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SODIUM o-PHENYLPHENOL
See: 2-PHENYLPHENOL
INS: 232
Chemical names: SODIUM o-PHENYLPHENATE; SODIUM o-PHENYLPHENOLATE; SODIUM (1,1'-BIPHENYL)-2-OLATE
Functional class: PRESERVATIVE (POST-HARVEST TREATMENT OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES TO PROTECT AGAINST MICROBIAL DAMAGE)
Latest evaluation: 1964
ADI: 0-0.2 mg/kg bw
Comments: Conditional, 0.2-1.0 mg/kg bw. In 1999 JMPR allocated an ADI of 0-0.4 mg/kg bw for 2-phenylphenol; an ADI was not established for the sodium salt because it rapidly dissociates to 2-phenylphenol (FAO Plant Production and Protection Paper 153, Rome, 1999)
Report: NMRS 38/TRS 309-JECFA 8/25
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 12/FNP 52 Add. 12/68 (METALS LIMITS) (2004)
Tox monograph: FAS 24.65/NMRS 38A-JECFA 8/48
Previous status: 1990, JMPR ALLOCATED AN ADI OF 0-0.02 mg/kg bw (FAO PLANT PRODUCTION AND PROTECTION PAPER 102/49)
1964, FAS 24.65/NMRS 38A-JECFA 8/47; COMPENDIUM/1377. R
1961, NMRS 31/TRS 228-JECFA 6/78, NMRS 31/TRS 228-JECFA 6/79. 0-0.2 (CONDITIONAL, 0.2-1). CO. N
 
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