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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

(E,E)-2,4-HEXADIENOIC ACID
See: SORBIC ACID FOR EVALUATION AS A FOOD ADDITIVE
FEMA No.: 3921
JECFA No.: 1176
Chemical names: (2E,4E)-HEXA-2,4-DIENOIC ACID
Synonyms: (E,E)-1,3-PENTADIENE-1-CARBOXYLIC ACID; SORBIC ACID
Functional class: FLAVOURING AGENT
Latest evaluation: 2003
ADI: 0-25 mg/kg bw (1973; SORBIC ACID)
Comments: Use as a flavouring agent is subsumed in the ADI, which was maintained.
Report: TRS 922-JECFA 61/64
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 11/FNP 52 Add. 11/106 (FLAVOUR)
Tox monograph: FAS 52-JECFA 61/235
 
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