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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

ETHYL MALTOL
INS: 637
COE No.: 7047
FEMA No.: 3487
JECFA No.: 1481
Chemical names: 2-ETHYL-3-HYDROXY-4-PYRONE
Synonyms: 2-ETHYL-3-HYDROXY-4-PYRONE; 2-ETHYL-3-HYDROXY-4H-PYRAN-4-ONE; 2-ETHYLPYROMECONIC ACID
Functional class: FLAVOURING AGENT; FLAVOUR ENHANCER
Latest evaluation: 2005
ADI: 0-2 mg/kg bw (1974)
Comments: The ADI established at the eighteenth meeting in 1974 was maintained.
Report: TRS 934-JECFA 65/36
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 13/FNP 52 Add. 13/23,54
Tox monograph: FAS for JECFA 65 in press
Previous status: 2001, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 9/FNP 52 Add.9/192 (METALS LIMITS). S
1974, NMRS 54/TRS 557-JECFA 18/13, FAS 6/NMRS 54A-JECFA 18/19. 0-2.
FU
1970, NMRS 48/TRS 462-JECFA 14/23, FAS 70.40/NMRS 48B-JECFA 14/15, FAS 70.39/NMRS 48A-JECFA 14/37. 0-2. FU. N
 
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       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Ethyl maltol (FAO Nutrition Meetings Report Series 48a)