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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

SODIUM ACETATE
INS: 262i
Chemical names: SODIUM ACETATE
Functional class: BUFFER; ANTIMICROBIAL PRESERVATIVE
Latest evaluation: 1973
ADI: NOT LIMITED
Comments: Group ADI of "not limited" for acetic acid and its potassium and sodium salts. This ADI was maintained at the forty-ninth meeting (1997).
Report: NMRS 53/TRS 539-JECFA 17/35
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 10/FNP 52 Add.10/34 (METALS LIMITS) (2002)
Tox monograph: FAS 5/NMRS 53A-JECFA 17/31
Previous status: 1974, FAS 7/NMRS 54B-JECFA 18/206. N; COMPENDIUM/1305
 
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    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Sodium acetate (ICSC)