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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

FURFURYL OCTANOATE
COE No.: 10645
FEMA No.: 3396
JECFA No.: 742
Chemical names: OCTANOIC ACID, 2-FURANYLMETHYL ESTER
Synonyms: alpha-FURFURYL CAPRYLATE; alpha-FURFURYL OCTANOATE
Functional class: FLAVOURING AGENT
Latest evaluation: 2000
ADI: 0-0.5 mg/kg bw
Comments: No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent. A group ADI of 0-0.5 mg/kg bw was established at the fifty-fifth meeting (2000) for furfural, furfuryl alcohol, furfuryl acetate, furfuryl propionate, furfuryl pentanoate, furfuryl octanoate, furfuryl 3-methylbutanoate, methyl 2-furoate, propyl 2-furoate, amyl 2-furoate, hexyl 2-furoate, and octyl 2-furoate.
Report: TRS 901-JECFA 55/37
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 9/FNP 52 Add.9/126 (2001)
Tox monograph: FAS 46-JECFA 55/137
Previous status: 2000, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 8/FNP 52 Add.8/174. N,T
 
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