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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

SODIUM THIOSULFATE
INS: 539
Chemical names: SODIUM THIOSULFATE
Synonyms: SODIUM HYPOSULFITE
Functional class: ANTIBROWNING AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; SEQUESTRANT
Latest evaluation: 1998
ADI: 0-0.7 mg/kg bw
Comments: Group ADI, expressed as sulfur dioxide, for calcium hydrogen sulfite, calcium metabisulfite, calcium sulfite, potassium hydrogen sulfite, potassium metabisulfite, potassium sulfite, sodium hydrogen sulfite, sodium metabisulfite, sodium sulfite, sodium thiosulfate, and sulfur dioxide
Report: TRS 891-JECFA 51/30
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 7/FNP 52 Add.7/89 (1999)
Tox monograph: FAS 42-JECFA 51/95
Previous status: 1998, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 6/FNP 52 Add.6/147. R,T
1978, TRS 631-JECFA 22/23, FNP 7-JECFA 22/66 (COMPENDIUM/1401), NOT PREPARED. 0-0.7 (INCLUDED IN THE SAME GROUP ADI AS SULFUR DIOXIDE AND THE SULFITES, CALCULATED AS SULFUR DIOXIDE
Intake: See SULFITES
 
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       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Sodium thiosulfate (ICSC)