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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

LINOLEIC AND LINOLENIC ACID (MIXTURE)
COE No.: 694
FEMA No.: 3380
JECFA No.: 332
Chemical names: (9Z,12Z)-OCTADECA-9,12-DIENOIC ACID AND OCTADECA-9,12,15-TRIENOIC ACID
Functional class: FLAVOURING AGENT
Latest evaluation: 2002
ADI: ACCEPTABLE
Comments: No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent; secondary components do not raise a safety concern.
Report: TRS 913-JECFA 59/111
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 11/FNP 52 Add.11/96 (2003)
Tox monograph: FAS 42-JECFA 51/267 (1998)
Previous status: 1998, TRS 891-JECFA 51/68, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 6/FNP 52 Add.6/180, FAS 42-JECFA 51/267. EVALUATED AS LINOLEIC ACID: ACCEPTABLE (NO SAFETY CONCERN AT CURRENT LEVELS OF INTAKE WHEN USED AS A FLAVOURING AGENT). AC. N
 
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