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POTASSIUM SORBATE
INS: 202
Chemical names: POTASSIUM SORBATE; POTASSIUM SALT OF trans,trans-2,4-HEXADIENOIC ACID
Functional class: PRESERVATIVE
Latest evaluation: 1973
ADI: 0-25 mg/kg bw
Comments: Group ADI as the sum of sorbic acid and calcium, potassium and sodium sorbates (expressed as sorbic acid)
Report: NMRS 53/TRS 539-JECFA 17/18
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 6/FNP 52 Add.6/115 (1998)
Tox monograph: NMRS 53A/FAS 5-JECFA 17/121
Previous status: 1973, FNP 4-JECFA 17/152; COMPENDIUM/1193. R
1970, NMRS 48/TRS 462-JECFA 14/24, FAS 70.41/NMRS 48C-JECFA 14/27,52. R
1965, NMRS 40/TRS 339-JECFA 9/11, FAS 67.29/NMRS 40A,B,C-JECFA 9/60, FAS 67.29/NMRS 40A,B,C-JECFA 9/61. 0-12.5 (CONDITIONAL, 12.5-25; AS SUM OF SORBIC ACID AND CALCIUM AND POTASSIUM SORBATE, CALCULATED AS SORBIC ACID). CO. N
 
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