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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 />
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