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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

ALLYL alpha-IONONE
COE No.: 2040
FEMA No.: 2033
JECFA No.: 401
Chemical names: 1-(2,6,6-TRIMETHYL-2-CYCLOHEXENYL)-1,6-HEPTADIEN-3-ONE
Synonyms: ALLYL IONONE
Functional class: FLAVOURING AGENT
Latest evaluation: 1998
ADI: ACCEPTABLE
Comments: No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent
Report: TRS 891-JECFA 51/96
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 9/FNP 52 Add.9/118 (2001)
Tox monograph: FAS 42-JECFA 51/335
Previous status: 1998, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 6/FNP 52 Add.6/184. R
1980, FNP 17-JECFA 24/3 (COMPENDIUM/49). N, T
 
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