| GERANYL ACETATE | |
| COE No.: | 201 | FEMA No.: | 2509 | JECFA No.: | 58 | Chemical names: | 3,7-DIMETHYL-2,6-OCTADIEN-1-YL ACETATE | Functional class: | FLAVOURING AGENT | Latest evaluation: | 1997 | ADI: | 0-0.5 mg/kg bw (1979) | Comments: | No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent. The 1979 group ADI of 0-0.5 mg/kg bw for citral, geranyl acetate, citronellol, linalool, and linalyl acetate, expressed as citral, was maintained at the fifty-first (TRS 891/90, 1998) and sixty-first (TRS for JECFA 61 in press) meetings. | Report: | TRS 884-JECFA 49/64 | Specifications: | COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 9/FNP 52 Add.9/110 (2001) | Tox monograph: | FAS 40-JECFA 49/329 | Previous status: | 2000, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 8/FNP 52 Add.8/130. R,T
1997, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 5/FNP 52 Add.5/208. THE 1979 GROUP ADI OF 0-0.5 mg/kg bw FOR GERANYL ACETATE AND RELATED SUBSTANCES, EXPRESSED AS CITRAL, WAS MAINTAINED (TRS 884-JECFA 49/68). 1979, TRS 648-JECFA 23/25,28, FNP 12-JECFA 23/47 (COMPENDIUM/671). NOT PREPARED. 0-0.5 (GROUP ADI FOR CITRAL, GERANYL ACETATE, CITRONELLOL, LINALOOL AND LINALYL ACETATE, EXPRESSED AS CITRAL). R 1967, NMRS 44/TRS 383-JECFA 11/12, FAS 69.31/NMRS 44B-JECFA 11/27, FAS 68.33/NMRS 44A-JECFA 11/44. 0-5 (CONDITIONAL). CO. N |
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Toxicological Abbreviations
Geranyl acetate (FAO Nutrition Meetings Report Series 44a)