CAFEINE CAS : 58-08-2 - UNEP Chemicals

OECD SIDS CAFFEINE
1. Chemical Name: Caffeine
2. CAS No.: 58-08-2
2
SIDS Initial Assessment Report
for
SIAM 14
(Paris, France, March 2002)
3. Sponsor Country: Germany Contact Point:
BMU (Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und
Reaktorsicherheit)
Contact person:
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schlottmann
Postfach 12 06 29
D- 53048 Bonn-Bad Godesberg
4. Shared Partnership
With:
5. Roles/Responsibilities of
the Partners:
• Name of industry sponsor/
consortium.
BASF AG, Germany;
Bell Flavors & Fragrances, Inc., United States
BASF AG, Germany
Contact person:
Dr. Hubert Lendle
GUP/CL - Z570
D-67056 Ludwigshafen
• Process used. see next page
6. Sponsorship History
• How was the chemical or
category brought into the
SIDS Program?
7. Review Process Prior to
the SIAM:
by ICCA-Initiative
last literature search (update):
24. January 2001 (Human Health): databases medline, toxline; search
profile CAS-No. and special search terms 18.04.01 and 02.05.01
(Ecotoxicology): databases CA, biosis; search profile CAS-No. and
special search terms
8. Quality Check Process As basis for the SIDS-Dossier the IUCLID was used. All data have
been checked and validated by BUA.
9. Date of Submission: 01. February 2002
10. Comments:
The peer review of BUA in the toxicology section was mainly based on
review articles, including those of the International Agency for Research
on Cancer (IARC), and some others.
Regarding ‘Experience with human exposure: this section of the SIDS
dossier is not adequately worked out according to the formal requests
of OECD manual for investigation of HPV chemicals. However, the
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