ETHYLENEDICARBOXYLIC ACID

Overview

Chemical Names
2(TRANS)-BUTENEDIOIC ACID
Synonyms
ALLOMALEIC ACID; BOLETIC ACID; (E)-BUTENEDIOIC ACID; (E)-1,2-ETHYLENEDICARBOXYLIC ACID
CAS number
110-17-8
JECFA number
618
INS
297
COE number
25
FEMA number
2488
Functional Class
Flavouring Agent
FLAVOURING_AGENTFood Additives
ACIDITY_REGULATOR
INS matches
297

Evaluations

Evaluation year: 1999

ADI:
NOT SPECIFIED (1989)

Comments:
No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent. The 1989 group ADI of "not specified" for fumaric acid and its salts was maintained at the fifty-third meeting (1999).
Meeting:
35
Specs Code:
R
Report: 
TRS 896-JECFA 53/67
Tox Monograph: 
FAS 44-JECFA 53/229
Specification: 
COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 8/FNP 52 Add.8/158 (FLAVOUR) (2000)
Previous Years:
1999, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 7/FNP 52 Add.7/43 (FAO JECFA Monographs 1 vol.2/79). R,T (ACIDITY REGULATOR); Add.7/130. R,T (FLAVOUR) 1989, TRS 789-JECFA 35/18, FNP 49-JECFA 35/21 (COMPENDIUM/665), FAS 6/NMRS 54A-JECFA 18/22 (1974). NOT SPECIFIED (GROUP ADI F
1999, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 7/FNP 52 Add.7/43 (FAO JECFA Monographs 1 vol.2/79). R,T (ACIDITY REGULATOR); Add.7/130. R,T (FLAVOUR) 1989, TRS 789-JECFA 35/18, FNP 49-JECFA 35/21 (COMPENDIUM/665), FAS 6/NMRS 54A-JECFA 18/22 (1974). NOT SPECIFIED (GROUP ADI F