CITRIC and FATTY ACID ESTERS of GLYCEROL

Comments:

Considered for specifications only.

Meeting:

87

Specs Code:

R

Report: 

Specification: 

ADI:

NOT SPECIFIED

Comments:

Considered for specifications only. The Committee encouraged the submission of a method for total glycerol that eliminates the use of chloroform. Specifications were revised and made tentative pending the availability of data. Specifications will be withdrawn if suitable information is not provided by December 2019.

Meeting:

86

Specs Code:

R, T

Report: 

Specification: 

ADI:

NOT SPECIFIED

Comments:

Considered for specifications only

Meeting:

82

Specs Code:

R

Report: 

Specification: 

ADI:

NOT SPECIFIED

Comments:

The Committee evaluated the safety of CITREM for use as an emulsifier in infant formula and formula for special medical purposes intended for infants. [...] The Committee concluded that there are no toxicological concerns about the use of CITREM in infant formula and formula for special medical purposes at concentrations up to 9 g/L. At the higher use levels, there is a possibility of diarrhoea from free citric acid released from formula containing CITREM. Given the paucity of clinical data and the fact that exposure assumptions for citric acid have been maximized, it is difficult to estimate the risk of diarrhoea, but it is considered to be low.

Meeting:

79

Specs Code:

R

Report: 

Specification: 

Addendum: 

ADI:

NOT LIMITED

Comments:

As sum of total glycerol esters of fatty acids and acetic, citric, lactic and tartaric acids, provided that the total food additive intake of tartaric acid does not exceed 30 mg/kg

Meeting:

17

Specs Code:

R (1989)

Report: 

Tox Monograph: 

Specification: 

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