND BENZALDEHYDE). FU. S 1989, TRS 789-JECFA 35/16, FNP 28-JECFA 27/10 (1983), FAS 26-JECFA 35/11. 0-5 (EXPRESSED AS BENZOIC ACID; TEMPORARY; INCLUDED IN THE GROUP ADI FOR BENZOIC ACID AND ITS CALCIUM, POTASSIUM AND SODIUM SALTS, AND BENZYL ACETATE, ALCOHOL AND BENZOATE). TE. S 1987, TRS 759-JECFA 31/21, FNP 28-JECFA 27/10 (1983), FAS 68.33/NMRS 44A-JECFA 11/12 (1967). 0-5 (TEMPORARY; INCLUDED IN THE GROUP ADI FOR BENZOIC ACID AND ITS CALCIUM, POTASSIUM, AND SODIUM SALTS, AND BENZYL ACETATE, ALCOHOL, AND BENZOATE, EXPRESSED AS BENZOIC ACID). TE. S. 1985, TRS 733-JECFA 29/21, FNP 28-JECFA 27/10 (1983), FAS 68.33/NMRS 44A-JECFA 11/12 (1967). 0-5 (TEMPORARY; INCLUDED IN THE GROUP ADI FOR BENZOIC ACID AND ITS CALCIUM, POTASSIUM AND SODIUM SALTS, AND BENZYL ACETATE, ALCOHOL AND BENZOATE, EXPRESSED AS BENZOIC ACID). TE. S 1983, TRS 696-JECFA 27/17, FNP 28-JECFA 27/10, FAS 68.33/NMRS 44A -JECFA 11/12 (1967). 0-5 (TEMPORARY; INCLUDED IN THE GROUP ADI FOR BENZOIC ACID AND ITS CALCIUM, POTASSIUM AND SODIUM SALTS, AND BENZYL ACETATE, ALCOHOL AND BENZOATE, EXPRESSED AS BENZOIC ACID). TE. R 1967, NMRS 44/TRS 383-JECFA 11/12, FAS 68.33/NMRS 44B-JECFA 11/5, FAS 68.33/NMRS 44A-JECFA 11/12. 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
Benzyl acetate (ICSC)
Benzyl acetate (FAO Nutrition Meetings Report Series 44a)
Benzyl acetate (WHO Food Additives Series 26)
Benzyl acetate (WHO Food Additives Series 32)
Benzyl acetate (WHO Food Additives Series 37)
Benzyl Acetate (IARC Summary & Evaluation, Volume 40, 1986)
Benzyl Acetate (IARC Summary & Evaluation, Volume 71, 1999)