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GUM ARABIC
INS: 414
Synonyms: GUM ARABIC (Acacia senegal: GUM HASHAB, KORDOFAN GUM); GUM ARABIC (Acacia seyal: GUM TALHA); ACACIA GUM; ARABIC GUM
Functional class: THICKENER; STABILIZER; EMULSIFIER
Latest evaluation: 1989
ADI: NOT SPECIFIED
Report: TRS 789-JECFA 35/24
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 6/FNP 52 Add.6/69 (1998)
Tox monograph: FAS 26-JECFA 35/77
Previous status: 1997, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 5/FNP 52 Add.5/53. R
1995, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 3/FNP 52 Add.3/83. R
1989, FNP 49-JECFA 35/23; COMPENDIUM/735. R
1984, FNP 34-JECFA 29/93. R
1982, TRS 683-JECFA 26/28, FNP 25-JECFA 26/93, FAS 17-JECFA 26/50. ADI NOT SPECIFIED. NS. R
1973, NMRS 53/TRS 539-JECFA 17/36, FNP 4-JECFA 17/11, FAS 5/NMRS 53A-JECFA 17/316. NOT LIMITED. NL. R
1969, NMRS 46/TRS 445-JECFA 13/14, FAS 70.37/NMRS 46B-JECFA 13/43, FAS 70.36/NMRS 46A-JECFA 13/97. NOT LIMITED EXCEPT FOR GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE. NL. N
 
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    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Gum arabic (WHO Food Additives Series 26)