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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

(+)-CARVONE
COE No.: 146
FEMA No.: 2249
JECFA No.: 380a; 380.1
Chemical names: p-MENTHA-6,8-DIEN-2-ONE
Synonyms: d-CARVONE; DEXTRO-CARVONE
Functional class: FLAVOURING AGENT
Latest evaluation: 1998
ADI: 0-1 mg/kg bw (1990)
Comments: No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent. The 1990 ADI of 0-1 mg/kg bw was maintained at the fifty-first meeting (1998).
Report: TRS 891-JECFA 51/90
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 6/FNP 52 Add.6/182
Tox monograph: FAS 42-JECFA 51/319
Previous status: 1990, TRS 806-JECFA 37/18, COMPENDIUM/405, FAS 28-JECFA 37/155. 0-1 FU R
1988, TRS 776-JECFA 33/17, FNP 38-JECFA 33/57, FAS 14-JECFA 23/16 (1979). 0-1.0 (TEMPORARY; ADI APPLIES TO d-CARVONE OR l-CARVONE, ALONE OR IN COMBINATION). TE. R
1986, TRS 751-JECFA 30/19, FNP 37-JECFA 30/29, FAS 14-JECFA 23/16 (1979). 0-1 (TEMPORARY; ADI APPLIES TO d-CARVONE OR l-CARVONE, ALONE OR IN COMBINATION). TE. R.
1983, TRS 696-JECFA 27/18, FNP 28-JECFA 27/25, FAS 14-JECFA 23/16 (1979). 0-1 (TEMPORARY; AS THE SUM OF THE ISOMERS). TE. R
1981, TRS 669-JECFA 25/21, FNP 19-JECFA 25/71, FAS 14-JECFA 23/16 (1976). 0-1 (TEMPORARY). TE. R
1979, TRS 648-JECFA 23/24, FNP 12-JECFA 23/19, FAS 14-JECFA 23/16. 0-1 (TEMPORARY). TE. R
1967, NMRS 44/TRS 383-JECFA 11/12, FAS 69.31/NMRS 44B-JECFA 11/8, FAS 68.33/NMRS 44A-JECFA 11/14. 0-1.25 (CONDITIONAL). CO. N
 
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