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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

RENNET FROM BACILLUS CEREUS
Chemical names: MICROBIAL ASPARTIC PROTEINASE (ACID PROTEINASE, ACID CARBOXYL PROTEINASE; EC 3.4.23.6)
Synonyms: ACID PROTEASE FROM BACILLUS CEREUS; MILK-CLOTTING ENZYME
Functional class: MICROBIAL ENZYME PREPARATION (PREPARATION OF CHEESE)
Latest evaluation: 1971
ADI: DECISION POSTPONED
Report: NMRS 50/TRS 488-JECFA 15/12
Specifications: FNP 31/2-JECFA 28/5 (1984); COMPENDIUM/1261
Tox monograph: NOT PREPARED
Previous status: 1981, FNP 19-JECFA 25/37. R,T
1971, FAS 2/NMRS 50B-JECFA 15/24. N,T
 
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