LIGHT PETROLEUM
Prepared at the 25th JECFA (1981), published in FNP 19 (1981) and in FNP 52 (1992). Metals and arsenic specifications revised at the 63rd
JECFA (2004). An ADI of 0-5 mg/kg bw was established at the 25th JECFA (1981)
SYNONYMS Petroleum spirits, petroleum ether
DEFINITION Light petroleum fractions boiling between 25 and 105o. Mixed paraffinic (normal and iso) and cycloparaffinic hydrocarbons
DESCRIPTION Clear, colourless, mobile, highly flammable liquid with a characteristic petroleum-like odour
FUNCTIONAL USES Extraction solvent
