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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

TOLUENE
Chemical names: METHYLBENZENE; TOLUENE
Synonyms: TOLUOL; PHENYLMETHANE
Functional class: EXTRACTION SOLVENT
Latest evaluation: 1981
ADI: NOT SPECIFIED
Comments: Residues of toluene occurring in food when this solvent is used in accordance with good manufacturing practice would not pose any toxicological problems
Report: TRS 669-JECFA 25/30
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 12/FNP 52 Add. 12/68 (METALS LIMITS) (2004)
Tox monograph: FAS 16-JECFA 25/214
Previous status: 1981, FNP 19-JECFA 25/210; COMPENDIUM/1515. R
1979, TRS 648-JECFA 23/23, FNP 12-JECFA 23/111, NOT PREPARED. NO ADI ALLOCATED. NO. N
 
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    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Toluene (EHC 52, 1986)
       Toluene (ICSC)
       Toluene (WHO Food Additives Series 16)
       Toluene (IARC Summary & Evaluation, Volume 71, 1999)