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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYL CELLULOSE, ENZYMATICALLY HYDROLYZED
Chemical names: CARBOXYMETHYL CELLULOSE, SODIUM, PARTIALLY ENZYMATICALLY HYDROLYZED
Synonyms: CMC-ENZ
Functional class: CARRIER; GLAZING AGENT; STABILIZER; THICKENER
Latest evaluation: 1998
ADI: NOT SPECIFIED
Comments: Included in the group ADI with ethyl cellulose, ethyl hydroxyethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose, methyl cellulose, methyl ethyl cellulose, and sodium carboxymethyl cellulose
Report: TRS 891-JECFA 51/42
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 6/FNP 52 Add.6/135
Tox monograph: FAS 42-JECFA 51/175
Previous status: 1997, TRS 884-JECFA 49/79, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 5/FNP 52 Add.5/159, NOT PREPARED. N,T
 
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