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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

POTASSIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE
INS: 340i
Chemical names: MONOPOTASSIUM DIHYDROGEN MONOPHOSPHATE; MONOPOTASSIUM DIHYDROGEN ORTHOPHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE
Synonyms: MONOBASIC POTASSIUM PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM ACID PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM BIPHOSPHATE; MONOPOTASSIUM MONOPHOSPHATE
Functional class: BUFFER; SEQUESTRANT; NEUTRALIZING AGENT; YEAST FOOD
Latest evaluation: 1982
Tolerable Intake: MTDI 70 mg/kg bw (as P)
Comments: Group MTDI for phosphorus from all sources, expressed as P
Report: TRS 683-JECFA 26/25
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 12/FNP 52 Add. 12/68 (METALS LIMITS) (2004)
Tox monograph: FAS 17-JECFA 26/151
Previous status: 1976, FAS 9/NMRS 55B-JECFA 19/66; COMPENDIUM/1159. R
1973, NMRS 53/TRS 539-JECFA 17/23, FAS 5/NMRS 53A-JECFA 17/469. 0-70 (TOTAL DIETARY PHOSPHORUS LOAD FOR MAN). FU. S
1970, NMRS 48/TRS 462-JECFA 14/15, FAS 70.39/NMRS 48A-JECFA 14/62. 0-30 (CONDITIONAL, 30-70; BOTH THE UNCONDITIONAL AND CONDITIONAL ADIs INCLUDE THE AMOUNT OCCURRING IN THE DIET). CO. S
1963, NMRS 35/TRS 281-JECFA 7/23, NMRS 35/TRS 281-JECFA 7/29. 0-30 (CONDITIONAL, 30-70; AS TOTAL DIETARY PHOSPHORUS INTAKES FROM BOTH FOOD AND FOOD ADDITIVES). CO. N
 
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       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Potassium dihydrogen phosphate (ICSC)