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

ETHYL ACETATE
COE No.: 191
FEMA No.: 2414
JECFA No.: 27
Chemical names: ETHYL ACETATE
Synonyms: ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ETHYL ETHANOATE
Functional class: FLAVOURING AGENT; CARRIER SOLVENT
Latest evaluation: 1996
ADI: 0-25 mg/kg bw (1967)
Comments: No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent. The 1967 ADI of 0-25 mg/kg bw was maintained at the forty-sixth meeting (1996).
Report: TRS 868-JECFA 46/21
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 4/FNP 52 Add.4/49 (SOLVENT); 177 (FLAVOUR)
Tox monograph: See TRS 868-JECFA 46/64
Previous status: 1967, NMRS 44/TRS 383-JECFA 11/12, FAS 69.31/NMRS 44B-JECFA 11/16 (COMPENDIUM/581), FAS 68.33/NMRS 44A-JECFA 11/23. 0-25. FU. N
 
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    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Ethyl acetate (ICSC)
       Ethyl acetate (FAO Nutrition Meetings Report Series 44a)