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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

DICALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE
INS: 450vi
Chemical names: DICALCIUM DIPHOSPHATE; DICALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE
Synonyms: CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE
Functional class: BUFFERING AGENT; NEUTRALIZING AGENT; YEAST FOOD
Latest evaluation: 1982
Tolerable Intake: MTDI 70 mg/kg bw (as P)
Comments: Group MTDI for phosphorus from all sources, expressed as P
Report: TRS 683-JECFA 26/25
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 10/FNP 52 Add.10/34 (METALS LIMITS) (2002)
Tox monograph: FAS 17-JECFA 26/151
Previous status: 2000, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 8/FNP 52 Add.8/203 (METALS LIMITS)
1980, FNP 17-JECFA 24/33; COMPENDIUM/495. S
 
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