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ETHYL HEPTANOATE
COE No.: 365
FEMA No.: 2437
JECFA No.: 32
Chemical names: ETHYL HEPTANOATE
Synonyms: ETHYL OENANTHATE
Functional class: FLAVOURING AGENT
Latest evaluation: 1996
ADI: 0-2.5 mg/kg bw (1979)
Comments: No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent. The 1979 ADI of 0-2.5 mg/kg bw was maintained at the forty-sixth meeting (1996).
Report: TRS 868-JECFA 46/21
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 4/FNP 52 Add.4/177
Tox monograph: See TRS 868-JECFA 46/64 (1996)
Previous status: 1979, TRS 648-JECFA 23/27, FNP 12-JECFA 23/40, NOT PREPARED.0-2.5. FU. R
1967, NMRS 44/TRS 383-JECFA 11/12, FAS 69.31/NMRS 44B-JECFA 11/19, FAS 68.33/NMRS 44A-JECFA 11/29. 0-1 (CONDITIONAL). CO. N
 
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       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Ethyl heptanoate (FAO Nutrition Meetings Report Series 44a)