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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

SORBITAN MONOLAURATE
INS: 493
Chemical names: MIXTURE OF THE PARTIAL ESTERS OF SORBITOL AND ITS MONO- AND DIANHYDRIDES WITH EDIBLE LAURIC ACID
Functional class: EMULSIFIER; STABILIZER
Latest evaluation: 1982
ADI: 0-25 mg/kg bw
Comments: Group ADI as the sum of the sorbitan esters of lauric, oleic, palmitic and stearic acid
Report: TRS 683-JECFA 26/18; see also TRS 891-JECFA 51/2 (1998)
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 8/FNP 52 Add.8/109 (2000)
Tox monograph: FAS 17-JECFA 26/218
Previous status: 1998, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 6/FNP 52 Add.6/149. R
1995, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 3/FNP 52 Add.3/187. R
1992, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 1/FNP 52 Add.1/111. R,T
1985, FNP 34-JECFA 29/209; COMPENDIUM/1405. R,T
1982, FNP 25-JECFA 26/177. R
1980, FNP 17-JECFA 24/115. N,T
 
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