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Table 2 List of items that have been added to the designated food additives (As of October 6, 2016)

From: Summarized data of genotoxicity tests for designated food additives in Japan

No.a

Name

2

chlorous acid water

4

nitrous oxide

8

calcium l-ascorbate

9

l-ascorbic acid 2-glucoside

13

asparaginase

16

acesulfame potassium

17

acetylated distarch adipate

18

acetylated oxidized starch

19

acetylated distarch phosphate

20

acetaldehyde

24

sodium selenite pentahydrate

25

azoxystrobin

26

advantame

28

β-apo-8′-carotenal

29

(3-amino-3-carboxypropyl) dimethylsulfonium chloride

30

amylalcohol

35

ammonium alginate

36

potassium alginate

37

calcium alginate

44

ammonium isovalerate

46

ion exchange resin

47

isoamylalcohol

51

isoquinoline

54

isovaleraldehyde

55

isobutanol

56

isobutyraldehyde (isobutanal)

57

isopropanol

58

isopentylamine

67

mixture of 2-ethyl-3,5-dimethylpyrazine and 2-ethyl-3,6-dimethylpyrazine

69

2-ethylpyrazine

70

3-ethylpyridine

71

2-ethyl-3-methylpyrazine

72

2-ethyl-5-methylpyrazine

73

2-ethyl-6-methylpyrazine

74

5-ethyl-2-methylpyridine

77

ethers

89

octanoic acid

91

starch sodium octenyl succinate

94

peracetic acid

102

canthaxanthin

106

xylitol (alias xylit)

110

triethyl citrate

113

sodium ferrous citrate (sodium iron citrate)

127

sodium gluconate

128

glutamyl-valyl-glycine

130

monoammonium l-glutamate

132

monocalcium dl- l -glutamate

134

monomagnesium dl-l-glutamate

135

calcium silicate

136

magnesium silicate

140

ketones

150

calcium acetate

156

starch acetate

165

calcium saccharin

168

calcium oxide

169

oxidized starch

172

hypochlorous acid water

174

hypobromous acid water

176

2,3-diethylpyrazine

177

2,3-diethyl-5-methylpyrazine

189

fatty acids

191

aliphatic higher aldehydes (except those generally recognized as highly toxic)

192

aliphatic higher hydrocarbons (except those generally recognized as highly toxic)

193

2,3-dimethylpyrazine

194

2,5-dimethylpyrazine

195

2,6-dimethylpyrazine

196

2,6-dimethylpyridine

201

potassium dl-bitartrate (potassium hydrogen dl-tartrate or potassium hydrogen dl-tartrate)

203

disodium dl-tartrate (disodium dl-tartrate)

226

magnesium hydroxide

227

sucralose (trichlorogalactosucrose)

228

calcium stearate

229

magnesium stearate

231

sodium stearoyl lactylate

236

calcium sorbate

248

thiamine thiocyanate (vitamin B1 thiocyanate)

251

thioethers (except those generally recognized as highly toxic)

252

thiols (thioalcohols) (except those generally recognized as highly toxic)

258

5,6,7,8-tetrahydroquinoxaline

259

2,3,5,6-tetramethylpyrazine

262

terpene hydrocarbons

268

all-racemic -α-tocopheryl acetate

269

R,R,R -α-tocopheryl acetate

272

trimethylamine

273

2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine

276

nisin

277

natamycin

284

carbon dioxide (carbonic acid, gas)

287

potassium lactate

291

neotame

303

valeraldehyde

306

biotin

308

bisbentiamine (benzoylthiamine disulfide)

311

1-hydroxyethylidene-1, 1-diphosphonic acid

313

hydroxycitronellal dimethylacetal

314

hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate

315

hydroxypropyl cellulose

316

hydroxypropyl starch

317

hydroxypropyl methylcellulose

318

piperidine

321

sunflower lecithin

323

pyrazine

325

pyrimethanil

328

pyrrolidine

334

pyrrole

339

2-(3-phenylpropyl) pyridine

340

phenethylamine

341

phenol ethers (except those generally recognized as highly toxic)

342

phenols (except those generally recognized as highly toxic)

343

ferrocyanides (potassium ferrocyanide (potassium hexacyanoferrate (ii)), calcium ferrocyanide (calcium hexacyanoferrate (ii)), sodium ferrocyanide (sodium hexacyanoferrate (ii))

344

butanol

345

butylamine

346

butyraldehyde

350

fludioxonil

352

propanol

353

propionaldehyde

369

2-pentanol (syn: sec-amylalcohol)

370

trans-2-pentenal

371

1-penten-3-ol

372

aromatic alcohols

373

aromatic aldehydes (except those generally recognized as highly toxic)

377

polysorbate 20

378

polysorbate 60

379

polysorbate 65

380

polysorbate 80

381

polyvinylpyrroridone

382

polyvinylpolypyrrolidone

394

5-methylquinoxaline

395

6-methylquinoline

396

6,7-dihydro-5-methyl-5 h-cyclopentapyrazine

398

1-methylnaphthalene

400

2-methypyrazine

401

2-methylbutanol

402

3-methyl-2-butanol

403

2-methylbutyraldehyde

404

trans-2-methyl-2-butenal, (e)-2-methyl-2-butenal

405

3-methyl-2-butenal

406

3-methyl-2-butenol

417

Lactones (except those generally recognized as highly toxic)

422

calcium 5′-ribonucleotide

431

potassium sulfate

439

distarch phosphate

440

monostarch phosphate

443

trimagnesium phosphate (syn: Magnesium phosphate, tribasic)

452

magnesium monohydrogen phosphate

454

phosphated distarch phosphate

  1. anumbers are consistent with those underlined in Table 3