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Summary of Evaluations Performed by the
Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

STYRENE
Functional class: CONTAMINANT
Latest evaluation: 1984
Tolerable Intake: PMTDI 0.04 mg/kg bw
Comments: The MTDI for styrene is provisionally acceptable on the condition that the amount of the substance migrating into food is reduced to the lowest level technologically attainable.
Report: TRS 710-JECFA 28/24
Tox monograph: FAS 19-JECFA 28/171
 
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    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Styrene (EHC 26, 1983)
       Styrene (ICSC)
       Styrene (WHO Food Additives Series 19)
       Styrene (PIM 509)
       Styrene (IARC Summary & Evaluation, Volume 60, 1994)
       Styrene (IARC Summary & Evaluation, Volume 82, 2002)