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ETHYL NONANOATE
COE No.: 388
FEMA No.: 2447
JECFA No.: 34
Chemical names: ETHYL NONANOATE
Synonyms: ETHYL PELARGONATE
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 5/FNP 52 Add.5/206 (1997)
Tox monograph: See TRS 868-JECFA 46/64
Previous status: 1996, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 4/FNP 52 Add.4/177. R
1979, TRS 648-JECFA 23/28, FNP 28-JECFA 27/46 (1983) (COMPENDIUM/621). NOT PREPARED. 0-2.5. FU. R (1983)
1979, TRS 648-JECFA 23/28, FNP 12-JECFA 23/44. 0-2.5. FU. R
1967, NMRS 44/TRS 383-JECFA 11/12, FAS 69.31/NMRS 44B-JECFA 11/23, FAS 68.33/NMRS 44A-JECFA 11/37. 0-1 (CONDITIONAL). CO. N
 
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       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Ethyl nonanoate (FAO Nutrition Meetings Report Series 44a)