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

ALUMINIUM
See: ALUMINIUM POWDER
Functional class: CONTAMINANT
Latest evaluation: 1988
Tolerable Intake: PTWI 7 mg/kg bw
Comments: Group PTWI for aluminium and its salts, expressed as Al; includes food additive uses of aluminium salts
Report: TRS 776-JECFA 33/26
Tox monograph: FAS 24-JECFA 33/113
Previous status: SEVERAL ALUMINIUM SALTS HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN EVALUATED AS FOOD ADDITIVES. VERY LIMITED USE AS A SILVERING DECORATION (SEE ALUMINIUM POWDER)
 
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    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Aluminium (EHC 194, 1997)
       Aluminium (WHO Food Additives Series 12)
       Aluminium (WHO Food Additives Series 24)