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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

POWDERED CELLULOSE
INS: 460ii
Chemical names: CELLULOSE; LINEAR POLYMER OF 1:4 LINKED GLUCOSE RESIDUES
Functional class: ANTICAKING AGENT; TEXTURIZING AGENT; DISPERSING AGENT
Latest evaluation: 1976
ADI: NOT SPECIFIED
Report: FNS 1/TRS 599-JECFA 20/12
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 9/FNP 52 Add.9/192 (METALS LIMITS) (2001)
Tox monograph: FAS 8/NMRS 55A-JECFA 19/47 (1975,MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE)
Previous status: 1976, FAS 11/FNS 1B-JECFA 20/77. N; COMPENDIUM/1199
1973, NMRS 53/TRS 539-JECFA 17/21, FNP 4-JECFA 17/85, FAS 5/NMRS 53A-JECFA 17/297 (MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE). ADI NOT LIMITED. NL. N
 
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