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TRICHLOROETHYLENE
Chemical names: 1,1,2-TRICHLOROETHYLENE
Synonyms: TRILENE
Functional class: EXTRACTION SOLVENT
Latest evaluation: 1983
ADI: NO ADI ALLOCATED
Comments: Limited to lowest levels practicable
Report: TRS 696-JECFA 27/16
Specifications: WITHDRAWN (2000)
Tox monograph: FAS 18-JECFA 27/140
Previous status: 1993, TEMPORARY SPECIFICATIONS CONTINUED
1983, FNP 28-JECFA 27/141. R,T; COMPENDIUM/1527
1980, TRS 653-JECFA 24/26. NO ADI ALLOCATED. NO. S
1979, TRS 648-JECFA 23/23, NOT PREPARED, NOT PREPARED. NO ADI ALLOCATED. NO. O
1976, FNS 1/TRS 599-JECFA 20/17, FAS 10-JECFA 20/115. NO ADI ALLOCATED (THE PERMITTED USE AS AN EXTRACTION SOLVENT IS WITHDRAWN AND THE PREVIOUS SPECIFICATIONS ARE REVOKED). NO. O
1970, NMRS 48/TRS 462-JECFA 14/23, FAS 70.40/NMRS 48B-JECFA 14/67, FAS 70.39/NMRS 48A-JECFA 14/121. LIMITED BY GMP (CARE MUST BE TAKEN TO AVOID THE FORMATION OF TOXIC INTERACTION PRODUCTS WITH CERTAIN TREATED FOODS). LGMP. N
 
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    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Trichloroethylene (EHC 50, 1985)
       Trichloroethylene (ICSC)
       Trichloroethylene (WHO Food Additives Series 10)
       Trichloroethylene (FAO/PL:1968/M/9/1)
       Trichloroethylene (IARC Summary & Evaluation, Volume 63, 1995)