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CALCIUM HYDROGEN SULFITE
INS: 227
Chemical names: CALCIUM HYDROGENSULFITE
Synonyms: CALCIUM BISULFITE
Functional class: PRESERVATIVE; FIRMING AGENT
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Specifications: WITHDRAWN (1999)
Tox monograph: FAS 42-JECFA 51/95
Previous status: 1998, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 6/FNP 52 Add.6/11. S, T
1976, FNS 1/TRS 599-JECFA 20/12, FAS 11/FNS 1B-JECFA 20/13 (COMPENDIUM/299). NOT PREPARED. 0-0.7 (INCLUDED IN THE GROUP ADI FOR SULFUR DIOXIDE AND SULFITES). FU. R
1973, FNP 4-JECFA 17/116. N
Intake: See SULFITES
 
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