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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

ETHYL CELLULOSE
INS: 462
Chemical names: ETHYL ETHER OF CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE ETHYL ETHER
Functional class: TABLETING AID; BINDER; FILLER; DILUENT OF COLOUR AND OTHER FOOD ADDITIVES
Latest evaluation: 1989
ADI: NOT SPECIFIED
Comments: Group ADI for modified celluloses: ethyl cellulose, ethyl hydroxyethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose, methyl cellulose, methyl ethyl cellulose, and sodium carboxymethyl cellulose
Report: TRS 789-JECFA 35/24
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 9/FNP 52 Add.9/192 (METALS LIMITS) (2001)
Tox monograph: FAS 26-JECFA 35/82
Previous status: 1990, COMPENDIUM/589
1982, TRS 683-JECFA 26/31, FNP 25-JECFA 26/77. O-25 (GROUP ADI FOR MODIFIED CELLULOSES: ETHYL CELLULOSE, HYDROXYPROPYL CELLULOSE, HYDROXYPROPYL METHYL CELLULOSE, METHYL CELLULOSE, METHYL ETHYL CELLULOSE, AND SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYL CELLULOSE). FU. R
1980, FNP 17-JECFA 24/42. N
 
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