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SODIUM FUMARATE
INS: 365
Chemical names: MONOSODIUM FUMARATE; MONOSODIUM trans-1-2-ETHYLENEDICARBOXYLATE; trans-BUTENEDIOIC ACID; MONOSODIUM trans-1,2-ETHYLENEDICARBOXYLIC ACID
Synonyms: MONOSODIUM FUMARATE
Functional class: FLAVOUR ENHANCER; BUFFERING AGENT; ACIDULANT
Latest evaluation: 1989
ADI: NOT SPECIFIED
Comments: The 1989 group ADI of "not specified" for fumaric acid and its salts was maintained at the fifty-third meeting (1999).
Report: TRS 789-JECFA 35/18
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 10/FNP 52 Add.10/34 (METALS LIMITS) (2002)
Tox monograph: FAS 67.29/NMRS 40A,B,C-JECFA 9/135 (1965; FUMARIC ACID)
Previous status: 1986, FNP 37-JECFA 30/111. R; COMPENDIUM/1347
1983, FNP 28-JECFA 27/115. R,T
1979, TRS 648-JECFA 23/31, FNP 12-JECFA 23/105, FAS 67.29/NMRS 40A,B,C-JECFA 9/135 (1965; FUMARIC ACID). FU. R
1978, FNP 7-JECFA 22/60. N,T
 
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