| FL No |
10.018 |
| In register |
Yes |
| Flavis name |
4-Butyloctano-1,4-lactone |
| Chemical group number |
09 |
| Chemical group name |
Primary aliphatic saturated or unsaturated alcohols/aldehydes/ acids/acetals/esters with a second primary, secondary or tertiary oxygenated functional group including aliphatic lactones. |
| CAS No |
7774-47-2 |
| CE No |
2231 |
| JECFA N0 |
227 |
| FEMA No |
2372 |
| Systematic name |
4,4-Dibutyl-butanoic acid, 4-hydroxy-, lactone |
| Synonyms |
4,4-Dibutyl-4-hydroxybutyric acid, gamma-lactone; 4-Butyl-4-hydroxyoctanoic acid lactone |
| Evaluation |
No further evaluation needed |
| Needed Tox |
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| Remarks |
Deleted CoE: the CoE Committee of Experts had no information as to the real use in foodstuffs and/or for which insufficient technological and/or toxicological information was available [REF:0745] |
| 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. |
| Structure |
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