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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

CHLORINE
INS: 925
Chemical names: CHLORINE
Functional class: FLOUR TREATMENT AGENT; BLEACHING AGENT
Latest evaluation: 1985
Treatment Level: ACCEPTABLE LEVEL OF TREATMENT: 0-2.5 g/kg CAKE FLOUR (TWENTY-NINTH MEETING, 1985)
Report: TRS 733-JECFA 29/22
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 12/FNP 52 Add. 12/67 (METALS LIMITS) (2004)
Tox monograph: FAS 20-JECFA 29/51
Previous status: 1984, FNP 31/2-JECFA 28/23; COMPENDIUM/419. N
1965, NMRS 40/TRS 339-JECFA 9/14, NOT PREPARED, FAS 67.29/NMRS 40A,B,C-JECFA 9/109. NO TREATMENT LEVEL SET. NO. O
 
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    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Chlorine (ICSC)
       Chlorine (FAO Nutrition Meetings Report Series 40abc)
       Chlorine (WHO Food Additives Series 20)
       Chlorine (PIM 947)