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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

GUAR GUM
INS: 412
Synonyms: GUAR FLOUR; GUM CYAMOPSIS
Functional class: THICKENER; STABILIZER; EMULSIFIER
Latest evaluation: 1975
ADI: NOT SPECIFIED
Report: NMRS 55/TRS 576-JECFA 19/14
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 7/FNP 52 Add.7/45 (1999)
Tox monograph: FAS 8/NMRS 55A-JECFA 19/38
Previous status: 1998, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 6/FNP 52 Add.6/65 (1998). R
1995, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 3/FNP 52 Add.3/81. R
1990, COMPENDIUM/733
1975: SPECIFICATIONS CONTINUED. S
1973, NMRS 53/TRS 539-JECFA 17/36, FNP 4-JECFA 17/21, FAS 5/NMRS 53A-JECFA 17/321. ADI NOT LIMITED. NL. R
1969, NMRS 46/TRS 445-JECFA 13/14, FAS 70.37/NMRS 46B-JECFA 13/47, FAS 70.36/NMRS 46A-JECFA 13/100. 0-125 (TEMPORARY). TE. N
 
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    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Guar gum (FAO Nutrition Meetings Report Series 46a)
       Guar gum (WHO Food Additives Series 5)