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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

TETRAPOTASSIUM PYROPHOSPHATE
INS: 450v
Chemical names: TETRAPOTASSIUM DIPHOSPHATE; TETRAPOTASSIUM PYROPHOSPHATE
Synonyms: TETRAPOTASSIUM DIPHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM PYROPHOSPHATE
Functional class: EMULSIFYING AGENT; TEXTURIZER
Latest evaluation: 1982
Tolerable Intake: MTDI 70 mg/kg bw (as P)
Comments: Group MTDI for phosphorus from all sources, expressed as P
Report: TRS 683-JECFA 26/25
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 8/FNP 52 Add.8/203 (METALS LIMITS) (2000)
Tox monograph: FAS 17-JECFA 26/151
Previous status: 1990, COMPENDIUM/1491. S
1980, FNP 17-JECFA 24/139. N
 
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       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Tetrapotassium pyrophosphate (ICSC)