| DICHLOROMETHANE | |
| Chemical names: | DICHLOROMETHANE | Synonyms: | METHYLENE CHLORIDE; METHYLENE DICHLORIDE | Functional class: | EXTRACTION SOLVENT | Latest evaluation: | 1992 | Comments: | Should be limited to current uses (as an extraction solvent for spice oleoresins and the decaffeination of coffee and tea, and for food additives in which previous specifications drawn up by the Committee included residues of dichloromethane) | Report: | TRS 828-JECFA 39/18 | Specifications: | COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 6/FNP 52 Add.6/53 (1998) | Tox monograph: | FAS 18-JECFA 27/59 (1983) | Addendum: | FAS 30-JECFA 39/135 | Previous status: | 1992, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 1/FNP 52 Add.1/43. R,T
1990, COMPENDIUM/497, 1983, TRS 696-JECFA 27/15, FNP 28-JECFA 27/33, FAS 18-JECFA 27/59. ADI WITHDRAWN (RESIDUES IN FOOD AS LOW AS PRACTICABLE). W. R,T 1979, TRS 648-JECFA 23/20, FNP 12-JECFA 23/80, FAS 14-JECFA 23/62. 0-0.5 (TEMPORARY). TE. R 1970, NMRS 48/TRS 462-JECFA 14/22, FAS 70.40/NMRS 48B-JECFA 14/51, FAS 70.39/NMRS 48A-JECFA 14/94. LIMITED BY GMP. LGMP. N |
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See Also:
Toxicological Abbreviations
Dichloromethane (ICSC)
Dichloromethane (FAO Nutrition Meetings Report Series 48a)
Dichloromethane (WHO Food Additives Series 30)
Dichloromethane (IARC Summary & Evaluation, Volume 71, 1999)