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Summary of Evaluations Performed by the
Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

COPPER
Functional class: CONTAMINANT
Latest evaluation: 1982
Tolerable Intake: PMTDI 0.05-0.5 mg/kg bw
Comments: Provisional daily dietary requirement/maximum tolerable daily intake
Report: TRS 683-JECFA 26/31
Tox monograph: FAS 17-JECFA 26/265
Previous status: 1970, NMRS 48/TRS 462-JECFA 14/18, FAS 70.39/NMRS 48A-JECFA 14/32. NO ADI. NO
1966, NMRS 43/TRS 373-JECFA 10/15. 0.5 (TENTATIVE MAXIMUM ACCEPTABLE DAILY LOAD). TE
 
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    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Copper (EHC 200, 1998)
       Copper (ICSC)
       Copper (WHO Food Additives Series 17)
       Copper (UKPID)