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

CROSS-LINKED SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYL CELLULOSE
See: MODIFIED CELLULOSES
INS: 468
Synonyms: CROSS-LINKED CARBOXYMETHYL CELLULOSE; CROSS-LINKED SODIUM CMC; CROSS-LINKED CMC; CROSCARMELLOSE SODIUM; CROSS-LINKED CELLULOSE GUM
Functional class: TABLETTING AGENT
Latest evaluation: 2002
ADI: NOT SPECIFIED
Comments: Included in the group ADI of "not specified" with other modified celluloses (ethyl cellulose, ethyl hydroxyethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose, methyl cellulose, methyl ethyl cellulose, and sodium carboxymethyl cellulose) establilshed at the thirty-fifth meeting (1989)
Report: TRS 913-JECFA 59/9
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 11/FNP 52 Add.11/25 (2003, ORIGINAL SPECIFICATIONS REPUBLISHED WITH EDITORIAL CORRECTIONS)
Tox monograph: FAS 50-JECFA 59/7
Previous status: 2002, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 10/FNP 52 Add.10/13. N
 
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       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Cross-linked sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (JECFA Food Additives Series 50)