GERANYL ACETATE

Overview

Chemical Names
3,7-DIMETHYL-2,6-OCTADIEN-1-YL ACETATE
CAS number
105-87-3
JECFA number
58
COE number
201
FEMA number
2509
Functional Class
Flavouring Agent
FLAVOURING_AGENT

Evaluations

Evaluation year: 1997

ADI:
0-0.5 mg/kg bw (1979)

Comments:
No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent. The 1979 group ADI of 0-0.5 mg/kg bw for citral, geranyl acetate, citronellol, linalool, and linalyl acetate, expressed as citral, was maintained at the fifty-first (TRS 891/90, 1998) and sixty-first (TRS for JECFA 61 in press) meetings.
Meeting:
49
Specs Code:
N
Report: 
TRS 884-JECFA 49/64
Tox Monograph: 
FAS 40-JECFA 49/329
Specification: 
COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 9/FNP 52 Add.9/110 (2001)
Previous Years:
2000, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 8/FNP 52 Add.8/130. R,T 1997, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 5/FNP 52 Add.5/208. THE 1979 GROUP ADI OF 0-0.5 mg/kg bw FOR GERANYL ACETATE AND RELATED SUBSTANCES, EXPRESSED AS CITRAL, WAS MAINTAINED (TRS 884-JECFA 49/68). 1979, TRS 648-JE
2000, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 8/FNP 52 Add.8/130. R,T 1997, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 5/FNP 52 Add.5/208. THE 1979 GROUP ADI OF 0-0.5 mg/kg bw FOR GERANYL ACETATE AND RELATED SUBSTANCES, EXPRESSED AS CITRAL, WAS MAINTAINED (TRS 884-JECFA 49/68). 1979, TRS 648-JE