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
INS matches
212

Evaluations

Evaluation year: 2021

ADI:
0–20 mg/kg bw

Comments:
Applying a chemical specific adjustment factor of 2 for interspecies toxicokinetics variation instead of the default factor of 4.0, the Committee established a group ADI of 0–20 mg/kg bw, which applies to benzoic acid, the benzoate salts (calcium, potassium and sodium), benzaldehyde, benzyl acetate, benzyl alcohol and benzyl benzoate, expressed as benzoic acid equivalents. The Committee withdrew the previous group ADI of 0–5 mg/kg bw.
Meeting:
92
Specs Code:
N
Report: 
TRS 1037 JECFA 92/5
Tox Monograph: 
FAS 83-JECFA 92/5
Specification: 
FAO Combined Compendium of Food Additive Specifications

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 (1996)
Specification: 
COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 12/FNP 52 Add. 12/67 (METALS LIMITS) (2004). R; FAO JECFA Monographs 1 vol.3/117
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.