NITRATE

Overview

Functional Class
Food Additives
COLOUR_RETENTION_AGENT
PRESERVATIVE

Evaluations

Evaluation year: 2002

ADI:
0-3.7 mg/kg bw (1995)

Comments:
JECFA retained the ADI of 0-3.7 mg/kg bw, expressed as nitrate ion (or 0-5 mg/kg bw expressed as sodium nitrate), established at its forty-fourth meeting (1995).
Meeting:
44
Report: 
TRS 913-JECFA 59/26
Tox Monograph: 
FAS 50-JECFA 59/75
Specification: 
See POTASSIUM NITRATE AND/OR SODIUM NITRATE
Previous Years:
1995, TRS 859-JECFA 44/29,32, FAS 35-JECFA 44/325. 0-3.7 mg/kg bw (EXPRESSED AS NITRITE ION; ADI DOES NOT APPLY TO INFANTS BELOW THE AGE OF 3 MONTHS). FU See: "POTASSIUM NITRATE" and/or "SODIUM NITRATE"
1995, TRS 859-JECFA 44/29,32, FAS 35-JECFA 44/325. 0-3.7 mg/kg bw (EXPRESSED AS NITRITE ION; ADI DOES NOT APPLY TO INFANTS BELOW THE AGE OF 3 MONTHS). FU See: "POTASSIUM NITRATE" and/or "SODIUM NITRATE"