FAO Nutrition Meetings
Report Series No. 40A,B,C
WHO/Food Add./67.29
TOXICOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF SOME
ANTIMICROBIALS, ANTIOXIDANTS, EMULSIFIERS,
STABILIZERS, FLOUR-TREATMENT AGENTS, ACIDS AND BASES
The content of this document is the result of the deliberations of the
Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives which met at Rome,
13-20 December, 19651 Geneva, 11-18 October, 19662
1 Ninth Report of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food
Additives, FAO Nutrition Meetings Report Series, 1966 No. 40;
Wld Hlth Org. techn. Rep. Ser., 1966, 339
2 Tenth Report of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food
Additives, FAO Nutrition Meetings Report Series, 1967, in press;
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
World Health Organization
1967
CALCIUM IODATE
Chemical name Calcium iodate monohydrate
Empirical formula Ca(IO3)2.H2O
Molecular weight 407.90
Definition Calcium iodate monohydrate contains not
less than 99 per cent. and not more than
the equivalent or 101 per cent. of
Ca(IO3)2H2O.
Description Calcium iodate monohydrate occurs as a
white powder and may have a slight
odour.
Uses As a rapid oxidizing agent used for
strengthening flour.
Evaluation
There is no reason to believe that calcium iodate differs
toxicologically from potassium iodate. For the reasons stated under
potassium iodate no estimate was made of the acceptable level of
treatment of flour.