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Summary of Evaluations Performed by the
Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

BEESWAX
INS: 901
Functional class: GLAZING AGENT; RELEASE AGENT; CHEWING GUM BASE COMPONENT; CARRIER FOR FLAVOUR
Latest evaluation: 2005
ADI: ACCEPTABLE
Comments: No safety concern at the predicted dietary exposure (less than 650 mg/person per day), based on the long history of use and lack of toxicity observed with the major components of beeswax
Report: TRS 934-JECFA 65/12
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 13/FNP 52 Add. 13/11
Tox monograph: FAS for JECFA 65 in press
Previous status: 2004, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 12/FNP 52 Add. 12/67 (METALS LIMITS)
1992, TRS 828-JECFA 39/24, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 1/FNP 52 Add.1/7, FAS 30-JECFA 39/231. PRESENT USES (AS A RELEASE AND GLAZING AGENT IN BAKERY PRODUCTS, A GLAZING AGENT ON FRESH AND FROZEN FRUIT, A GLAZING AGENT ON CANDY, A CARRIER FOR FLAVOURS, AND A COMPONENT OF CHEWING-GUM BASE) NOT OF TOXICOLOGICAL CONCERN. AC. N
 
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    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Beeswax (WHO Food Additives Series 30)
       Beeswax (WHO Food Additives Series 56)