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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

FERROUS GLUCONATE
INS: 579
Chemical names: FERROUS GLUCONATE; IRON (II) DI-D-GLUCONATE DIHYDRATE
Functional class: COLOUR STABILIZER; NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Latest evaluation: 1987
Tolerable Intake: PMTDI 0.8 mg/kg bw
Comments: Group PMTDI for iron, expressed as Fe
Report: TRS 759-JECFA 31/29
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 7/FNP 52 Add.7/37 (1999)
Tox monograph: FAS 8/NMRS 55A-JECFA 19/26 (1975)
Previous status: 1998, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 6/FNP 52 Add.6/59. R,T
1984, FNP 31/1-JECFA 28/83; COMPENDIUM/655. R
1975, NMRS 55/TRS 576-JECFA 19/14, FAS 8/NMRS 55A-JECFA 19/26. ADI NOT SPECIFIED (CONTRIBUTION FROM FERROUS GLUCONATE TO THE TOTAL DIETARY GLUCONIC ACID INTAKE FROM ALL SOURCES SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE ADI FOR GLUCONIC ACID: 0-50 MG/KG BODY WEIGHT). NS. S
1974, FAS 7/NMRS 54B-JECFA 18/169. N
 
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       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Ferrous gluconate (WHO Food Additives Series 8)