| ETHYL FORMATE | |
| COE No.: | 339 |
| FEMA No.: | 2434 |
| JECFA No.: | 26 |
| Chemical names: | ETHYL FORMATE |
| Functional class: | FLAVOURING AGENT |
| Latest evaluation: | 1996 |
| ADI: | 0-3 mg/kg bw (1979) |
| Comments: | No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent. The group ADI of 0-3 mg/kg bw that was established for formic acid and ethyl formate at the twenty-third meeting (1979) was maintained at the forty-sixth meeting (1996). |
| Report: | TRS 868-JECFA 46/21 |
| Specifications: | COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 4/FNP 52 Add.4/177 |
| Tox monograph: | See TRS 868-JECFA 46/64 (1996) |
| Previous status: | 1996, TRS 868-JECFA 46/21
1982, FNP 25-JECFA 26/80 (1982); COMPENDIUM/591 1979, TRS 648-JECFA 23/27, FNP 12-JECFA 23/39, FAS 14-JECFA 23/37. 0-3 (GROUP ADI FOR FORMIC ACID AND ETHYL FORMATE). FU. R 1967, NMRS 44/TRS 383-JECFA 11/12, FAS 69.31/NMRS 44B-JECFA 11/18, FAS 68.33/NMRS 44A-JECFA 11/27. 0-5 (CONDITIONAL; AS TOTAL FORMIC ACID FROM ALL FOOD ADDITIVE SOURCES). CO. N |
| 12 Mar 03 | |
See Also:
Toxicological Abbreviations
Ethyl formate (ICSC)
Ethyl formate (FAO Nutrition Meetings Report Series 44a)
Ethyl formate (WHO Food Additives Series 14)