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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

POTASSIUM POLYPHOSPHATES
INS: 452ii
Chemical names: POTASSIUM METAPHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM POLYMETAPHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM POLYPHOSPHATE
Synonyms: POTASSIUM METAPHOSPHATE
Functional class: EMULSIFIER; SEQUESTRANT; TEXTURIZER; MOISTURE RETAINING AGENT
Latest evaluation: 1982
Tolerable Intake: MTDI 70 mg/kg bw (as P)
Comments: Group MTDI for phosphorus from all sources, expressed as P
Report: TRS 683-JECFA 26/25
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 11/FNP 52 Add. 11/89 (METALS LIMITS) (2003)
Tox monograph: FAS 17-JECFA 26/151
Previous status: 1982, FNP 25-JECFA 26/154; COMPENDIUM/1185. R
1980, FNP 17-JECFA 24/97. N
 
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