Relevant Data

Food Additives Approved in the United States


General Information

Synonyms: HYDRATED BASIC MAGNESIUM CARBONATE, MAGNESIUM CARBONATE HYDROXIDE, MAGNESIUM SUBCARBONATE (LIGHT OR HEAVY)
Chemical Names: MAGNESIUM CARBONATE HYDROXIDE HYDRATED
CAS number: 39409-82-0
INS:

504(ii)

Functional Class: Food Additives
ACIDITY_REGULATOR
CARRIER_SOLVENT
COLOUR_RETENTION_AGENT
CARRIER
ANTICAKING_AGENT

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Evaluations

Evaluation year: 1979
ADI: NOT SPECIFIED
Meeting: 23
Specs Code: R (1983)
Comments: Included in the ADI for other hydrogen carbonates
Report: TRS 648-JECFA 23/31
Tox Monograph: FAS 67.29/NMRS 40A,B,C-JECFA 9/153 (1965)
Specification: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 10/FNP 52 Add.10/34 (METALS LIMITS) (2002). R; FAO JECFA Monographs 1 vol.2/299

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GSFA Provisions for MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE CARBONATE

Number Food Category Max Level Notes
14.1.5

Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa

GMP Note 160
01.1.3.2

Fluid buttermilk (plain)

GMP Note 261
09.2.2

Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP Note 16,Note XS166
09.2.3

Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP Note 16
11.4

Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple syrup, sugar toppings)

GMP Note 258
09.2.5

Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

GMP Note 266,Note 267

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