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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

FERROUS LACTATE
INS: 585
Chemical names: FERROUS LACTATE; IRON (II) LACTATE; IRON (II) 2-HYDROXYPROPANOATE
Functional class: COLOURING ADJUNCT; NUTRIENT
Latest evaluation: 1989
Tolerable Intake: PMTDI 0.8 mg/kg bw
Comments: Group PMTDI for iron, expressed as Fe
Report: TRS 789-JECFA 35/26
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 11/FNP 52 Add. 11/89 (METALS LIMITS) (2003)
Tox monograph: NOT PREPARED
Previous status: 1989, FNP 49-JECFA 35/19; COMPENDIUM/659. N
 
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