SODIUM BENZOATE

Overview

Chemical Names
SODIUM BENZOATE; SODIUM SALT OF BENZENECARBOXYLIC ACID ; SODIUM SALT OF PHENYLCARBOXYLIC ACID
CAS number
532-32-1
INS
211
Functional Class
Food Additives
PRESERVATIVE
INS matches
211

Evaluations

Evaluation year: 1996

ADI:
0-5 mg/kg bw

Comments:
The 1996 group ADI of 0-5 mg/kg bw for benzoic acid, the benzoate salts (calcium, potassium and sodium), benzaldehyde, benzyl acetate, benzyl alcohol and benzyl benzoate, expressed as benzoic acid equivalents, was maintained at the fifty-seventh meeting (2001).
Intake:
See BENZOATES
Meeting:
46
Specs Code:
R
Report: 
TRS 909-JECFA 57/73 (2001)
Tox Monograph: 
FAS 37-JECFA 46/29
Specification: 
COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 12/FNP 52 Add. 12/68 (METALS LIMITS) (2004). R; FAO JECFA Monographs 1 vol.3/309
Previous Years:
1996, TRS 868-JECFA 46/41, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 4/FNP 52 Add.4/129. 0-5 mg/kg bw (GROUP ADI FOR BENZOIC ACID, THE BENZOATE SALTS (CALCIUM, POTASSIUM AND SODIUM), BENZALDEHYDE, BENZYL ALCOHOL AND BENZYL BENZOATE, EXPRESSED AS BENZOIC ACID EQUIVALENTS). FU.
1996, TRS 868-JECFA 46/41, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 4/FNP 52 Add.4/129. 0-5 mg/kg bw (GROUP ADI FOR BENZOIC ACID, THE BENZOATE SALTS (CALCIUM, POTASSIUM AND SODIUM), BENZALDEHYDE, BENZYL ALCOHOL AND BENZYL BENZOATE, EXPRESSED AS BENZOIC ACID EQUIVALENTS). FU.