| BENZYL ALCOHOL | |
| COE No.: | 58 | FEMA No.: | 2137 | JECFA No.: | 25 | Chemical names: | BENZYL ALCOHOL | Synonyms: | PHENYL CARBINOL; PHENYLMETHANOL; alpha-HYDROXYTOLUENE | Functional class: | FLAVOURING AGENT; CARRIER SOLVENT | 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 12/FNP 52 Add. 12/67 (METALS LIMITS) (2004) | Tox monograph: | FAS 48-JECFA 57/227 | Previous status: | 2001, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 9/FNP 52 Add.9/110. R
1996, TRS 868-JECFA 46/41, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 4/FNP 52 Add.4/21 (SOLVENT); 175 (FLAVOUR), 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 1979, TRS 648-JECFA 23/15, FNP 12-JECFA 23/11 (COMPENDIUM/193). NOT PREPARED. 0-5 mg/kg bw (THIS GROUP ADI FOR BENZYL ALCOHOL AND BENZYL BENZOATE SHOULD APPLY TO THE BENZYL/BENZOIC MOIETY RELATED TO BENZOIC ACID REPRESENTING TOTAL BENZOATE FROM ALL FOOD ADDITIVE SOURCES). FU. N |
| Intake: | See BENZOATES |
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Toxicological Abbreviations
Benzyl alcohol (ICSC)