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LEGISLATION: USA: UK and EUROPE:<br />

FDA 21CFR § 166.110, 178.2010; Europe: listed. Limitation 0.1% (alone); 0.2% (in combination<br />

USDA 9CFR § 318.7 with sorbic acid or its salts)<br />

CANADA:<br />

Permitted in selected foods<br />

REFERENCES: Davidson, P. M., and Branen, A. L. (1993) Antimicrobials in <strong>Food</strong>s, Second Edition. Marcel Dekker,<br />

New York, pp. 11–48.<br />

Ash, M., and Ash, I. (1995) <strong>Food</strong> Additives. Gower Publishing Co., Brookfield, VT.<br />

ANY OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION: Effect of pH on the dissociation of benzoic acid:<br />

pH % Undissociated acid<br />

3 93.5<br />

4 59.3<br />

5 12.8<br />

6 1.44<br />

7 0.144<br />

pK 4.19<br />

Calcium benzoate 759

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