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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

gamma-UNDECALACTONE
COE No.: 179
FEMA No.: 3091
JECFA No.: 233
Chemical names: 4-UNDECANOLIDE; 5-HEPTYLDIHYDRO-2(3H)-FURANONE
Synonyms: ALDEHYDE C-14 PURE (SO-CALLED); PEACH ALDEHYDE; UNDECA-1,4-LACTONE
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 6/FNP 52 Add.6/172 (1998)
Tox monograph: FAS 40-JECFA 49/231
Previous status: 1967, NMRS 44/TRS 383-JECFA 11/12 (COMPENDIUM/1575), FAS 69.31/NMRS 44B-JECFA 11/45, FAS 69.33/NMRS 44A-JECFA 11/76. FU. N
 
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