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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

POTASSIUM PROPIONATE
INS: 283
Chemical names: POTASSIUM PROPIONATE
Functional class: PRESERVATIVE; ANTIMOULD AND ANTIROPE AGENT
Latest evaluation: 1973
ADI: NOT LIMITED
Comments: The 1973 group ADI of "not limited" for propionic acid and its calcium, potassium and sodium salts was maintained at the forty-ninth meeting (1997).
Report: NMRS 53/TRS 539-JECFA 17/23
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 5/FNP 52 Add.5/125 (1997)
Tox monograph: FAS 5/NMRS 53A-JECFA 17/110
Previous status: 1995, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 3/FNP 52 Add.3/155. R
1973: SPECIFICATIONS CONTINUED. S
1970, NMRS 48/TRS 462-JECFA 14/24, FAS 70.41/NMRS 48C-JECFA 14/22
1965, NMRS 40/TRS 339-JECFA 9/11. 0-10 (CONDITIONAL, 10-20; AS SUM OF PROPIONIC ACID AND CALCIUM, SODIUM AND POTASSIUM PROPIONATE, CALCULATED AS PROPIONIC ACID). CO. S
1961, NMRS 31/TRS 228-JECFA 6/84, NMRS 31/TRS 228-JECFA 6/84. 0-10 (CONDITIONAL, 10-20). CO. N
 
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