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

ETHYLENIMINE
See: POLYETHYLENIMINE
Functional class: CONTAMINANT
Latest evaluation: 1985
Tolerable Intake: PROVISIONAL ACCEPTANCE
Comments: Acceptable on condition that the amount of ethylenimine migrating into food is reduced to the lowest technically attainable level
Report: TRS 733-JECFA 29/20
Specifications: See FNP 34-JECFA 29/A. 7 (ANNEX II): Limit test for determination of ethylenimine from immobilized enzyme preparations containing poly(ethylenimine)
Tox monograph: FAS 20-JECFA 29/33
 
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