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CAROTENOIDS, MIXED
Chemical names: LUTEIN: 3,3'-DIHYDROXY-D-CAROTENE; beta,epsilon-CAROTENE-3,3'-DIOL
Functional class: COLOUR
Colour class: CAROTENOID
Latest evaluation: 1987
ADI: NO ADI ALLOCATED
Report: TRS 759-JECFA 31/28
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 10/FNP 52 Add.10/34 (METALS LIMITS) (2002)
Tox monograph: NOT PREPARED
Previous status: 1997, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 5/FNP 52 Add.5/87. R
1990, COMPENDIUM/963. R, T
1987, FNP 38-JECFA 31/140. N,T (SUPERSEDES IN PART THE SPECIFICATIONS FOR XANTHOPHYLLS PUBLISHED IN 1984, FNP 31/1-JECFA 28/141)
 
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