INORGANIC TIN SALTS

Overview

Functional Class
Food Contaminant
METALS

Evaluations

Evaluation year: 1978

Comments:
The presence of inorganic tin in food may be a result of poor manufacturing practice or prolonged storage of food in tin-plated cans. The available toxicological data indicates that inorganic tin salts are poorly-absorbed via the oral route, readily-excreted in the feces, and non-carcinogenic and non-fetotoxic in rodents. The Committee did not establish a Tolerable Daily Intake for inorganic tin salts and concluded that there is no reason to change the assessment of the 1966 and 1971 Committee meetings that there is no indication of a general toxic hazard associated with inorganic tin contamination in food. The Committee stated that the presence of inorganic tin in foods may be limited by good manufacturing practices.
Tolerable Intake:
No tolerable intake established
Meeting:
22
Specs Code:
O
Report: 
TRS 631-JECFA 22/27
Tox Monograph: 
NOT PREPARED
Previous Years:
1975, NMRS 55/TRS 576-JECFA 19/16, NOT PREPARED. NO ADI ALLOCATED. NO. O. 1971, TRS 488-JECFA 15/19. NO ADI ALLOCATED. 1966, TRS 373-10/16. NO ADI ALLOCATED.
1975, NMRS 55/TRS 576-JECFA 19/16, NOT PREPARED. NO ADI ALLOCATED. NO. O. 1971, TRS 488-JECFA 15/19. NO ADI ALLOCATED. 1966, TRS 373-10/16. NO ADI ALLOCATED.