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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

GLYCEROL MONOSTEARATE
FEMA No.: 2527
JECFA No.: 918
Chemical names: 2,3-DIHYDROXYPROPYL OCTADECANOATE
Synonyms: MONOSTEARIN; alpha-MONOSTEARIN; 1-GLYCERYL MONOOCTADECANOATE
Functional class: FLAVOURING AGENT
Latest evaluation: 2002
ADI: ACCEPTABLE
Comments: No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent
Report: TRS 913-JECFA 59/112
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 11/FNP 52 Add.11/103 (2003)
Tox monograph: FAS 48-JECFA 57/333 (2001)
Previous status: 2002, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 10/FNP 52 Add.10/46. R,T
2001, TRS 909-JECFA 57/98, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 9/FNP 52 Add.9/150. EVALUATION AS A FLAVOURING AGENT NOT FINALIZED AT THE FIFTY-SEVENTH MEETING (2001); FURTHER INFORMATION REQUIRED TO DETERMINE WHETHER THIS SUBSTANCE IS IN CURRENT USE AS A FLAVOURING AGENT. N,T
 
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