INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME ON CHEMICAL SAFETY
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
SUMMARY OF TOXICOLOGICAL DATA OF CERTAIN FOOD ADDITIVES
AND CONTAMINANTS
WHO FOOD ADDITIVES SERIES NO. 13
The data contained in this document were examined by the
Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives*
Rome, 3-12 April 1978
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
World Health Organization
* Twenty-second Report of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food
Additives, Geneva, 1978, WHO Technical Report Series No. 631
PONCEAU 4R
Explanation
Ponceau 4R was previously reviewed at the 1964, 1969, 1974 and
1977 Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives. The metabolic,
long-term and reproduction studies requested by June 1978 have not
been provided. The long-term toxicity in mice submitted was reviewed
at the 1974 meeting. The correct reference, however, was omitted from
the list of references. References should be amended to include:
Mason, P. L., Gaunt, I. F., Butterworth, K. R. and Hardy, J.
(1974) Long term toxicity study of Ponceau 4R in mice. Submitted by
British Industrial Biological Association, Report No. 1/1974,
unpublished