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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

alpha-ISO-METHYLIONONE
COE No.: 169
FEMA No.: 2714
JECFA No.: 404
Chemical names: 4-(2,6,6-TRIMETHYL-2-CYCLOHEXEN-1-YL)-3-METHYL-3-BUTEN-2-ONE
Synonyms: alpha-CYCLOCITRYLIDENE BUTANONE
Functional class: FLAVOURING AGENT
Latest evaluation: 1998
ADI: ACCEPTABLE
Comments: No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent
Report: TRS 891-JECFA 51/96
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 9/FNP 52 Add.9/118 (2001)
Tox monograph: FAS 42-JECFA 51/335
Previous status: 1998, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 6/FNP 52 Add.6/184. N
1980, FNP 17-JECFA 24/65 (COMPENDIUM/795). N, T
 
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