ETHYL FORMATE
Overview
Chemical Names
ETHYL FORMATE
CAS number
109-94-4
JECFA number
26
COE number
339
FEMA number
2434
Functional Class
Flavouring Agent
FLAVOURING_AGENT
FLAVOURING_AGENT
Evaluations
Evaluation year: 1996
ADI:0-3 mg/kg bw (1979)
ADI:
0-3 mg/kg bw (1979)
Comments:
No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent. The group ADI of 0-3 mg/kg bw that was established for formic acid and ethyl formate at the twenty-third meeting (1979) was maintained at the forty-sixth meeting (1996).
Meeting:
46
Specs Code:
R
Report:
Tox Monograph:
Specification:
Previous Years:
1996, TRS 868-JECFA 46/21
1982, FNP 25-JECFA 26/80 (1982); COMPENDIUM/591
1979, TRS 648-JECFA 23/27, FNP 12-JECFA 23/39, FAS 14-JECFA 23/37. 0-3 (GROUP ADI FOR FORMIC ACID AND ETHYL FORMATE). FU. R
1967, NMRS 44/TRS 383-JECFA 11/12, FAS 69.31/NMRS 44B-
1996, TRS 868-JECFA 46/21
1982, FNP 25-JECFA 26/80 (1982); COMPENDIUM/591
1979, TRS 648-JECFA 23/27, FNP 12-JECFA 23/39, FAS 14-JECFA 23/37. 0-3 (GROUP ADI FOR FORMIC ACID AND ETHYL FORMATE). FU. R
1967, NMRS 44/TRS 383-JECFA 11/12, FAS 69.31/NMRS 44B-