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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

delta-OCTALACTONE
COE No.: 2195
FEMA No.: 3214
JECFA No.: 228
Chemical names: 5-OCTANOLIDE; 6-PROPYLTETRAHYDRO-2-PYRONE
Synonyms: 5-HYDROXYOCTANOIC ACID LACTONE; OCTA-1,5-LACTONE
Functional class: FLAVOURING AGENT
Latest evaluation: 1997
ADI: ACCEPTABLE
Comments: No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent
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. N
 
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