| FEMA | N/A |
| CAS | 8021-39-4 |
| EINECS | N/A |
| JECFA Food Flavoring | N/A |
| CoE Number | 195 |
| Organoleptic Notes |
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| Odor | smoky smoky, burnt, woody, resinous, |
| Flavor | smoky smoky, burnt, woody, resinous, |
| Material Notes | A greasy substance with a smoky odor and burned taste created by high temperature treatment of BEECH and other WOOD; COAL TAR; or resin of the CREOSOTE BUSH. It contains CRESOLS and POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS which are CARCINOGENS. It has been widely used as wood preservative and in PESTICIDES and had former use medicinally in DISINFECTANTS; LAXATIVES; and DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS. A complex combination of phenols obtained as a distillate from wood tar (SciFinder) |