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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

ERYTHORBIC ACID
INS: 315
Chemical names: ISOASCORBIC ACID; D-ISOASCORBIC ACID; D-ERYTHRO-HEX-2-ENOIC ACID gamma-LACTONE
Synonyms: ISOASCORBIC ACID; D-ARABOASCORBIC ACID
Functional class: ANTIOXIDANT
Latest evaluation: 1990
ADI: NOT SPECIFIED
Report: TRS 806-JECFA 37/9
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 11/FNP 52 Add. 11/89 (METALS LIMITS) (2003)
Tox monograph: FAS 28-JECFA 37/29
Previous status: 1990, COMPENDIUM/567. R
1973, NMRS 53/TRS 539-JECFA 17/19, FNP 4-JECFA 17/203, FAS 5/NMRS 53A-JECFA 17/193. 0-5. FU. R
1971, NMRS 50/TRS 488-JECFA 15/20, FAS 3/NMRS 50C-JECFA 15/47
1961, NMRS 31/TRS 228-JECFA 6/23. 0-2.5 (CONDITIONAL, 2.5-7.5). CO
1958, NMRS VOL. I-III/65. N
 
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