INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME ON CHEMICAL SAFETY
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
TOXICOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF CERTAIN
FOOD ADDITIVES
WHO FOOD ADDITIVES SERIES 14
Geneva, 2-11 April 1979
The International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS),
established in 1980, is a joint venture of the United Nations
Environment Programme (UNEP), the International Labour Organisation
(ILO), and the World Health Organization (WHO). The overall objectives
of the IPCS are to establish the scientific basis for assessment of
the risk to human health and the environment from exposure to
chemicals, through international peer-review processes, as a
prerequisite for the assistance in strengthening national capacities
for the sound management of chemicals.
The Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of
Chemicals (IOMC) was established in 1995 by UNEP, ILO, the Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, WHO, the United
Nations Industrial Development Organization and the Organisation for
Economic Co-operation and Development (Participating Organizations),
following recommendations made by the 1992 UN Conference on
Environment and Development to strengthen cooperation and increase
coordination of the policies and activities pursued by the
Participating Organizations, jointly or separately, to achieve the
sound management of chemicals in relation to human health and the
environment.
WHO Food Additives Series, 1979, No. 14
TOXICOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF CERTAIN FOOD ADDITIVES
The evaluations contained in this document
were prepared by the Joint FAO/WHO
Expert Committee on Food Additives1
Geneva, 2-11 April 1979
1 Twenty-third Report of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food
Additives, Geneva, Wld Hlth Org. techn. Rep. Ser., 1980, No. 648.
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
THE MONOGRAPHS
Trans-Anethole
Butane-1,3-diol
d-Carvone and 1-carvone
Castor oil
Chloroform
Cinnamaldehyde
Estragole
Ethyl formate
Ethyl lactate
Eugenol
alpha-Ionone
ß-Ionone
Methyl anthranilate
Methyl chloride
Methyl-N-Methylanthranilate
Nonanal
Octanal
Polyethylene glycols
Red 2G
Triethyl citrate
INTRODUCTION
The monographs contained in this document have been prepared by
the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives in Geneva from
2-11 April 1979.
Any new information and comments on the biological and
toxicological data should be addressed to: Division of Environmental
Health, Environmental Health Criteria and Standards (Food Safety),
World Health Organization, Avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland.