POTASSIUM BENZOATE
Overview
Chemical Names
POTASSIUM BENZOATE; POTASSIUM SALT OF BENZENECARBOXYLIC ACID; POTASSIUM SALT OF PHENYLCARBOXYLIC ACID
CAS number
582-25-2
INS
212
Functional Class
Food Additives
PRESERVATIVE
PRESERVATIVE
INS matches
212
Evaluations
Evaluation year: 1996
ADI:0-5 mg/kg bw
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:
Tox Monograph:
Specification:
Previous Years:
1996, TRS 868-JECFA 46/41, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 4/FNP 52 Add.4/115. 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.4/115. 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.