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HYDROGEN PEROXIDE
See: LACTOPEROXIDASE/THIOCYANATE/HYDROGEN PEROXIDE SYSTEM FOR MILK PRESERVATION PEROXYACID ANTIMICROBIAL SOLUTIONS CONTAINING 1-HYDROXYETHYLIDENE-1,1-DIPHOSPHONIC ACID (HEDP) AND THREE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING COMPONENTS: PEROXACETIC ACID, ACETIC ACID, HYDROGEN PEROXIDE, OCTANOIC ACID AND PEROXYOCTANOIC ACID
Chemical names: HYDROGEN PEROXIDE
Functional class: PRESERVATIVE; STERILIZING AGENT
Latest evaluation: 2004
ADI: ACCEPTABLE
Comments: Small residues of hydrogen peroxide on food (which has been treated with antimicrobial washing solutions) at the time of consumption would not pose a safety concern.
Report: TRS 928-JECFA 63/26
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 12/FNP 52 Add. 12/17
Tox monograph: NOT PREPARED
Previous status: 1985, FNP 34-JECFA 29/103; COMPENDIUM/763. R
1980, TRS 653-JECFA 24/12, FNP 17-JECFA 24/55. NO ADI ALLOCATED. MAY BE USED ONLY WHERE BETTER METHODS OF MILK PRESERVATION ARE NOT AVAILABLE. NO. R,T
1973, NMRS 53/TRS 539-JECFA 17/35, FNP 4-JECFA 17/133, FAS 5/NMRS 53A-JECFA 17/75. NO ADI (TO BE USED ONLY AS AN EMERGENCY MEASURE WHEN BETTER METHODS OF MILK PRESERVATION ARE NOT AVAILABLE). NO. R
1965, NMRS 40/TRS 339-JECFA 9/11, FAS 67.29/NMRS 40A,B,C-JECFA 9/51, FAS 67.29/NMRS 40A,B,C-JECFA 9/51. DECISION POSTPONED. NO. N
 
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    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Hydrogen peroxide (FAO Nutrition Meetings Report Series 40abc)
       Hydrogen peroxide (WHO Food Additives Series 5)
       Hydrogen peroxide (PIM 946)
       Hydrogen Peroxide (IARC Summary & Evaluation, Volume 71, 1999)