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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

GERANYL PROPIONATE
COE No.: 409
FEMA No.: 2517
JECFA No.: 62
Chemical names: trans-3,7-DIMETHYL-2,6-OCTADIEN-1-YL PROPANOATE
Functional class: FLAVOURING AGENT
Latest evaluation: 2002
ADI: ACCEPTABLE
Comments: No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent; secondary components do not raise a safety concern.
Report: TRS 913-JECFA 59/111
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 11/FNP 52 Add.11/93 (2003)
Tox monograph: FAS 40-JECFA 49/329 (1997)
Previous status: 1997, TRS 884-JECFA 49/64, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 5/FNP 52 Add.5/208, FAS 40-JECFA 49/329. ACCEPTABLE (NO SAFETY CONCERN AT CURRENT LEVELS OF INTAKE WHEN USED AS A FLAVOURING AGENT). AC. N
 
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