IPCS INCHEM Home

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

bis(2-ETHYLHEXYL)PHTHALATE
Synonyms: DEHP
Functional class: CONTAMINANT
Latest evaluation: 1988
Tolerable Intake: PROVISIONAL ACCEPTANCE
Comments: The use of food-contact materials from which bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate may migrate is provisionally accepted on condition that the amount of the substance migrating into food is reduced to the lowest level technologically attainable.
Report: TRS 776-JECFA 33/31
Tox monograph: FAS 24-JECFA 33/221
Previous status: 1984, TRS 710-JECFA 28/24, FAS 19-JECFA 28/144. LOWEST LEVEL TECHNOLOGICALLY ATTAINABLE (PROVISIONAL).
 
12 Nov 01    





    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (WHO Food Additives Series 24)