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CFSAN/Office of Food Additive Safety
September 2003

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The latest version of this guidance issued on May 17, 2006. Below is an earlier version.



Physical/chemical characterization
Water Solubility  
Dissociation Constant(s)  
Octanol/Water Partition Coefficient (Log Kow)  
Vapor Pressure or Henry's Law Constant  
Depletion mechanisms
Sorption/Desorption (Koc)  
Hydrolysis  
Aerobic Biodegradation  
Soil Biodegradation  
Photolysis  
Metabolism  
Environmental effects1
Microbial Inhibition  
Acute Toxicity  
Chronic Toxicity  

1Identify organism(s) and report results, e.g., NOEL, MIC, EC50, LC50.

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The latest version of this guidance issued on May 17, 2006.

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