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 Category:flavoring agents 
  
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Physical Properties: 
| Appearance: | colorless clear liquid (est) |  
| Assay: |  95.00 to 100.00 
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| Food Chemicals Codex Listed:  | No |  
| Specific Gravity: | 0.90000 to 0.90600 @  25.00 °C.
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| Pounds per Gallon - (est).:  |  7.489 to  7.539
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| Refractive Index: | 1.42600 to 1.43200 @  20.00 °C.
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| Boiling Point: |  135.00 to  137.00 °C. @  760.00 mm Hg
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| Vapor Pressure: | 6.907000 mmHg @  25.00 °C. (est) |  
| Flash Point: |  103.00 °F. TCC (   39.44 °C. )
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| logP (o/w): |   2.400 (est) |  
| Soluble in: |  
|   | alcohol |  |   | water, 480.5 mg/L @ 25 °C (est) |  
| Insoluble in: |  
|   | water |  
 
  
Organoleptic Properties: 
| Odor and/or flavor descriptions from others (if found). |  
 
  
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Safety Information: 
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| GHS Classification in accordance with 29 CFR 1910 (OSHA HCS) |  
| None found. |  
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| Hazard statement(s) |  
| None found. |  
| Precautionary statement(s) |  
| None found. |  
| Oral/Parenteral Toxicity:  |  
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Not determined
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| Dermal Toxicity:  |  
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Not determined
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| Inhalation Toxicity:  |  
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Not determined
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Safety in Use Information: 
| Category:  |  | flavoring agents |  
| Recommendation for (Z)-4-hexen-1-yl acetate usage levels up to:  |  |   | not for fragrance use.
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| Maximised Survey-derived Daily Intakes (MSDI-EU):  | 0.0012 (μg/capita/day) |  
| Modified Theoretical Added Maximum Daily Intake (mTAMDI):  | 3900 (μg/person/day) |  
| Threshold of Concern: | 1800 (μg/person/day) |  
| Structure Class:  | I |  
 
  
Safety References: 
European Food Safety Athority(EFSA):Flavor usage levels; Subacute, Subchronic, Chronic and Carcinogenicity Studies; Developmental / Reproductive Toxicity Studies; Genotoxicity Studies...
 
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European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) reference(s):
 
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Opinion of the Scientific Panel on food additives, flavourings, processing aids and materials in contact with food (AFC) related to Flavouring Group Evaluation 6 (FGE.06): Straight-and branched-chain aliphatic unsatured primary alcohols, aldehydes, carboxylic acids, and esters from chemical groups 1 and 4 View page or View pdf
 
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Flavouring Group Evaluation 62 (FGE.62) Consideration of linear and branched-chain aliphatic unsaturated, unconjugated alcohols, aldehydes, acids, and related esters evaluated by JECFA (61st meeting) structurally related to esters of branched- and straight-chain aliphatic saturated primary alcohols and of one secondary alcohol, and branched- and straight-chain unsaturated carboxylic acids evaluated by EFSA in FGE.05 (2005) and to straight- and branched-chain aliphatic unsaturated primary alcohols, aldehydes, carboxylic acids, and esters evaluated by EFSA in FGE.06 (2004) (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1565/2000 of 18 July 2000) View page or View pdf
 
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Scientific Opinion on Flavouring Group Evaluation 06, Revision 3 (FGE.06Rev3): Straight- and branched-chain aliphatic unsaturated primary alcohols, aldehydes, carboxylic acids, and esters from chemical groups 1 and 4 View page or View pdf
 
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| EPA Substance Registry Services (SRS):Registry |  
| Laboratory Chemical Safety Summary :5352834 |  
| National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases:Data |  
| [(Z)-hex-4-enyl] acetate |  
 
  
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Other Information: 
  
Potential Blenders and core components  note 
  
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Occurrence (nature, food, other): note 
|   | banana fruit - 1.56 mg/kg (Z-isomer) and <0.05 mg/kg (E-isomer) 
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Synonyms: 
|   | hex-(4Z)-enyl acetate |  | [(Z)- | hex-4-enyl] acetate |  | (Z)-4- | hexenyl acetate |  
 
  
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