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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

POTASSIUM DL-MALATE SOLUTION
INS: 351ii
Chemical names: DL-POTASSIUM MALATE; POTASSIUM DL-alpha-HYDROXYSUCCINATE
Synonyms: MALIC ACID POTASSIUM SALT; RACEMIC DIPOTASSIUM MALATE
Functional class: SEASONING AGENT; BUFFERING AGENT
Latest evaluation: 1979
ADI: NOT SPECIFIED
Comments: Included in the group ADI for malic acid and its sodium, potassium, and calcium salts
Report: TRS 648-JECFA 23/31
Specifications: WITHDRAWN (1986)
Tox monograph: NOT PREPARED
Previous status: 1979, FNP 12-JECFA 23/97. R,T
1978, FNP 7-JECFA 22/56. N,T
 
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