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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

SODIUM SORBATE
INS: 201
Functional class: PRESERVATIVE
Latest evaluation: 1985
ADI: 0-25 mg/kg bw
Comments: Group ADI for sorbic acid and its calcium, potassium and sodium salts expressed as sorbic acid
Report: TRS 733-JECFA 29/27
Specifications: NOT PREPARED
Tox monograph: NMRS 53A/FAS 5-JECFA 17/121 (1973)
Previous status: 1973, NMRS 53/TRS 539-JECFA 17/18, NOT PREPARED, NMRS 53A/FAS 5-JECFA 17/121. 0-25 (AS SUM OF SORBIC ACID AND CALCIUM, POTASSIUM AND SODIUM SORBATES, EXPRESSED AS SORBIC ACID). FU. O
1970, NMRS 48/TRS 462-JECFA 14/24, FAS 70.41/NMRS 48C-JECFA 14/27. O
1965, NMRS 40/TRS 339-JECFA 9/11 (CONSIDERED TO BE TOO UNSTABLE FOR SATISFACTORY USE IN FOOD)
 
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