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FUMARIC ACID
INS: 297
COE No.: 25
FEMA No.: 2488
JECFA No.: 618
Chemical names: 2(TRANS)-BUTENEDIOIC ACID
Synonyms: ALLOMALEIC ACID; BOLETIC ACID; (E)-BUTENEDIOIC ACID; (E)-1,2-ETHYLENEDICARBOXYLIC ACID
Functional class: ACIDITY REGULATOR; FLAVOURING AGENT
Latest evaluation: 1999
ADI: NOT SPECIFIED (1989)
Comments: No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent. The 1989 group ADI of "not specified" for fumaric acid and its salts was maintained at the fifty-third meeting (1999).
Report: TRS 896-JECFA 53/67
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 8/FNP 52 Add.8/158 (FLAVOUR) (2000)
Tox monograph: FAS 44-JECFA 53/229
Previous status: 1999, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 7/FNP 52 Add.7/43. R,T (ACIDITY REGULATOR); 130. R,T (FLAVOUR)
1989, TRS 789-JECFA 35/18, FNP 49-JECFA 35/21 (COMPENDIUM/665), FAS 6/NMRS 54A-JECFA 18/22 (1974). NOT SPECIFIED (GROUP ADI FOR FUMARIC ACID AND ITS SALTS). NS. R
1979, TRS 648-JECFA 23/30, FAS 67.29/NMRS 40A,B,C-JECFA 9/135 (1965), FAS 6/NMRS 54A-JECFA 18/22 (1974). 0-6 (GROUP ADI FOR FUMARIC ACID AND ITS SALTS). FU. S
1974, NMRS 54/TRS 557-JECFA 18/14, FAS 67.29/NMRS 40A,B,C-JECFA 9/135 (1965), FAS 6/NMRS 54A-JECFA 18/22. 0-6. FU. S
1965, NMRS 40/TRS 339-JECFA 9/16, FAS 67.29/NMRS 40A,B,C-JECFA 9/135, FAS 67.29/NMRS 40A,B,C-JECFA 9/135. 0-6 (CONDITIONAL, 6-10). CO. N
 
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    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Fumaric acid (ICSC)
       Fumaric acid (FAO Nutrition Meetings Report Series 40abc)
       Fumaric acid (WHO Food Additives Series 6)