GRAS Reference 2952
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Updated use levels and food categories collected as part of the FDA’s SLR project are available from the FEMA office for this flavor ingredient upon request.
Flavor Profile
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Safety Assessment
Adams T.B., Greer D.B., Doull J., Munro I.C., Newberne P.M., Portoghese P.S., Smith R.L., Wagner B.M., Weil C.S., Woods L.A. and Ford R.A. 1998. The FEMA GRAS assessment of lactones used as flavor ingredients. Food and Chemical Toxicology. 36, 249.
Quick Reference
infoFEMA Number
2952
JECFA Number
1168
CAS
17369-59-4
CFR
21CFR172.515
JECFA Summary 1168
infoSafety evaluation of certain food additives and contaminants prepared by the sixty-first meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA). WHO Food Additives Series No. 52, 2004.
SLR
infoSLR C7. Scientific literature review of fused ring aromatic lactones. PB283502. National Technical Information Service. 1984.