| FORMIC ACID | |
| INS: | 236 |
| COE No.: | 1 |
| FEMA No.: | 2487 |
| JECFA No.: | 79 |
| Chemical names: | FORMIC ACID |
| Functional class: | PRESERVATIVE; FLAVOURING AGENT |
| Latest evaluation: | 1997 |
| 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-ninth meeting (1997). |
| Report: | TRS 884-JECFA 49/29 |
| Specifications: | COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 8/FNP 52 Add.8/130 (FLAVOUR) (2000) |
| Tox monograph: | FAS 40-JEC FA 49/147 (FLAVOUR) |
| Previous status: | 1997, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 5/FNP 52 Add.5/210. N (FLAVOUR)
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 1973, NMRS 53/TRS 539-JECFA 17/35, FNP 4-JECFA 17/129 (COMPENDIUM/663), FAS 5/NMRS 53A-JECFA 17/60. 0-3. FU. R 1964, NMRS 38/TRS 309-JECFA 8/25, FAS 24.65/NMRS 38A-JECFA 8/19, FAS 24.65/NMRS 38A-JECFA 8/19. 0-5 (CONDITIONAL; NATURALLY OCCURRING SUBSTANCE; THE ADI DOES NOT INCLUDE THE AMOUNT OCCURRING NATURALLY). CO. R 1961, NMRS 31/TRS 228-JECFA 6/58, NMRS 31/TRS 228-JECFA 6/58. 0-5 (CONDITIONAL). CO. N |
| 12 Mar 03 | |
See Also:
Toxicological Abbreviations
Formic acid (ICSC)
Formic acid (FAO Nutrition Meetings Report Series 38a)
Formic acid (WHO Food Additives Series 5)