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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

ETHYL OCTANOATE
COE No.: 392
FEMA No.: 2449
JECFA No.: 33
Chemical names: ETHYL OCTANOATE
Synonyms: ETHYL CAPRYLATE
Functional class: FLAVOURING AGENT
Latest evaluation: 1996
ADI: ACCEPTABLE
Comments: No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent
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. N
 
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