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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

ETHYL HEXADECANOATE
COE No.: 634
FEMA No.: 2451
JECFA No.: 39
Chemical names: ETHYL HEXADECANOATE
Synonyms: ETHYL PALMITATE
Functional class: FLAVOURING AGENT
Latest evaluation: 1996
ADI: ACCEPTABLE
Comments: No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent
Report: TRS 868-JECFA 46/21
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 8/FNP 52 Add.8/128 (2000)
Tox monograph: See TRS 868-JECFA 46/64
Previous status: 1996, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 4/FNP 52 Add.4/179. N
 
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