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Summary of Evaluations Performed by the
Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

STEARYL TARTRATE
INS: 483
Chemical names: MAIN COMPONENTS: DISTEARYL TARTRATE; DIPALMITYL TARTRATE; STEARYLPALMITYL TARTRATE
Synonyms: STEARYL PALMITYL TARTRATE
Functional class: FLOUR TREATMENT AGENT
Latest evaluation: 2000
Treatment Level: ACCEPTABLE LEVEL OF TREATMENT: 0-500 mg/kg FLOUR (1965)
Comments: At its fifty-fifth meeting (2000), the Committee could draw no conclusions about the acceptability of uses proposed in the draft General Standard for Food Additives of the Codex Committee on Food Additives and Contaminants because information on toxicity and intake was not available.
Report: TRS 901-JECFA 55/17
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 8/FNP 52 Add.8/111
Tox monograph: FAS 67.29/NMRS 40A,B,C-JECFA 9/122 (1965)
Previous status: 1996, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 4/FNP 52 Add.4/151. R
1965, NMRS 40/TRS 339-JECFA 9/15, FAS 67.29/NMRS 40A,B,C-JECFA 9/122.; COMPENDIUM/143. FU. N
 
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       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Stearyl tartrate (FAO Nutrition Meetings Report Series 40abc)