| CITRAL | |
| FEMA No.: | 2303 | JECFA No.: | 1225 | Chemical names: | 3,7-DIMETHYL-2,6-OCTADIENAL | Synonyms: | MIXTURE OF GERANIAL AND NERAL; LEMAROME | Functional class: | FLAVOURING AGENT | Latest evaluation: | 2003 | ADI: | 0-0.5 mg/kg bw (1979) | Comments: | Use of citral as a flavouring agent is subsumed in the 1979 group ADI of 0-0.5 mg/kg bw for citral, geranyl acetate, citronellol, linalool, and linallyl acetate, expressed as citral, which was mainted at the sixty-first meeting. | Report: | TRS 922-JECFA 61/75 | Specifications: | COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 11/FNP 52 Add. 11/112 | Tox monograph: | FAS 52-JECFA 61/289 | Previous status: | 1998. THE 1979 GROUP ADI OF 0-0.5 mg/kg bw FOR CITRAL, GERANYL ACETATE, CITRONELLOL, LINALOOL, AND LINALYL ACETATE, EXPRESSED AS CITRAL, WAS MAINTAINED AT THE FIFTY-FIRST MEETING (TRS 891/90,1998).
1997, THE 1979 GROUP ADI OF 0-0.5 mg/kg bw FOR CITRAL AND RELATED SUBSTANCES, EXPRESSED AS CITRAL, WAS MAINTAINED (TRS 884-JECFA 49/68). 1982, FNP 25-JECFA 26/66; COMPENDIUM/447 1979, TRS 648-JECFA 23/25, FNP 12-JECFA 23/27, NOT PREPARED. 0-0.5 mg/kg bw (GROUP ADI FOR CITRAL, GERANYL ACETATE, CITRONELLOL, LINALOOL AND LINALYL ACETATE, EXPRESSED AS CITRAL). R 1967, NMRS 44/TRS 383-JECFA 11/12, FAS 69.31/NMRS 44B-JECFA 11/11, FAS 68.33/NMRS 44A-JECFA 11/18. 0-1 (CONDITIONAL). CO. N |
| 5 Jan 05 | |
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Toxicological Abbreviations
Citral (ICSC)
Citral (FAO Nutrition Meetings Report Series 44a)