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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

ACETALDEHYDE
COE No.: 89
FEMA No.: 2003
JECFA No.: 80
Chemical names: ACETALDEHYDE
Synonyms: ETHANAL; ACETIC ALDEHYDE
Functional class: FLAVOURING AGENT
Latest evaluation: 1997
ADI: ACCEPTABLE
Comments: No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent
Report: TRS 884-JECFA 49/29
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 8/FNP 52 Add.8/130 (2000)
Tox monograph: FAS 40-JECFA 49/147
Previous status: 1997, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 5/FNP 52 Add.5/212. N
 
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    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Acetaldehyde (EHC 167, 1995)
       Acetaldehyde (HSG 90, 1995)
       Acetaldehyde (ICSC)
       Acetaldehyde (IARC Summary & Evaluation, Volume 71, 1999)