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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

gamma-NONALACTONE
COE No.: 178
FEMA No.: 2781
JECFA No.: 229
Chemical names: 4-NONANOLIDE; 5-PENTYLDIHYDRO-2(3H)-FURANONE
Synonyms: NONA-1,4-LACTONE; ALDEHYDE C-18 (SO-CALLED)
Functional class: FLAVOURING AGENT
Latest evaluation: 1997
ADI: 0-1.25 mg/kg bw (1967)
Comments: No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent. The 1967 ADI of 0-1.25 mg/kg bw was maintained at the forty-ninth meeting (1997).
Report: TRS 884-JECFA 49/42
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 8/FNP 52 Add.8/138 (2000)
Tox monograph: FAS 40-JECFA 49/231
Previous status: 1998, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 6/FNP 52 Add. 6/172. R
1967, NMRS 44/TRS 383-JECFA 11/12, FAS 69.31/NMRS 44B-JECFA 11/40, FAS 68.33/NMRS 44A-JECFA 11/67. 0-1.25. FU. N
 
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