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  "summary": "Ethyl formate is a flavouring with a rum and raspberry character, and has been used as a fumigant for dried fruit and nuts.",
  "derivation_summary": "Produced by reacting ethanol with formic acid. It occurs naturally in some fruit.",
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            "ref": "21 CFR 184.1295",
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      "status_label": "Not listed",
      "note": "Does not appear on this jurisdiction’s permitted list. That is not the same as being prohibited.",
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      "name": "Aethylformiat",
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      "name": "Areginal",
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    },
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      "name": "Carboxylic acid oxaethane",
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      "name": "Caswell No. 443A",
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      "name": "EPA Pesticide Chemical Code 043102",
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      "name": "ETHOXYCARBONYL GROUP",
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      "name": "Ethyl ester of formic acid",
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    {
      "name": "Ethyl formate, puriss., 95%",
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    {
      "name": "Ethyl formate, reagent grade, 97%",
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    {
      "name": "Ethyl formate, SAJ special grade, >=97.0%",
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    },
    {
      "name": "Ethyl formate, United States Pharmacopeia (USP) Reference Standard",
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    },
    {
      "name": "Ethyl formic ester",
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    },
    {
      "name": "Ethyl methanoate",
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    },
    {
      "name": "Ethyle (formiate d')",
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      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Ethylester kyseliny mravenci",
      "type": "common",
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    },
    {
      "name": "Ethylformiaat",
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      "source": "pubchem"
    },
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      "name": "ethylformiat",
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      "name": "Ethylformic ester",
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    },
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      "name": "Etile (formiato di)",
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      "source": "pubchem"
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      "name": "EtOCHO",
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    },
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      "name": "FEMA No. 2434",
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      "name": "FEMA Number 2434",
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      "name": "formiato de etilo",
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    },
    {
      "name": "Formic acid, ethyl ester",
      "type": "common",
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    {
      "name": "Formic acid-ethyl ester",
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    },
    {
      "name": "Formic ether",
      "type": "common",
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    },
    {
      "name": "HCO2Et",
      "type": "common",
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    },
    {
      "name": "HCOOC2H5",
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      "name": "HCOOEt",
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    {
      "name": "HSDB 943",
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    },
    {
      "name": "InChI=1/C3H6O2/c1-2-5-3-4/h3H,2H2,1H",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Mrowczan etylu",
      "type": "common",
      "source": "pubchem"
    },
    {
      "name": "Rizatriptan impurity 17",
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      "name": "WLN: VHO2",
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    },
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      "name": "ethyl formate",
      "type": "iupac",
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      "key": "ecfr",
      "name": "Electronic Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21",
      "publisher": "U.S. Government Publishing Office / National Archives",
      "licence": "Public domain",
      "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-31/title-21.xml",
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    }
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  "citation_policy": "Cite as: Food Additive Index, \"Ethyl formate\", https://foodadditiveindex.com/additives/ethyl-formate. This site reports regulatory status and does not rate additives.",
  "generated_at": "2026-09-08T00:09:38.527Z"
}