BENZOE TONKINENSIS
General Information
Evaluations
| Evaluation year: | 2014 |
| ADI: | No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent |
| Meeting: | 79 |
| Specs Code: | R |
| Comments: | Given the no-observed-adverse-effect level (NOAEL) of 500 mg/kg body weight (bw) per day for Benzoe tonkinensis identified in a 90-day oral toxicity study in rats and the previously established ADIs for the major components of Benzoe tonkinensis (benzoic acid, benzyl benzoate and vanillin), the Committee confirmed the conclusion from the seventy-fourth meeting that Benzoe tonkinensis would not be of safety concern at current estimated dietary exposures, provided that it complies with the specifications prepared at the current meeting, when used as a flavouring agent and in accordance with good manufacturing practice. |
| Report: | TRS 990-JECFA 79/13 |
| Specification: | FAO JECFA Monographs 16/3 |
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