FURFURAL
Relevant Data
Flavouring Substances Approved by European Union:
General Information
| Synonyms: | 2-FORMYLFURAN, FURAL, 2-FURALDEHYDE, FURFURALDEHYDE, 2-FURYLCARBOXALDEHYDE, PYROMUCIC ALDEHYDE |
| Chemical Names: | 2-FURALDEHYDE |
| CAS number: | 1998-01-1 |
| COE number: | 2014 |
| JECFA number: | 450 |
| FEMA number: | 2489 |
| Functional Class: |
Flavouring Agent FLAVOURING_AGENT Food Additives EXTRACTION_SOLVENT |
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Evaluations
| Evaluation year: | 2000 |
| ADI: | 0-0.5 mg/kg bw |
| Meeting: | 39 |
| Specs Code: | R,T |
| Comments: | No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent. A group ADI of 0-0.5 mg/kg bw was established at the fifty-fifth meeting (2000) for furfural, furfuryl alcohol, furfuryl acetate, furfuryl propionate, furfuryl pentanoate, furfuryl octanoate, furfuryl 3-methylbutanoate, methyl 2-furoate, propyl 2-furoate, amyl 2-furoate, hexyl 2-furoate, and octyl 2-furoate. |
| Report: | TRS 901-JECFA 55/6,37 |
| Tox Monograph: | FAS 46-JECFA 55/137 |
| Specification: | WITHDRAWN(2007) |
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