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TRIETHYL CITRATE
INS: 1505
COE No.: 11762
FEMA No.: 3083
JECFA No.: 629
Chemical names: TRIETHYL 2-HYDROXY-1,2,3-PROPANETRICARBOXYLATE
Synonyms: ETHYL CITRATE; TRIETHYL 2-HYDROXY-1,2,3-PROPANE TRICARBOXYLATE
Functional class: CARRIER SOLVENT; SEQUESTRANT; FLAVOURING AGENT
Latest evaluation: 1999
ADI: 0-20 mg/kg bw (1984)
Comments: No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent. The 1984 ADI of 0-20 mg/kg bw was maintained at the fifty-third meeting (1999).
Report: TRS 896-JECFA 53/67
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 11/FNP 52 Add. 11/89 (METALS LIMITS) (2003)
Tox monograph: FAS 44-JECFA 53/229
Addendum: FAS 19-JECFA 28/115
Previous status: 2000, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 8/FNP 52 Add.8/158. R (FLAVOUR)
1999, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 7/FNP 52 Add. 7/132. N,T (FLAVOUR)
1984, TRS 710-JECFA 28/19, FNP 31/2-JECFA 28/125 (COMPENDIUM/1543), FAS 14-JECFA 23/93 (1979). 0-20. FU. R
1981, TRS 669-JECFA 25/31. 0-10 (TEMPORARY). TE. S
1979, TRS 648-JECFA 23/18, FNP 12-JECFA 23/115, FAS 14-JECFA 23/93. 0-10 (TEMPORARY). TE. N
 
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    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Triethyl citrate (ICSC)
       Triethyl citrate (WHO Food Additives Series 14)
       Triethyl citrate (WHO Food Additives Series 19)