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Di-n-octyl phthalate<br />

TDI oral<br />

Organisation<br />

Description Target organ/Critical Effect Reference Web link<br />

Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI)<br />

Food Standards Agency (FSA)<br />

Committee on the Toxicity of Chemicals in Food,<br />

Consumer Products and the Environment (COT)<br />

Refers to a provisional TDI of 50ug/kgbw/day <strong>for</strong> all<br />

phthalate esters in contact with food.<br />

Also Plastic Materials and Articles In Contact With Food<br />

(England) Regulation 2008 look at specific limits on<br />

phthalate transfer into food.<br />

These e temporary "group restriction" of 0.05 mg/kg Unknown<br />

bodyweight/day set by the (Scientific Committee on<br />

Food (SCF) <strong>for</strong> those phthalates <strong>for</strong> which further<br />

toxicity testing is required. The Committee notes that<br />

TDIs are derived from doses which produce no effect in<br />

animal studies<br />

Unknown Unknown http://www.food.gov.uk/foodlabelling/packagingbranch/phthalates;<br />

http://www.eatwell.gov.uk/healthissues/factsbehindissues/phthalates/lang=en;<br />

http://cot.food.gov.uk/pdfs/TOX-2004-14.pdf<br />

Jul 2006 STATEMENT ON PHTHALATES IN INFANT FORMULAE. Based on the Reports of<br />

the Scientific Committee on Food, 36th Series. Available<br />

at: http://europa.eu.int/comm/food/fs/sc/scf/reports_en.html<br />

(Other sites Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the<br />

Environment <strong>Risk</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong> of Mixtures of Pesticides<br />

and Similar Substances synergistic effects)<br />

http://cot.food.gov.uk/pdfs/reportindexed.pdf)<br />

http://cot.food.gov.uk/pdfs/cotstatementphthalates96.pdf also in<br />

http://cot.food.gov.uk/pdfs/TOX-2004-14.pdf referring to SCF (1996). Phthalates in<br />

infant <strong>for</strong>mulae (Opinion expressed on 7 June 1996). Reports of the Scientific<br />

Committee on Food, 36th Series. Available at:<br />

http://europa.eu.int/comm/food/fs/sc/scf/reports_en.html<br />

Scientific Committee on Food (SCF) pre 2002<br />

EU Scientific Committee on Toxicity, Ecotoxicity<br />

and the Environment (CSTEE)<br />

Group restriction peroxisome proliferation,<br />

reproductive study, inadequate 90day oral study and<br />

Ames test available<br />

DNOP was shown to cause mild microscopic changes in<br />

the liver (endothelial nuclear prominence, nuclear<br />

hyperchromicity, anisokaryosis) and thyroid (reduced<br />

follicle size, reduced colloid density) at 5000 ppm in<br />

diet. NOAEL = 500 ppm which is equivalent to 36.8<br />

mg/kg bw/day <strong>for</strong> male rats (Poon et al., 1997).<br />

Unknown<br />

Liver and thyroid<br />

EU Scientific Committee on Toxicity, Ecotoxicity and the Environment (CSTEE. Phthalate<br />

migration from soft PVC toys and child-care<br />

articles Opinion expressed at the CSTEE third plenary meeting Brussels, 24 April 1998<br />

which cites<br />

Poon R, Lecavalier, P, Mueller, R, Valli, VE, Procter BG, Chu I (1997). Subchronic<br />

Oral toxicity of di-n-octyl phthalate and di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate in the rat. Fd Chem<br />

Toxicol 35, 225-239.<br />

http://ec.europa.eu/food/fs/sc/scf/reports/scf_reports_42.pdf<br />

http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_risk/committees/sct/documents/out12_en.pdf<br />

Joint FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide Residues<br />

(JMPR)<br />

JMPR 2<br />

<strong>Health</strong> Canada Toxicological Values<br />

http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ewh-semt/pubs/contaminants/psl1-<br />

lsp1/dinoctylphthalate_phtalatedioctyle/dinoctylphthalate_phtalatedioctyle_2-eng.php<br />

Page 2 of 6 EIC pro<strong>for</strong>ma di-n-octylphthalate 09/09/2009

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