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Summary of Evaluations Performed by the
Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

ZINC
Functional class: CONTAMINANT
Latest evaluation: 1982
Tolerable Intake: 0.3-1 mg/kg bw
Comments: Provisional daily dietary requirement/maximum tolerable daily intake
Report: TRS 683-JECFA 26/32
Tox monograph: FAS 17-JECFA 26/320
Previous status: 1966, NMRS 43/TRS 373-JECFA 10/17
 
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    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Zinc (EHC 221, 2001)
       Zinc (WHO Food Additives Series 17)
       Zinc (UKPID)