ETHYL FORMATE

Overview

Chemical Names
ETHYL FORMATE
CAS number
109-94-4
JECFA number
26
COE number
339
FEMA number
2434
Functional Class
Flavouring Agent
FLAVOURING_AGENT

Evaluations

Evaluation year: 1996

ADI:
0-3 mg/kg bw (1979)

Comments:
No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent. The group ADI of 0-3 mg/kg bw that was established for formic acid and ethyl formate at the twenty-third meeting (1979) was maintained at the forty-sixth meeting (1996).
Meeting:
46
Specs Code:
R
Report: 
TRS 868-JECFA 46/21
Tox Monograph: 
See TRS 868-JECFA 46/64 (1996)
Specification: 
COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 4/FNP 52 Add.4/177
Previous Years:
1996, TRS 868-JECFA 46/21 1982, FNP 25-JECFA 26/80 (1982); COMPENDIUM/591 1979, TRS 648-JECFA 23/27, FNP 12-JECFA 23/39, FAS 14-JECFA 23/37. 0-3 (GROUP ADI FOR FORMIC ACID AND ETHYL FORMATE). FU. R 1967, NMRS 44/TRS 383-JECFA 11/12, FAS 69.31/NMRS 44B-
1996, TRS 868-JECFA 46/21 1982, FNP 25-JECFA 26/80 (1982); COMPENDIUM/591 1979, TRS 648-JECFA 23/27, FNP 12-JECFA 23/39, FAS 14-JECFA 23/37. 0-3 (GROUP ADI FOR FORMIC ACID AND ETHYL FORMATE). FU. R 1967, NMRS 44/TRS 383-JECFA 11/12, FAS 69.31/NMRS 44B-