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Details for: (05.009) Octanal

FL No 05.009
In register Yes
Flavis name Octanal
Chemical group number 01
Chemical group name Straight-chain primary aliphatic alcohols/aldehydes/acids, acetals and esters with esters containing saturated alcohols and acetals containing saturated aldehydes. No aromatic or heteroaromatic moiety as a component of an ester or acetal.
CAS No 124-13-0
CE No 97
JECFA N0 98
FEMA No 2797
Systematic name Octanal
Synonyms Aldehyde C-8; Octyl aldehyde; Caprylic aldehyde; Caprylaldehyde; Octylaldehyde; n-Octylaldehyde
Evaluation No further evaluation needed
Needed Tox
Remarks GrADI: 0-0.1 [REF:0680]
Ref short JECFA, 1999b
Reference JECFA, 1999b. Evaluation of certain food additives and contaminants. Forty-ninth report of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives. Rome, 17-26 June 1997. WHO Technical Report Series, no. 884. Geneva.
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