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Evaluation of the Health Aspects of Sorbic Acid and its Salts as Food Ingredients.

PB262663

Publication Date	1975
Page Count	28
Abstract	The report concerns the health aspects of using sorbic acid and its salts as food ingredients. It has been based partly on the information contained in a scientific literature review (monograph) furnished by FDA (1), which summarizes the world's scientific literature from 1920 through 1973. To assure completeness and currency as of the date of this report this information has been supplemented by searches of over 30 scientific and statistical reference sources and compendia that are generally available; use of new, relevant books and reviews and the literature citations contained in them; consideration of current literature citations obtained through computer retrieval systems of the National Library of Medicine; searches for relevant data in the files of FDA; and by the combined knowledge and experience of members of the Select Committee and the Life Science Research Organization (LSRO) staff.
Keywords	Toxicology Food additives Dienes Carboxylic acids Food consumption Organic salts Tables(Data) Opinions Consumers Metabolism Humans Toxicity Rats Laboratory animals Bioassay Experimental data Mice Nutrition Sorbic acids GRAS food ingredients Generally recognized as safe food ingredients
Source Agency	Food and Drug Administration GRAS Review Branch
NTIS Subject Category	98H - Food Technology 57Y - Toxicology 57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine
Corporate Authors	Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, Bethesda, MD. Life Sciences Research Office.; Food and Drug Administration, Washington, D.C. Bureau of Foods.
Supplemental Notes	Report of Select Committee on GRAS Substances.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept.
NTIS Issue Number	197710
Contract Number	FDA-223-75-2004

Evaluation of the Health Aspects of Sorbic Acid and its Salts as Food Ingredients.

Evaluation of the Health Aspects of Sorbic Acid and its Salts as Food Ingredients.
PB262663

Publication Date	1975
Page Count	28
Abstract	The report concerns the health aspects of using sorbic acid and its salts as food ingredients. It has been based partly on the information contained in a scientific literature review (monograph) furnished by FDA (1), which summarizes the world's scientific literature from 1920 through 1973. To assure completeness and currency as of the date of this report this information has been supplemented by searches of over 30 scientific and statistical reference sources and compendia that are generally available; use of new, relevant books and reviews and the literature citations contained in them; consideration of current literature citations obtained through computer retrieval systems of the National Library of Medicine; searches for relevant data in the files of FDA; and by the combined knowledge and experience of members of the Select Committee and the Life Science Research Organization (LSRO) staff.
Keywords	Toxicology Food additives Dienes Carboxylic acids Food consumption Organic salts Tables(Data) Opinions Consumers Metabolism Humans Toxicity Rats Laboratory animals Bioassay Experimental data Mice Nutrition Sorbic acids GRAS food ingredients Generally recognized as safe food ingredients
Source Agency	Food and Drug Administration GRAS Review Branch
NTIS Subject Category	98H - Food Technology 57Y - Toxicology 57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine
Corporate Authors	Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, Bethesda, MD. Life Sciences Research Office.; Food and Drug Administration, Washington, D.C. Bureau of Foods.
Supplemental Notes	Report of Select Committee on GRAS Substances.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept.
NTIS Issue Number	197710
Contract Number	FDA-223-75-2004