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ALLYL HEPTANOATE
COE No.: 369
FEMA No.: 2031
JECFA No.: 4
Chemical names: 2-PROPENYL HEPTANOATE
Synonyms: ALLYL OENANTHATE
Functional class: FLAVOURING AGENT
Latest evaluation: 1996
ADI: 0-0.15 mg/kg bw (1990)
Comments: No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent. The 1990 ADI, equivalent to 0-0.05 mg/kg allyl alcohol, for allyl heptanoate, allyl hexanoate and allyl isovalerate, was maintained at the forty-sixth meeting (1996).
Report: TRS 868-JECFA 46/28
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 4/FNP 52 Add.4/171
Previous status: 1990, TRS 806-JECFA 37/16 (COMPENDIUM/41), FAS 28-JECFA 37/109. 0-0.15. (EQUIVALENT TO 0-0.05 mg/kg ALLYL ALCOHOL (GROUP ADI WITH ALLYL HEXANOATE AND ALLYL ISOVALERATE)). FU. N, T
 
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