IPCS INCHEM Home

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

ALITAME
INS: 956
Chemical names: L-alpha-ASPARTYL-N-(2,2,4,4-TETRAMETHYL-3-THIETANYL)-D-ALANINAMIDE, HYDRATED
Functional class: SWEETENING AGENT
Latest evaluation: 2002
ADI: 0-1 mg/kg bw (1996)
Comments: The ADI of 0-1 mg/kg bw that was established at the forty-sixth meeting (1996) was maintained at the fifty-ninth meeting (2002).
Comments/MRLs: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 9/FNP 52 Add.9/194 (METALS LIMITS) (2001)
Report: TRS 913-JECFA 59/7
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 10/FNP 52 Add.10/4
Tox monograph: FAS 50-JECFA 59/1
Previous status: 2001, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 9/FNP 52 Add.9/194 (METALS LIMITS)
1996, TRS 868-JECFA 46/38, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 4/FNP 52 Add.4/3, FAS 37-JECFA 46/7. 0-1 mg/kg bw. FU. R
1995, TRS 759-JECFA 44/23, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 3/FNP 52 Add.3/9, FAS 35-JECFA 44/209. NO ADI ALLOCATED. NO. N
 
12 Mar 03    




    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Alitame (JECFA Food Additives Series 50)
       Alitame (WHO Food Additives Series 35)
       Alitame (WHO Food Additives Series 37)