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Safety evaluation of certain food additives - ipcs inchem

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HYDROXY- AND ALKOXY-SUBSTITUTED BENZYL<br />

DERIVATIVES (addendum)<br />

First draft prepared by<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essor I.G. Sipes 1 and Ms E. Vavasour 2<br />

1 College <strong>of</strong> Medicine, University <strong>of</strong> Arizona, Tucson, AZ,<br />

United States <strong>of</strong> America (USA)<br />

2 Food Directorate, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada<br />

Evaluation ..................................................................................<br />

Introduction .........................................................................<br />

Assessment <strong>of</strong> dietary exposure .........................................<br />

Absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination ..........<br />

Application <strong>of</strong> the Procedure for the <strong>Safety</strong> Evaluation <strong>of</strong><br />

Flavouring Agents ...........................................................<br />

Consideration <strong>of</strong> combined intakes from use as flavouring<br />

agents .............................................................................<br />

Consideration <strong>of</strong> secondary components ............................<br />

Conclusion ..........................................................................<br />

Relevant background information ..............................................<br />

Explanation .........................................................................<br />

Additional considerations on intake ....................................<br />

Biological data .....................................................................<br />

Biochemical data: hydrolysis, absorption, distribution,<br />

metabolism and excretion ........................................<br />

Toxicological studies .....................................................<br />

Acute toxicity ..........................................................<br />

Short-term studies <strong>of</strong> toxicity ..................................<br />

Genotoxicity ............................................................<br />

Reproductive/developmental toxicity studies .........<br />

References ................................................................................<br />

1. EVALUATION<br />

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1.1 Introduction<br />

The Committee evaluated a group <strong>of</strong> six hydroxy- and alkoxy-substituted<br />

benzyl derivatives, including two vanillin acetals (Nos 1879 and 1882), one vanillin<br />

dimer (No. 1881), one alkoxy-hydroxylbenzaldehyde (No. 1878) and two<br />

alkoxybenzoyloxy derivatives (Nos 1880 and 1883). The <strong>evaluation</strong>s were conducted<br />

according to the Procedure for the <strong>Safety</strong> Evaluation <strong>of</strong> Flavouring Agents<br />

(Figure 1, Introduction) (Annex 1, reference 131). None <strong>of</strong> these flavouring agents<br />

has previously been evaluated by the Committee.<br />

The Committee evaluated 46 other members <strong>of</strong> this group <strong>of</strong> flavouring<br />

agents at its fifty-seventh meeting (Annex 1, reference 154). In addition, ethyl vanillin<br />

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