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| COE No.: | 2014 | FEMA No.: | 2489 | JECFA No.: | 450 | Chemical names: | 2-FURALDEHYDE | Synonyms: | 2-FORMYLFURAN; FURAL; 2-FURALDEHYDE; FURFURALDEHYDE; 2-FURYLCARBOXALDEHYDE; PYROMUCIC ALDEHYDE | Functional class: | EXTRACTION SOLVENT; FLAVOURING AGENT | Latest evaluation: | 2000 | ADI: | 0-0.5 mg/kg bw | Comments: | No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent. A group ADI of 0-0.5 mg/kg bw was established at the fifty-fifth meeting (2000) for furfural, furfuryl alcohol, furfuryl acetate, furfuryl propionate, furfuryl pentanoate, furfuryl octanoate, furfuryl 3-methylbutanoate, methyl 2-furoate, propyl 2-furoate, amyl 2-furoate, hexyl 2-furoate, and octyl 2-furoate. | Report: | TRS 901-JECFA 55/6,37 | Specifications: | COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 8/FNP 52 Add.8/160 (FLAVOUR) | Tox monograph: | FAS 46-JECFA 55/137 | Addendum: | FAS 46-JECFA 55/3 | Previous status: | 1998, TRS 881-JECFA 51/22, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 6/FNP 52 Add. 6/188 (FLAVOUR), FAS 42-JECFA 51/33. NO ADI ALLOCATED (DATA WERE INSUFFICIENT FOR ESTABLISHING AN ADI). NO. N
1992, TRS 828-JECFA 39/28, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 1/FNP 52 Add.1/51, FAS 30-JECFA 39/271. NO ADI ALLOCATED (EVIDENCE OF GENOTOXICITY AND CARCINOGENICITY; USE AS A SOLVENT SHOULD BE RESTRICTED TO SITUATIONS IN WHICH ALTERNATIVES ARE NOT AVAILABLE). NO, R, T 1979, TRS 648-JECFA 23/21, FNP 12-JECFA 23/46 (COMPENDIUM/667), NOT PREPARED. NO ADI ALLOCATED. NO. N |
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See Also:
Toxicological Abbreviations
Furfural (ICSC)
Furfural (WHO Food Additives Series 30)
Furfural (WHO Food Additives Series 42)
Furfural (WHO Food Additives Series 46)
Furfural (IARC Summary & Evaluation, Volume 63, 1995)