Updated List of Food Additives Regulation in the Philippines

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH BUREAU OF FOOD AND DRUGS Civic Drive, Filinvest Corporate City Alabang,
Muntinlupa City
18 October 2006 BUREAU CIRCULAR

No. _______________
TO:
ALL MANUFACTURERS, DISTRIBUTORS, IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALERS OF PROCESSED FOOD PRODUCTS DISTRIBUTED IN THE PHILIPPINES
SUBJECT:
Updated List of Food Additives
BACKGROUND It is the States policy, under Article II, Section 15, of the 1987 Constitution to protect and promote the right to health of the people and instill health consciousness among them. The 1987 Constitution also provides, in this Article XIII, Section 12, that: The State shall establish and maintain an effective food and drug regulatory system and undertake appropriate health manpower development and research, responsive to the countrys health needs and problems. Thus, to implement the foregoing policies, the Government, through the Department of Health, was mandated to, in accordance with the provisions of Republic Act No. 3720, as amended by Executive Order No. 175, and Republic Act No. 7394, establish standards and quality measures for foods and adopt measures to ensure pure and safe supply of foods in the country. The current regulatory guideline on the use of food additives in processed foods sold in the Philippines, Administrative Order No. 88-A s. 1984, needs updating to meet the current and emerging trends in food manufacturing. In view of the above and consistent with the requirements of the WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade on overcoming technical obstacles in world markets, this Bureau Circular aims to update and put together the list of permitted food additives and prescribes guidelines for their use and application in foods distributed in the Philippines whether locally manufactured or imported.
I.
OBJECTIVES 1. To establish a regulation prescribing: a. The conditions under which a food additive may be safely used and b. The maximum quantity of food additive which may be used or permitted to remain in or on such food; 2. To ensure food safety and harmonize local food regulation with international food control laws, rules and regulations and to ensure market access opportunities. 3. To update the list of permitted food additives and prescribe guidelines for their use and application in food distributed in the Philippines.
II.
DEFINITION OF TERMS For the purposes of this Circular, the following terms shall have the following meaning: 1. Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) refers to an estimate by the JECFA of the amount of a food additive, expressed on a body weight basis (reference man-60kg), that can be ingested daily over a lifetime without appreciable health risk. (Codex STAN 1921995 (Rev.6. 2005), (WHO Environmental Health Criteria No. 70, 1987) 2. FAO refers to Food Agriculture Organization 3. FCC refers to Food Chemicals Codex 4. Flavoring Substances refers to flavor preparations composed of substances derived from plant / animal products and / or chemically synthesized substances whose significant function in food is flavoring rather than nutritional.(AO No. 88 A s. 1984) 5. Food Additive refers to any substance the intended use of which results or may reasonably be expected to result, or indirectly, in its becoming a component or otherwise affecting the characteristics of any food (including any substance intended for use in producing, manufacturing, packing, processing, preparing, treating, packaging, transporting, or holding food; and including any source of radiation intended for any such use), if such substance is generally recognized, among experts qualified by scientific training and experience to evaluate its safety, as having been adequately shown through scientific procedures to be safe under the conditions of the intended use. (RA No. 3720) 6. Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) refers to the level of use of the least or minimal amount of food additive that is necessary to accomplish the intended effect.(AO 153 s. 2004) 7. IOFI refers to International Organization of the Flavor Industry
8. JECFA refers to Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives. 9. WHO refers to World Health Organization 10. US FEMA refers to United States Flavors Extracts Manufacturers Association III. GENERAL GUIDELINES A. General Principles for the Use of Food Additives 1. Only those food additives which present no appreciable risk to the health of the consumer at the proposed level of use as found by JECFA and/or other internationally recognized bodies shall be endorsed and included in the APPENDIX, after proper evaluation by DOH-BFAD. 2. The use of a food additive is justified only when any or all of the following condition exists: 2.1 That it results to an advantage on the part of the food, such as lengthening of shelf life, enhance nutritional quality etc.; 2.2 That it does not present an appreciable health risk to consumers; 2.3 That it does not mislead the consumer; 2.4 That it serves one or more of the technological functions set out in Table 9, entitled Food Additive Functional Classes and Sub Classes, and the needs set out from (2.4.1 through (2.4.4) below, and only where these objectives cannot be achieved by other means which are economically and technologically practicable ; 2.4.1 To preserve the nutritional quality of the food; an intentional reduction in the nutritional quality of a food would be justified in the circumstances dealt with in sub-paragraph (2.4.2) and also in other circumstances where the food does not constitute a significant item in a normal diet; 2.4.2 To provide necessary constituents for foods manufactured for groups of consumers having special dietary needs; To enhance the keeping quality or stability of a food or to improve its sensory properties, provided that this does not change the nature, substance or quality of the food so as to deceive the consumer; and, To provide an aid in the manufacture, processing, preparation, treatment, packing, transport or storage of food, provided that the additive is not used to disguise the effects of the use of faulty raw materials or of undesirable (including unhygienic) practices or techniques during the course of any of these activities.
2.4.3
2.4.2
3. The Permitted Levels of Use of Food Additives The primary objective of establishing permitted levels of use of food additives in various food groups is to ensure that the intake of additives does not exceed the acceptable daily intake (ADI). The maximum levels of food additive use are based in part on BFAD commodity standards, Codex and upon request of interested parties after subjecting their proposed maximum levels to internationally accepted scientific methods, ensuring that the same shall not exceed prescribed ADI. 4. Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) All food additives subject to the provisions of this circular shall be used under conditions of good manufacturing practice, which include the following: 4.1 The quantity of the additive added to food shall be limited to the lowest possible level necessary to accomplish its desired effect; unless specifically limited by this Circular for or to a specific application; The quantity of the additive that becomes a component of food as a result of its use in the manufacturing, processing or packaging of a food and which is not intended to accomplish any physical, or other technical effect in the food itself, is reduced to the extent reasonably possible; and, The food additive is of food grade quality and is prepared and handled in the same way as a food ingredient.
4.2
4.3
5. Specifications for the Identity and Purity of Food Additives Food additives used in accordance with this Circular should be of appropriate food grade quality and at all times conform with the applicable Specifications of Identity and Purity recommended by the Codex Alimentarius Commission, JECFA or, in the absence of such specifications, by responsible international regulating bodies. In terms of safety, food grade quality is achieved by compliance with the specifications as a whole and not merely with individual criteria. B. Provision for Mislabeled or Adulterated Food Any food additive used not in accordance with the requirements of this Regulation or Circular shall be deemed to be an act which results in the food being misbranded or adulterated, as the case may be. For violation(s) of this regulation, the sanctions provided under Republic Act No. 3720, as amended, Republic Act 7394, and other allied laws and regulations may be imposed as far as applicable and after due notice and summary hearing.
C. Carry-Over Principle of Food Additives into Food The Carry-over Principle Other than by direct addition, an additive may be present in a food as a result of carryover principle from a food ingredient, subject to the following conditions: 1. The food additive is permitted in the raw materials or other ingredients (including food additives) according to this Circular; 2. The amount of the food additive in the raw materials or other ingredients (including food additives) does not exceed the maximum level so permitted; 3. The food into which the additive is carried over does not contain the food additive in greater quantity than would be introduced by the use of the ingredients under proper technological conditions or manufacturing practice. D. Food Category System The food category system attached as Appendix to Table 1 of this Circular shall be a tool for the allocation of food additive uses. This food category system applies to all food including those in which no additives are permitted. The food descriptors are not to be legal product designations nor are they intended for labeling purposes. The food category system is based on the following principles: 1. The food category system is hierarchical, meaning that when the use of an additive is permitted in a general category, it is automatically permitted in all its subcategories, unless otherwise stated. Similarly when an additive is permitted in a sub-category, its use is also allowed in any further sub categories and in descriptors or individual foods mentioned in a sub-category. 2. The food category system is based on product descriptors of foods as marketed, unless otherwise stated. 3. The food category system takes into consideration the carry-over principle. Doing so, the food category system does not need to specifically mention compound foods, e.g., prepared meals, because they may contain, pro rata, all the additives allowed in their components, except when the compound food needs as additive which is not authorized in its components. 4. The food category system is used to simplify the reporting of food additive uses for assembling and constructing this Circular.
IV.
FORMAT OF THE FOOD ADDITIVE LISTING The food additives herein have been grouped into major functional groups. For each food additive (or food additive group) within each major functional class, their maximum levels of use as well as conditions of use for each are specified (see Table 9).
VI.
FLAVORING SUBSTANCES If food additives are to be used as flavoring substances they should abide by the regulation set by FEMA and or IOFI.
VII.
REVIEW AND REVISION OF THE FOOD ADDITIVE LISTING The food additives, enumerated in the APPENDIX attached to this Circular should be reviewed, amended and/or revised by the Technical Working Group on Food Additives and Contaminants (TWGFAC) on a regular basis, which amendment or revision shall take effect only upon the favorable recommendation by the BFAD. Any food additive and functional classes adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) shall be automatically included as an addendum to the Appendix for Food Additives.
PROF. LETICIA-BARBARA B. GUTIERREZ, M.S

Director IV
TABLE 1 FOOD CATEGORY SYSTEM
01.0 Dairy products, excluding products of category 02.0 01.1 Milk and dairy-based drinks 01.1.1 Milk and buttermilk 01.1.1.1 Milk, including sterilized and UHT goats milk 01.1.1.2 Buttermilk (plain) 01.1.2 Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, whey-based drinks) 01.2 Fermented and renneted milk products (plain), excluding food category 01.1.2 (dairy-based drinks) 01.2.1 Fermented milks (plain) 01.2.1.1 Fermented milks (plain), not heat-treated after fermentation 01.2.1.2 Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation 01.2.2 Renneted milk 01.3 Condensed milk and analogues 01.3.1 Condensed milk (plain) 01.3.2 Beverage whiteners 01.3.3 Sweetened condensed milk (plain and flavoured), and analogues 01.4 Cream (plain) and the like 01.4.1 Pasteurized cream 01.4.2 Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams 01.4.3 Clotted cream 01.4.4 Cream analogues 01.5 Milk powder and cream powder 01.5.1 Milk powder and cream powder (plain) 01.5.2 Milk and cream powder analogues 01.5.3 Milk and cream (blend) powder (plain and flavoured) 01.6 Cheese 01.6.1 Unripened cheese 01.6.2 Ripened cheese 01.6.2.1 Total ripened cheese, includes rind 01.6.2.2 Rind of ripened cheese 01.6.2.3 Cheese powder (for reconstitution; e.g., for cheese sauces) 01.6.3 Whey cheese 01.6.4 Processed cheese 01.6.4.1 Plain processed cheese 01.6.4.2 Flavoured processed cheese, including containing fruit, vegetables, meat, etc. 01.6.5 Cheese analogues 01.6.6 Whey protein cheese 01.7 Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) 01.8 Whey and whey products, excluding whey cheeses 02.0 Fats and oils, and fat emulsions (type water-in-oil) 02.1 Fats and oils essentially free from water 02.1.1 Butter oil, anhydrous milkfat, ghee
02.1.2 Vegetable oils and fats 02.1.3 Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats 02.2 Fat emulsions mainly of type water-in-oil 02.2.1 Emulsions containing at least 80% fat02.2.1.1 Butter and concentrated butter 02.2.1.2 Margarine and similar products (e.g., butter-margarine blends) 02.2.2 Emulsions containing less than 80% fat (e.g., minarine) 02.3 Fat emulsions other than food category 02.2, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions 02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet 04.0 Fruits and vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds 04.1 Fruit 04.1.1 Fresh fruit 04.1.1.1 Untreated fresh fruit 04.1.1.2 Surface-treated fresh fruit 04.1.1.3 Peeled or cut fresh fruit 04.1.2 Processed fruit 04.1.2.1 Frozen fruit 04.1.2.2 Dried fruit 04.1.2.3 Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine 04.1.2.4 Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit 04.1.2.5 Jams, jellies, marmalades 04.1.2.6 Fruit-based spreads (e.g., chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.7 Candied fruit 04.1.2.8 Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk 04.1.2.9 Fruit-based desserts, incl. fruit-flavoured water-based desserts 04.1.2.10 Fermented fruit products 04.1.2.11 Fruit fillings for pastries 04.1.2.12 Cooked or fried fruit 04.2 Vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds 04.2.1 Fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds 04.2.1.1 Untreated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds 04.2.1.2 Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds 04.2.1.3 Peeled, cut or shredded vegetables, and nuts and seeds 04.2.2 Processed vegetables, seaweeds, and nuts and seeds 04.2.2.1 Frozen vegetables 04.2.2.2 Dried vegetables, seaweeds, and nuts and seeds 04.2.2.3 Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce 04.2.2.4 Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables 04.2.2.5 Vegetable, and nut and seed purees and spreads (e.g., peanut butter) 04.2.2.6 Vegetable, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g., vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables, soybean curd) other than food category 04.2.2.7 Fermented vegetable products 04.2.2.8 Cooked or fried vegetables and seaweeds
05.0 Confectionery 05.1 Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes 05.1.1 Cocoa mixes (powders and syrups) 05.1.2 Cocoa-based spreads, incl. fillings 05.1.3 Cocoa and chocolate products (e.g., milk chocolate bar, chocolate flakes, white chocolate) other than food categories 05.1.1, 05.1.2 and 05.1.4 05.1.4 Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products 05.2 Sugar-based confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3, and 05.4 05.3 Chewing gum 05.4 Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces 06.0 Cereals and cereal products, including flours and starches from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, excluding bakery wares of food category 07.0 06.1 Whole, broken, or flaked grain, including rice 06.2 Flours and starches 06.3 Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats 06.4 Pastas and noodles and like products (e.g. rice paper, rice vermicelli) 06.4.1 Fresh pastas and noodles and like products 06.4.2 Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products 06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) 06.6 Batters (e.g., for breading or batters for fish or poultry) 06.7 Rice cakes (Oriental type only) 07.0 Bakery wares 07.1 Bread and ordinary bakery wares 07.1.1 Breads and rolls 07.1.2 Crackers, excluding sweet crackers 07.1.3 Other ordinary bakery products (e.g., bagels, pita, English muffins) 07.1.4 Bread-type products, including bread stuffing and bread crumbs 07.1.5 Steamed breads and buns 07.2 Fine bakery wares 07.2.1 Cakes, cookies and pies (e.g., fruit-filled or custard types) 07.2.2 Other fine bakery products (e.g., doughnuts, sweet rolls, scones, and muffins) 07.2.3 Mixes for fine bakery wares (e.g., cakes, pancakes) 08.0 Meat and meat products, including poultry and game 08.1 Fresh meat, poultry and game 08.1.1 Fresh meat, poultry and game, whole pieces or cuts 08.1.2 Fresh meat, poultry and game, comminuted 08.2 Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts 08.2.1 Non-heat treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts 08.2.1.1 Cured (including salted) non-heat treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts 08.2.1.2 Cured (including salted) and dried non-heat treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts 08.2.1.3 Fermented non-heat treated processed meat, poultry, and game products
in whole pieces or cuts 08.2.2 Heat-treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts 08.2.3 Frozen processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts 08.3 Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products 08.3.1 Non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products 08.3.1.1 Cured (including salted) non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products 08.3.1.2 Cured (including salted) and dried non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products 08.3.1.3 Fermented non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products 08.3.2 Heat-treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products 08.3.3 Frozen processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products 08.4 Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings) 09.0 Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 09.1 Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 09.1.1 Fresh fish 09.1.2 Fresh mollusks, crustaceans and echinoderms 09.2 Processed fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 09.2.1 Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 09.2.2 Frozen battered fish, fish fillets and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 09.2.3 Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 09.2.4 Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 09.2.4.1 Cooked fish and fish products 09.2.4.2 Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 09.2.4.3 Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 09.2.5 Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 09.3 Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 09.3.1 Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, marinated and/or in jelly 09.3.2 Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, pickled and/or in brine 09.3.3 Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products 09.3.4 Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms (e.g., fish paste), excluding products of food categories 09.3.1 09.3.3 09.4 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 10.0 Eggs and egg products 10.1 Fresh eggs
10.2 Egg products 10.2.1 Liquid egg products 10.2.2 Frozen egg products 10.2.3 Dried and/or heat coagulated egg products 10.3 Preserved eggs, including alkaline, salted, and canned eggs 10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) 11.0 Sweeteners, including honey 11.1 White and semi-white sugar (sucrose or saccharose), fructose, glucose (dextrose), xylose; sugar solutions and syrups, also (partially) inverted sugars, incl. molasses, treacle, and sugar toppings 11.2 Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) 11.3 Honey 11.4 Table-top sweeteners, including those containing high-intensity sweeteners 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 Salts, spices, soups, sauces, salads, protein products, etc. Salt Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments Vinegars Mustards Soups and broths 12.5.1 Ready-to-eat soups and broths, including canned, bottled, and frozen 12.5.2 Mixes for soups and broths Sauces and like products 12.6.1 Emulsified sauces (e.g., mayonnaise, salad dressing, soy sauce) 12.6.2 Non-emulsified sauces (e.g., ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy) 12.6.3 Mixes for sauces and gravies 12.6.4 Clear sauces (e.g., soy sauce, fish sauce) Salads (e.g., macaroni salad, potato salad) and sandwich spreads excluding cocoa- and nut based spreads of food categories 04.2.2.5 and 05.1.2 Yeast and like products Protein products
12.6
12.7 12.8 12.9
13.0 Foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional uses 13.1 Infant formulae and follow-on formulae 13.2 Weaning foods for infants and growing children 13.3 Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes, including those for infants and young children 13.4 Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction 13.5 Dietetic foods (e.g., supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1- 13.4 13.6 Food supplements 14.0 Beverages, excluding dairy products 14.1 Non-alcoholic ("soft") beverages 14.1.1 Waters 14.1.1.1 Natural mineral waters and source waters 14.1.1.2 Table waters and soda waters 14.1.2 Fruit and vegetable juices
14.1.2.1 Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice 14.1.2.2 Canned or bottled (pasteurized) vegetable juice 14.1.2.3 Concentrates (liquid or solid) for fruit juice 14.1.2.4 Concentrates (liquid or solid) for vegetable juice 14.1.3 Fruit and vegetable nectars 14.1.3.1 Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar 14.1.3.2 Canned or bottled (pasteurized) vegetable nectar 14.1.3.3 Concentrates (liquid or solid) for fruit nectar 14.1.3.4 Concentrates (liquid or solid) for vegetable nectar 14.1.4 Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and partiulated drinks 14.1.4.1 Carbonated drinks 14.1.4.2 Non-carbonated, including punches and ades 14.1.4.3 Concentrates (liquid or solid) for drinks 14.1.5 Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa 14.2 Alcoholic beverages, including alcohol-free and low-alcoholic counterparts 14.2.1 Beer and malt beverages 14.2.2 Cider and perry 14.2.3 Wines 14.2.3.1 Still wine 14.2.3.2 Sparkling and semi-sparkling wines 14.2.3.3 Fortified wine and liquor wine 14.2.3.4 Aromatized wine 14.2.4 Fruit wine 14.2.5 Mead 14.2.6 Spirituous beverages 14.2.6.1 Spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol 14.2.6.2 Spirituous beverages containing less than 15% alcohol 15.0 Ready-to-eat savouries 15.1 Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes) 15.2 Processed nuts, including coated nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g., dried fruit) 15.3 Snacks - fish based 16.0 Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01 - 15.
TABLE 2
Additives Permitted for Use in Food in General, Unless Otherwise Specified, in Annex to Table 2 in Accordance with GMP
INS No Additive
260 472a 1422 1414 1451 1401 406 400 1402 1100 1100
ACETIC ACID, GLACIAL ACETIC AND FATTYY ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL ACETYLATED DISTARCH ADIPATE ACETYLATED DISTARCH PHOSPHATE ACETYLATED OXIDIZED STARCH ACID TREATED STARCH AGAR ALGINIC ACID ALKALINE TREATED STARCH ALPHA- AMYLASE (ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE VAR.) ALPHA AMYLASE (BACILLUS MEGATERIUM EXPRESSED IN BACILLUS SUBTILIS)
1100 1100 1100 1100 559 264 403 503i
ALPHA AMYLASE (BACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS EXPRESSED IN BACILLUS SUBTILIS) ALPHA AMYLASE (BACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS) ALPHA AMYLASE (BACILLUS SUBTILIS) ALPHA AMYLASE (CARBOHYDRASE) (BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS) ALUMINIUM SILICATE AMMONIUM ACETATE AMMONIUM ALGINATE AMMONIUM CARBONATE
INS No
Additive
510 380 503ii 527 328 300 162 1403 1101iii 263 404 556 302 170i 509 333 578 623 629 526 633 327 352ii 529 282 634
AMMONIUM CHLORIDE AMMONIUM CITRATE AMMONIUM HYDROGEN CARBONATE AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE AMMONIUM LACTATE ASCORBIC ACID BEET RED BLEACHED STARCH BROMELAIN CALCIUM ACETATE CALCIUM ALGINATE CALCIUM ALUMINIUM SILICATE CALCIUM ASCORBATE CALCIUM CARBONATE CALCIUM CHLORIDE CALCIUM CITRATES CALCIUM GLUCONATE CALCIUM GLUTAMATE, DI L CALCIUM GUANYLATE, 5 CALCIUM HYDROXIDE CALCIUM INOSINATE, 5 CALCIUM LACTATE CALCIUM MALATE CALCIUM OXIDE CALCIUM PROPIONATE CALCIUM RIBONUCLEOTIDES, 5
INS No
Additive
552 516 150a 290 410 407 140 1001 330 472c 468 424 457 458 1400 628 632 627 631 635 1412 1405 315 968 462 467
CALCIUM SILICATE CALCIUM SULPHATE CARAMEL COLOUR, CLASS I CARBON DIOXIDE CAROB BEAN GUM CARRAGEENAN CHLOROPHYLLS CHOLINE SALTS CITRIC ACID CITRIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL CROOS LINKED CARBOXYMETHYL CELLULOSE CURDLAN CYCLODEXTRIN, ALPHA CYCLODEXTRIN, GAMMA DEXTRINS, WHITE AND YELLOW, ROASTED STARCH DIPOTASSIUM GUANYLATE, 5 DIPOTASSIUM INOSINATE, 5 DISODIUM GUANYLATE, 5 DISODIUM INOSINATE, 5 DISODIUM RIBONUCLEOTIDES, 5 DISTARCH PHOSPHATE ENZYME TREATED STARCH ERYTHORBIC ACID ERYTHRITOL ETHYL CELLULOSE ETHYL HYROXYETHYL CELLULOSE
INS No
Additive
297 418 575 1102 620 422 626 412 414 507 463 1442 464 1440 630 1202 953 416 425 270 472b 966 322 1104 1104 504i
FUMARIC ACID GELLAN GUM GLUCONO DELTA LACTONE GLUCOSE OXIDASE (ASPERGILLUS NIGER VAR.) GLUTAMIC ACID (L+) GLYCEROL GUANYLIC ACID, 5 GUAR GUM GUM ARABIC HYDROCHLORIC ACID HYDROXYPROPYL CELLULOSE HYDROXYPROPYL DISTARCH PHOSPHATE HYDROXYPROPYL METHYL CELLULOSE HYDROXYPROPYL STARCH INOSINIC ACID, 5 INSOLUBLE POLYVINYLPYRROLIDONE ISOMALT KARAYA GUM KONJAC FLOUR LACTIC ACID LACTIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL LACTITOL LECITHIN LIPASE (ANIMAL SOURCES) LIPASE (ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE VAR.) MAGNESIUM CARBONATE
10
INS No
Additive
511 580 625 504ii 528 329 530 553i 296 965 421 461 465 460i 471 624 622 621 1410 941 942 1404 1101ii 440 1413 1200
MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE MAGNESIUM GLUCONATE MAGNESIUM GLUTAMATE, DI L MAGNESIUM HYDROGEN CARBONATE MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE MAGNESIUM LACTATE (DL -) MAGNESIUM OXIDE MAGNESIUM SILICATE (SYNTHETIC) MALIC ACID (DL -) MALTITOL (INCLUDING MALTITOL SYRUP) MANNITOL METHYL CELLULOSE METHYL ETHYL CELLULOSE MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES MONOAMMONIUM GLUTAMATE, L MONOPOTASSIUM GLUTAMATE, L MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, L MONOSTARCH PHOSPHATE NITROGEN NITROUS OXIDE OXIDIZED STARCH PAPAIN PECTINS (AMIDATED AND NON AMIDATED) PHOSPHATED DISTARCH PHOSPHATE POLYDEXTROSES
11
INS No
Additive
964 261 402 303 501i 508 332i 577 501ii 351i 525 326 351i 283 515 460ii 407a 944 280 1100i 470 470 551 262i 401
POLYGLYCITOL SYRUP POTASSIUM ACETATES POTASSIUM ALGINATE POTASSIUM ASCORBATE POTASSIUM CARBONATE POTASSIUM CHLORIDE POTASSIUM DIHYDROGEN CITRATE POTASSIUM GLUCONATE POTASSIUM HYDROGEN CARBONATE POTASSIUM HYDROGEN MALATE POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE POTASSIUM LACTATE POTASSIUM MALATE POTASSIUM PROPIONATE POTASSIUM SULPHATE POWDERED CELLULOSE PROCESSED EUCHEUMA SEAWEED PROPANE PROPIONIC ACID PROTEASE (ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE VAR.) SALTS OF MYRISTIC, PALMITIC AND STEARIC ACIDS (NH4, Ca, K, Na) SALTS OF OLEIC ACIDS (Ca, K, Na) SILICON DIOXIDE (AMORPHOUS) SODIUM ACETATE SODIUM ALGINATE
12
INS No
Additive
554 301 500i 466 469 331i 316 365 576 500ii 350i 524 325 350ii 281 500iii 514 420 1420 1450 553iii 417 472f 957 171 413
SODIUM ALUMINOSILICATE SODIUM ASCORBATE SODIUM CARBONATE SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYL CELLULOSE SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYL CELLULOSE, ENZYMATICALLY HYDROLYZED SODIUM DIHYDROGEN CITRATE SODIUM ERYTHORBATE SODIUM FUMARATE SODIUM GLUCONATE SODIUM HYDROGEN CARBONATE SODIUM HYDROGEN MALATE SODIUM HYDROXIDE SODIUM LACTATE SODIUM MALATE SODIUM PROPIONATE SODIUM SESQUICARBONATE SODIUM SULPHATE SORBITOL (INCLUDING SORBITOL SYRUP) STARCH ACETATE STARCH SODIUM OCTENYL SUCCINATE TALC TARA GUM TARTARIC, ACETIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL (MIXED) THAUMATIC TITANIUM DIOXIDE TRAGACANTH GUM
13
INS No
Additive
1518 380 332ii 331iii 415 967
TRIACETIN TRIAMMONIUM CITRATE TRIPOTASSIUM CITRATE TRISODIUM CITRATE XANTHAN GUM XYLITOL
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ANNEX TO TABLE 2
Food categories or Individual Food Items Excluded from the General Conditions of Table 2 The use of additives listed in Table 2 in the following foods is governed by the provisions in Table 3
Category Number 01.1.1 01.2 01.4.1 01.4.2 02.1 02.2.1.1 04.1.1 04.2.1 04.2.2.1 04.2.2.7 Food Category Milk and Buttermilk (excluding heat treated buttermilk) Fermented and renneted milk products (plain) excluding food Category 01.1.2 (dairy based drinks) Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter (Only butter) Fresh fruit Fresh vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and Legumes, and aloe vera),seaweed, and nuts ans seeds Frozen vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and Legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds. fermented vegetable(including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and seaweed products, excluding fermented soybean products of food category 12.10 Whole broken or flaked grain, including rice Flours and starches Fresh pastas and noodles and like products Dried pastas and noodles and like products Fresh meat, poultry, and game fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans and echinoderms Processed fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans and echinoderms Fresh eggs Liquid egg products Frozen egg products Refined and raw sugars Brown sugar, excluding products of food category 11.1.3 (soft white sugar, soft brown sugar, glucose syrup, dried glucose syrup, raw cane sugar) Sugar solutions and syrups, also (partially inverted, including treacle and molasses products of food category 11.3 (soft white sugar, brown sugar, glucose syrup, dried glucose syrup, raw cane sugar) Other sugars and syrups (e.g., xylose, maple syrup, sugar toppings) Honey Salt and salt substitutes Herbs and spices (Only herbs) Infant formulae, follow up formulae, and formulae for special medical purposes For infants Complementary foods for infants and young children Natural minerals waters and source water (Only natural mineral waters) Fruit and vegetable juices Fruit and vegetable nectars Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal beverages, excluding cocoa Grape wines
06.1 06.2 06.4.1 06.4.2 08.1 09.1 09.2 10.1 10.2.1 10.2.2 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 12.1 12.2.1 13.1 13.2 14.1.1.1 14.1.2 14.1.3 14.1.5 14.2.3
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TABLE 3
Additives Permitted for Use Under Specified Conditions in Certain Food Categories or Individual Food Items
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM
Acesulfame Potassium INS: 9501
Function: Flavor Enhancer, Sweetener Food Cat. No. Food Category 01.1.2 Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, whey based drinks) 01.2 Fermented and renneted milk products (plain), excluding food category 01.1.2 (dairy-based drinks) 01.3.2 Beverage whiteners 01.4 Cream (plain) and the like 01.5.1 Milk powder and cream powder (plain) 01.6.1 Unripened cheese 01.7 Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) 02.3 Fat emulsions other than food category 02.2, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions 02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet 04.1.2.1 Frozen fruit 04.1.2.2 Dried fruit 04.1.2.3 Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine 04.1.2.4 Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit 04.1.2.5 Jams, jellies and marmalades 04.1.2.6 Fruit-based spreads (e.g., chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 04.1.2.7 Candied fruit 04.1.2.8 Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk 04.1.2.9 Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts 04.1.2.10 Fermented fruit products 04.1.2.11 Fruit fillings for pastries 04.1.2.12 Cooked or fried fruit 04.2.2.3 Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy Sauce 04.2.2.4 Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables 04.2.2.5 Vegetable, and nut and seed purees and spreads (e.g., peanut butter) Max. Use level Comments 500 mg/kg
GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP 1000 mg/kg GMP 1000 mg/kg 800 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg GMP 1000 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 350 mg/kg 2500 mg/kg
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ACESULFAME POTASSIUM Function: Flavour Enhancer, Sweetener
Food Cat. No. Food Category

04.2.2.6 Vegetable, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g., vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables, soybean curd) other than food category 04.2.2.5 Fermented vegetable products Cocoa mixes (powders and syrups) Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings Cocoa and chocolate products (e.g., milk chocolate bar, chocolate flakes, white chocolate) other than food categories 05.1.1, 05.1.2 and 05.1.4 Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitue products Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) Bread and ordinary bakery wares Cakes, cookies and pies (e.g., fruit-filled or custard types) Other fine bakery products (e.g., doughnuts, sweet rolls, scones, and muffins) Mixes for fine bakery wares (e.g., cakes, pancakes) Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Table-top sweeteners, including those containing highintensity sweeteners Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Vinegars Mustards Soups and broths Emulsified sauces (e.g., mayonnaise, salad dressing) Non-emulsified sauces (e.g., ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy) Mixes for sauces and gravies Clear sauces (e.g., soy sauce, fish sauce) Salads (e.g., macaroni salad, potato salad) and sandwich spreads excluding cocoa- and nut-based spreads of food categories 04.2.2.5 and 05.1.2 Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes, including those for infants and young children Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction Dietetic foods (e.g., supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 Food supplements Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice Canned or bottled (pasteurized) vegetable juice Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar Canned or bottled (pasteurized) vegetable nectar Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks
Max Level
350 mg/kg
Comments
04.2.2.7 05.1.1 05.1.2 05.1.3
GMP 2500 mg/kg 2500 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg
05.1.4 05.2 05.3 05.4 06.3 06.5 07.1 07.2.1 07.2.2 07.2.3 09.3 09.4
2500 mg/kg 3500 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 1200 mg/kg 350 mg/kg GMP 1000 mg/kg 2000 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg 600 mg/kg GMP
10.4 11.2 11.4 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6.1 12.6.2 12.6.3 12.6.4 12.7
350 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
350 110 1000 350
350 mg/kg 350 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg
13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 14.1.2.1 14.1.2.2 14.1.3.1 14.1.3.2 14.1.4
450 mg/kg 450 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 2000 mg/kg 600 mg/kg 600 500 500 600 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
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ACESULFAME POTASSIUM Function: Flavour Enhancer, Sweetener

14.1.5 14.2.1 14.2.2 14.2.3 14.2.4 14.2.5 14.2.6.1 14.2.6.2 15.1 15.2 15.3 Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Beer and malt beverages Cider and perry Wines Fruit wine Mead Spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol Spirituous beverages containing less than 15% alcohol Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes) Processed nuts, including covered nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g., dried fruit) Snacks - fish based
Max Level
GMP 350 mg/kg 350 mg/kg 350 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP 350 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg 350 mg/kg
Comments
ACETIC ACID, GLACIAL

Acetic Acid, Glacial Function: Acidity Regulator, Preservative INS: 260

01.2.1 02.1 02.2.1.1 04.2.1 04.2.2.1 08.1.1 10.2.1 10.2.2 12.2 12.8 13.2 Fermented milks (plain) Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Frozen vegetables Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Liquid egg products Frozen egg products Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Yeast and like products Weaning foods for infants and growing children
Max Level
Comments
GMP 5000 mg/kg GMP Note 52 GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP Note 51 GMP 5000 mg/kg
ACETIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL

Acetic and Fatty Acid Esters of Glycerol Function: Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Sequestrant INS: 472a

01.1.1.2 01.2.1.2 01.2.2 01.4.1 01.4.2 02.1 02.1.3 02.2.1.1 04.1.1.2 04.2.1.2 06.1 Buttermilk (plain) Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Renneted milk Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Fats and oils essentially free from water Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats Butter and concentrated butter Surface-treated fresh fruit Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Whole, broken, or flaked grain, including rice
Max Level
GMP GMP GMP 10000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg GMP
Comments
GMP 10000 mg/kg Note 52 GMP Note 16 GMP Note 16 GMP
18
ACETIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL Function: Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Sequestrant

08.1.1 08.1.2 09.1 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4 09.2.5 Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Salt Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Yeast and like products Weaning foods for infants and growing children Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Aromatized wine
Max Level
GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP
Comments
Note 16 Note 16
Note 16 Note 16
11.2 12.1 12.2 12.8 13.2 14.1.5 14.2.3.4
GMP 5000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg Note 51 5000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg GMP GMP
ACETYLATED DISTARCH ADIPATE

Acetylated Distarch Adipate INS: 1422
Function: Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener

01.2.1.2 01.4.1 01.4.2 02.1 02.2.1.1 09.2.2 11.2 13.1 13.2 14.1.5 Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa
Max Level
10000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP 10000 mg/kg 25000 mg/kg 60000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg
Comments
Note 52 Note 41
ACETYLATED DISTARCH PHOSPHATE

Acetylated Distarch Phosphate INS: 1414

01.1.1.2 01.2.1.2 01.2.2 Buttermilk (plain) Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Renneted milk
Max Level
GMP 10000 mg/kg GMP
Comments
19
ACETYLATED DISTARCH PHOSPHATE Function: Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener

01.4.1 01.4.2 02.1 02.2.1.1 04.1.1.2 04.2.1.2 04.2.2.1 08.1.1 08.1.2 09.1 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4 09.2.5 Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Surface-treated fresh fruit Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Frozen vegetables Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Aromatized wine
Max Level
GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP 10000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP
Comments
Note 52 Note 16 Note 16 Note 16 Note 16
Note 41 Note 16
11.2 12.2 13.1 13.2 14.1.5 14.2.3.4
10000 mg/kg GMP 25000 mg/kg 60000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg GMP Note 51
ACID TREATED STARCH

Acid Treated Starch INS: 1401

01.2.1.2 01.4.2 02.1 02.2.1.1 09.2.2 11.2 14.1.5 Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa
Max Level
10000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP 10000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg
Comments
Note 52 Note 41
ADIPATES
Adipic Acid Potassium Adipate INS: 355 INS: 357 Sodium Adipate Ammonium Adipate INS: 356 INS: 359
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ADIPATES Function: Acidity Regulator, Firming Agent, Raising Agent

01.2.1 01.3.2 01.6.4 01.6.5 01.7 02.1 02.2.1.2 02.4 02.4 03.0 04.1.2.5 04.1.2.8 04.1.2.8 04.1.2.9 04.1.2.9 04.1.2.11 04.1.2.11 04.2.2.3 04.2.2.6 Fermented milks (plain) Beverage whiteners Processed cheese Cheese analogues Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Fats and oils essentially free from water Margarine and similar products (e.g., butter-margarine blends) Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Jams, jellies and marmelades Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts Fruit fillings for pastries Fruit fillings for pastries Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce Vegetable, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g., vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables, soybean curd) other than food category 04.2.2.5 Cooked or fried vegetables and seaweeds Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Chewing gum Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) Batters (e.g., for breading ro batters for fish or poultry) Bakery wares Bakery wares Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Soups and broths Sauces and like products Carbonated drinks
Max Level
Comments
Note 1 Note 1 Note 1 Note 1
6000 mg/kg Note 1 3000 mg/kg Note 1 GMP Note 1 10000 mg/kg Note 1 30000 mg/kg Note 1 2000 mg/kg Note 1 2000 mg/kg Note 1 10000 mg/kg Note 1 30000 mg/kg Note 1 10000 mg/kg Note 1 30000 mg/kg Note 1 10000 mg/kg Note 1 30000 mg/kg Note 1 50000 mg/kg Note 1 6000 mg/kg Note 1
04.2.2.8 05.1.2 05.2 05.3 05.3 05.4 05.4 06.4.2 06.5 06.5 06.6 07.0 07.0 08.2 08.3 10.4 10.4 12.2 12.5 12.6 14.1.4.1
1000 mg/kg Note 1 2000 mg/kg Note 1 30000 mg/kg Note 1 20000 mg/kg Note 1 30000 mg/kg Note 1 10000 mg/kg Note 1 30000 mg/kg Note 1 1000 mg/kg Note 1 10000 mg/kg Note 1 30000 mg/kg Note 1 1000 500 2000 3000 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg Note 1 Note 1 Note 1 Note 1
3000 mg/kg Note 1 10000 mg/kg Note 1 30000 mg/kg Note 1 50000 mg/kg Note 1 20 mg/kg Note 1 10000 mg/kg Note 1 2000 mg/kg Note 1
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ADIPATES Function: Acidity Regulator, Firming Agent, Raising Agent

14.1.4.2 14.1.4.3 14.2.1 15.1 16.0 Non-carbonated, including punches and ades Concentrates (liquid or solid) for drinks Beer and malt beverages Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes) Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01 - 15
Max Level
Comments
2000 mg/kg Note 1 10000 mg/kg Note 1 GMP Note 1 13000 mg/kg Note 1 1000 mg/kg Notes 1 & 2
AGAR
Agar INS: 406
Function: Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Filler, Stabilizer, Thickener

01.1.1 01.2 01.2.1.2 01.4.1 01.4.2 02.1 02.2.1.1 04.1.1.2 04.1.1.3 04.2.1.2 04.2.1.3 04.2.2.1 06.4.2 08.1 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4.1 09.2.4.2 09.2.4.3 09.2.5 Milk and buttermilk Fermented and renneted milk products (plain), excluding food category 01.1.2 (dairy-based drinks) Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Surface-treated fresh fruit Peeled or cut fresh fruit Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Peeled, cut or shredded vegetables, and nuts and seeds Frozen vegetables Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Fresh meat, poultry, and game Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked fish and fish products Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Liquid egg products Frozen egg products Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit juice Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit nectar
Max Level
4000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg GMP 5000 mg/kg
Comments
GMP 2000 mg/kg Note 52 GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP Note 54 GMP 20000 mg/kg Notes 3 & 53 GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP
10.2.1 10.2.2 11.2 12.2 13.1 13.2 14.1.2.1 14.1.2.3 14.1.3.1 14.1.3.3
GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP
Note 51
22
AGAR Function: Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Filler, Stabilizer, Thickener

14.1.5 14.2.3 Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Wines
Max Level
GMP GMP
Comments
ALGINIC ACID
Alginic Acid INS: 400

01.1.1.2 01.2.1.2 01.4.1 01.4.2 02.1 02.2.1.1 04.1.1.2 04.2.1.2 06.4.2 09.2.1 11.2 13.1 13.2 Buttermilk (plain) Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Surface-treated fresh fruit Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children
Max Level
6000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 100 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg
Comments
GMP GMP Note 52 GMP GMP GMP Note 54 5000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg
ALITAME
Alitame Function: Sweetener INS: 956

01.1.2 Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, wheybased drinks) Fermented and renneted milk products (plain), excluding food category 01.1.2 (dairy-based drinks) Cream (plain) and the like Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Jams, jellies and marmelades Confectionery Bakery wares Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Table-top sweeteners, including those containing highintensity sweeteners Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Soups and broths Dietetic foods (e.g., supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks
Max Level
100 mg/kg
Comments
01.2 01.4 01.7 03.0 04.1.2.5 05.0 07.0 11.2 11.4 12.2 12.5 13.5 14.1.4
60 mg/kg 100 mg/kg 100 mg/kg 100 100 300 200 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg GMP GMP
23
ALITAME
ALKALINE TREATED STARCH

Alkaline Treated Starch Function: Bulking Agent, Stabilizer, Thickener INS: 1402

02.1 02.2.1.1 09.2.2 11.2 14.1.5 Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa
Max Level
GMP GMP GMP 10000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg
Comments
Note 52 Note 41
ALLURA RED AC
Allura Red AC Function: Colour INS: 129

01.1.2 Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, wheybased drinks) Fermented milks (plain) Unripened cheese Rind of ripened cheese Whey cheese Processed cheese Cheese analogues Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats Butter and concentrated butter Margarine and similar products (e.g., butter-margarine blends) Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Surface-treated fresh fruit Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit Jams, jellies and marmelades Fruit-based spreads (e.g., chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 Candied fruit Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts Fruit fillings for pastries Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables Vegetable, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g., vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables, soybean curd) other than food category 04.2.2.5
Max Level
300 mg/kg
Comments
01.2.1 01.6.1 01.6.2.2 01.6.3 01.6.4 01.6.5 01.7 02.1.3 02.2.1.1 02.2.1.2 02.4 03.0 04.1.1.2 04.1.2.4 04.1.2.5 04.1.2.6 04.1.2.7 04.1.2.8 04.1.2.9 04.1.2.11 04.2.1.2 04.2.2.3 04.2.2.4 04.2.2.6
50 mg/kg GMP Note 3 100 mg/kg GMP Note 3 200 mg/kg GMP Note 3 300 mg/kg GMP 300 mg/kg GMP 300 mg/kg 300 500 200 500 mg/kg mg/kg Note 16 mg/kg mg/kg
500 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 800 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 800 mg/kg 500 mg/kg Note 16 500 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 200 mg/kg
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ALLURA RED AC Function: Colour

05.1 05.2 05.3 05.4 06.3 06.5 07.1 07.2.1 07.2.2 07.2.3 08.1.1 08.1.2 08.2 08.3.1 08.3.2 08.3.3 08.4 09.1.1 09.1.2 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4.1 09.2.4.2 09.2.4.3 09.2.5 Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) Bread and ordinary bakery wares Cakes, cookies and pies (e.g., fruit-filled or custard types) Other fine bakery products (e.g., doughnuts, sweet rolls, scones, and muffins) Mixes for fine bakery wares (e.g., cakes, pancakes) Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts Non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Heat-treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Frozen processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings) Fresh fish Fresh mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked fish and fish products Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, marinated and/or in jelly Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, pickled and/or in brine Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms (e.g., fish paste), excluding products of food categories 09.3.1 - 09.3.3 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fresh eggs Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) White and semi-white sugar (sucrose or saccharose), fructose, glucose (dextrose), xylose; sugar solutions and syrups, also (partially) inverted sugars, incl. molasses, treacle, and sugar toppings Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup)
Max Level
300 mg/kg 348 mg/kg 467 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 2197 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 300 500 25 500
Comments
mg/kg mg/kg Note 16 mg/kg mg/kg Note 16
500 mg/kg Note 16 25 mg/kg 500 mg/kg Note 16 500 300 500 500 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg Note 16 Note 50 Note 16 Note 95
500 mg/kg Note 16 500 mg/kg Note 16 500 mg/kg 250 mg/kg 500 mg/kg Note 16 500 mg/kg Note 22
09.3.1 09.3.2 09.3.3 09.3.4
500 mg/kg Note 16 500 mg/kg Note 16 500 mg/kg 500 mg/kg
09.4
500 mg/kg
10.1 10.4 11.1
GMP Notes 3 & 4 300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg
11.2
300 mg/kg
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ALLURA RED AC Function: Colour

12.2 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.9 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 14.1.2.3 14.1.4.1 14.1.4.2 14.1.4.3 14.2.1 14.2.2 14.2.3.4 14.2.4 14.2.6.1 14.2.6.2 15.1 15.2 16.0 Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Mustards Soups and broths Sauces and like products Protein products Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes, including those for infants and young children Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction Dietetic foods (e.g., supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 Food supplements Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit juice Carbonated drinks Non-carbonated, including punches and ades Concentrates (liquid or solid) for drinks Beer and malt beverages Cider and perry Aromatized wine Fruit wine Spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol Spirituous beverages containing less than 15% alcohol Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes) Processed nuts, including covered nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g., dried fruit) Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01 - 15
Max Level
500 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 500 100 50 50 50 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
Comments
50 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 300 300 300 300 1572 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg GMP 200 mg/kg 200 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
200 300 200 200
100 mg/kg 500 mg/kg
ALPHA-AMYLASE (ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE VAR.)

Alpha-Amylase (Aspergillus oryzae var.) INS: 1100
Function: Adjuvant, Enzyme, Flour Treatment Agent

06.1 06.2 06.4.2 11.1 Whole, broken, or flaked grain, including rice Flours and starches Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products White and semi-white sugar (sucrose or saccharose), fructose, glucose (dextrose), xylose; sugar solutions and syrups, also (partially) inverted sugars, incl. molasses, treacle, and sugar toppings Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice
Max Level
GMP GMP GMP GMP
Comments
Note 54
11.2 13.1 13.2 14.1.2.1
GMP GMP GMP GMP
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ALUMINUM AMMONIUM SULPHATE Aluminium Ammonium Sulphate INS: 523 Function: Firming Agent, Raising Agent, Stabilizer
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Food Cat. No. Food Category Max Level Comments -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------04.1.2.7 Candied Fruit 200 mg/kg Note 6 GMP Note 6 04.2.2.3 Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce 04.2.2.6 Vegetable, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g. vegetable 200 mg/kg Note 6 desserts and sauces, candied vegetables, soybean curd) other than food category 04.2.2.5 06.2 Flours and starches GMP Notes 6 & 26 09.2.4.1 Cooked and /or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, 200 mg/kg Note 6 crustaceans, and echinoderms 10.2 Egg products 30 mg/kg Note 6 Note 6 10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard) 2000 mg/kg 14.2.1 Beer and malt beverages GMP Note 6 16.0 Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat)2000 mg/kg Notes 2 & 6 foods that could not be placed in categories ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
ALUMINUM SILICATE Aluminum Silicate INS: 559 Function: Adjuvant, Anticaking Agent
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Food Cat. No. Food Category Max Level Comments -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------06.1 Whole, broken, or flaked grain, including rice GMP 12.1 Salt 10000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg Note 51 12.2 Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g. seasoning for instant noodles) 14.1.2.1 Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice GMP 14.2.3 Wines GMP Condiments (e.g. seasoning for instant noodles) 14.1.2.1 Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice 2000 mg/kg 14.1.2.3 Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit juice GMP 14.1.3.1 Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar GMP 14.1.3.3 Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit nectar GMP 14.1.5 Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other GMP hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa 14.2.3 Wines 500 mg/kg
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AMARANTH
Amaranth INS: 123
Function: Colour -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Food Cat No. Food Category Max Level Comments -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------01.1.2 Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., 300 mg/kg chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, whey based drinks) 01.6.2.2 Rind of ripened cheese 100 mg/kg 01.6.4.2 Flavoured processed cheese, including containing fruit, 100 mg/kg Notes 5 & 72 vegetables, meat, etc. 01.7 Dairy-based desserts (e.g. ice cream , ice milk, pudding, 300 mg/kg fruit or flavoured yoghurt) 02.2.1.1 Butter and concentrated butter 300 mg/kg 02.4 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products 300 mg/kg of food category 01.7 03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet 300 mg/kg 04.1.2.4 Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit 200 mg/kg 04.1.2.5 Jams, jellies and marmalades 300 mg/kg 04.1.2.7 Candied fruit 300 mg/kg 04.1.2.8 Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings 300 mg/kg and coconut milk 04.1.2.9 Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts 300 mg/kg 04.1.2.11 Fruit fillings for pastries 300 mg/kg 04.2.2.3 Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce 300 mg/kg 05.1.2 Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings 100 mg/kg 05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. 100 mg/kg other than food categories 05.1, 05.3, and 05.4 05.3 Chewing Gum 300 mg/kg 05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings (non 300 mg/kg fruit) and sweet sauces 06.3 Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats 300 mg/kg 06.4.2 Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products 100 mg/kg 06.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) 300 mg/kg 06.6 Batters (e.g., for breading ro batters for fish or poultry) 100 mg/kg 07.0 Bakery wares 300 mg/kg 09.2.1 Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including 300 mg/kg mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 09.2.4.1 Cooked fish and fish products 300 mg/kg 09.2.4.3 Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, 300 mg/kg crustaceans and echinoderms 09.2.5 Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish 300 mg/kg Note 22 products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 09.3.3 Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products 300 mg/kg Note 50 300 mg/kg 09.4 Fully preserved , including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 10.1 Fresh eggs GMP Notes 3 & 4 300 mg/kg 10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard) 11.1 White and semi-white sugar (sucrose or saccharose), 300 mg/kg fructose, glucose (dextrose), xylose, sugar solutions and syrups, also (partially) inverted sugars, incl. molasses treacle, and sugar toppings 11.2 Other sugars and syrups (e.g. brown sugar, maple syrup) 300 mg/kg 12.2 Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and 300 mg/kg condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) 12.5 Soups and broths 300 mg/kg 12.6.2 Non-emulsified sauces (e.g., ketchup, cheese sauce, 300 mg/kg cream sauce, brown gravy) 12.9 Protein products 100 mg/kg 14.1.2.3 Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit juice 300 mg/kg 100 mg/kg 14.1.4 Water-based flavoured drinks, including, sport or electrolyte drinks and particulated 14.2.3.4 Aromatized wine 100 mg/kg 14.2.4 Fruit wine 30 mg/kg 14.2.6.1 Spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol 300 mg/kg 14.2.6.2 Spirituous beverages containing less than 15% alcohol 30 mg/kg 15.1 Snacks potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots 300 mg/kg and tubers, pulses and legumes)
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AMMONIUM ALGINATE
AMMONIUM ALGINATE
Ammonium Alginate Function: Emulsifier, Thickener, Stabilizer INS: 403

01.2.1.2 01.4.1 01.4.2 02.1 02.2.1.1 04.1.1.2 04.2.1.2 06.4.2 09.2.1 11.2 13.1 13.2 Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Surface-treated fresh fruit Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children
Max Level
5000 mg/kg 100 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg
Comments
5000 mg/kg GMP Note 52 GMP GMP GMP Note 54 5000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg
AMMONIUM CARBONATE
Ammonium Carbonate INS: 503i
Function: Acidity Regulator, Raising Agent, Stabilizer

09.2.2 13.2 Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Weaning foods for infants and growing children
Max Level
GMP GMP
Comments
Note 41
AMMONIUM HYDROGEN CARBONATE

Ammonium Hydrogen Carbonate INS: 503ii

13.2 Weaning foods for infants and growing children
Max Level
GMP
Comments
ANNATTO EXTRACTS
Annatto Extracts Function: Colour INS: 160b

01.1.2 Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, wheybased drinks) Fermented milks (plain), not heat-treated after fermentation Unripened cheese Total ripened cheese, includes rind Rind of ripened cheese Cheese powder (for reconstitution; e.g., for cheese sauces)
Max Level
Comments
50 mg/kg Note 8
01.2.1.1 01.6.1 01.6.2.1 01.6.2.2 01.6.2.3
50 50 600 50 50
mg/kg mg/kg Note 74 mg/kg mg/kg Note 74 mg/kg Note 74
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ANNATTO EXTRACTS Function: Colour

01.6.3 01.6.4 01.6.5 01.6.6 01.7 01.8 02.1 02.2.1 02.2.2 02.3 02.4 03.0 04.1.1.2 04.1.2.4 04.1.2.5 04.1.2.6 04.1.2.8 04.1.2.9 04.1.2.11 04.2.1.2 04.2.2.3 04.2.2.6 Whey cheese Processed cheese Cheese analogues Whey protein cheese Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Whey and whey products, excluding whey cheeses Fats and oils essentially free from water Emulsions containing at least 80% fat Emulsions containing less than 80% fat (e.g., minarine) Fat emulsions other than food category 02.2, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Surface-treated fresh fruit Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit Jams, jellies and marmelades Fruit-based spreads (e.g., chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts Fruit fillings for pastries Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce Vegetable, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g., vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables, soybean curd) other than food category 04.2.2.5 Fermented vegetable products Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) Batters (e.g., for breading ro batters for fish or poultry) Bread and ordinary bakery wares Cakes, cookies and pies (e.g., fruit-filled or custard types) Other fine bakery products (e.g., doughnuts, sweet rolls, scones, and muffins) Mixes for fine bakery wares (e.g., cakes, pancakes) Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts
Max Level
50 50 50 50 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
Comments
100 mg/kg 10 10 100 30 10 mg/kg mg/kg Note 9 mg/kg mg/kg Note 9 mg/kg
10 mg/kg 100 mg/kg Note 9 20 mg/kg Note 16 GMP 200 mg/kg GMP 20 mg/kg 150 mg/kg GMP 20 mg/kg Note 16 300 mg/kg 10 mg/kg
04.2.2.7 05.1 05.2 05.3 05.4 05.4 06.3 06.4.2 06.5 06.5 06.6 07.1 07.2.1 07.2.2 07.2.3 08.1.1 08.1.2 08.2
200 mg/kg Note 9 25 mg/kg Note 9 25 mg/kg Note 9 1000 mg/kg 30 mg/kg Note 9 1000 mg/kg 75 mg/kg Note 9 12 mg/kg Note 8 10 mg/kg 40 mg/kg Note 9 GMP GMP 15 mg/kg Note 9 40 mg/kg Note 9 15 20 1000 50 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg Note 9 Note 16 Note 94 Note 9
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08.3.1.1 08.3.1.2 08.3.1.3 08.3.2 08.3.3 08.4 09.1 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4.1 09.2.4.2 09.2.4.3 09.2.5 Cured (including salted) non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Cured (including salted) and dried non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Fermented non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Heat-treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Frozen processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings) Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked fish and fish products Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fresh eggs Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) White and semi-white sugar (sucrose or saccharose), fructose, glucose (dextrose), xylose; sugar solutions and syrups, also (partially) inverted sugars, incl. molasses, treacle, and sugar toppings Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Mustards Soups and broths Emulsified sauces (e.g., mayonnaise, salad dressing) Non-emulsified sauces (e.g., ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy) Mixes for sauces and gravies Clear sauces (e.g., soy sauce, fish sauce) Protein products Protein products Food supplements Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit juice Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Beer and malt beverages Wines Spirituous beverages
Max Level
Comments
1000 mg/kg Notes 9 & 78 20 mg/kg Note 16 50 mg/kg Note 9 50 mg/kg Note 9 20 mg/kg Note 16 60 mg/kg Note 9 20 mg/kg Note 16 10 mg/kg Note 8 30 mg/kg Note 9 10 mg/kg Note 8 30 mg/kg Note 9 15 mg/kg Note 9 15 mg/kg Note 9 15 mg/kg Notes 9 & 22
09.3 09.4
15 mg/kg Note 9 10 mg/kg Note 8
10.1 10.4 11.1
GMP Notes 3 & 4 10 mg/kg GMP
11.2 12.2 12.4 12.5 12.6.1 12.6.2 12.6.3 12.6.4 12.9 12.9 13.6 14.1.2.1 14.1.2.3 14.1.3.1 14.1.4 14.2.1 14.2.3 14.2.6
GMP 30 mg/kg Note 9 100 150 100 100 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg Note 8 Note 8 Note 8 Note 8
100 mg/kg Note 8 400 mg/kg GMP 10 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP 50 mg/kg GMP Note 96 GMP 10 mg/kg
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15.0 16.0 Ready-to-eat savouries Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01 - 15
Max Level
Comments
300 mg/kg Note 9 200 mg/kg
ASCORBIC ACID
Ascorbic Acid Function: Antioxidant, Colour Retention Agent INS: 300

02.1 02.2.1.1 04.1.1 04.2.1 04.2.2.1 06.2 08.1 09.1 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.4 12.8 13.1 13.2 14.1.2.1 14.1.2.3 14.1.3.1 14.1.3.1 14.1.3.3 14.2.3 Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Fresh fruit Fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Frozen vegetables Flours and starches Fresh meat, poultry, and game Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Yeast and like products Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit juice Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit nectar Wines
Max Level
200 mg/kg 500 500 100 300 2000 200
Comments
GMP Note 52 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
400 mg/kg GMP 200 mg/kg 200 50 3000 540 300 400 500 300 200 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
ASCORBYL ESTERS
Ascorbyl Palmitate Function: Antioxidant INS: 304 Ascorbyl Stearate INS: 305

01.3.2 01.5.1 01.5.2 01.6.2.1 01.7 02.1.1 02.1.2 02.1.3 02.2 Beverage whiteners Milk powder and cream powder (plain) Milk and cream powder analogues Total ripened cheese, includes rind Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Butter oil, anhydrous milkfat, ghee Vegetable oils and fats Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats Fat emulsions mainly of type water-in-oil
Max Level
80 500 80 500 500 500 400 400 500 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
Comments
Note 10 Note 10 Note 10 Note 10 Notes 2 & 10 Note 10 Note 10 Note 10 Note 10
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ASCORBYL ESTERS Function: Antioxidant

02.3 02.4 03.0 04.1.2.2 04.1.2.9 04.2.2.2 05.0 05.3 06.3 06.4.2 06.5 07.0 07.1.1 07.2 08.4 09.2.1 09.2.2 10.4 11.2 11.4 12.1 12.2 12.4 12.5 12.6.1 12.6.2 12.6.2 12.6.3 12.6.4 12.7 Fat emulsions other than food category 02.2, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Dried fruit Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts Dried vegetables, seaweeds, and nuts and seeds Confectionery Chewing gum Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) Bakery wares Breads and rolls Fine bakery wares Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings) Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Table-top sweeteners, including those containing highintensity sweeteners Salt Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Mustards Soups and broths Emulsified sauces (e.g., mayonnaise, salad dressing) Non-emulsified sauces (e.g., ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy) Non-emulsified sauces (e.g., ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy) Mixes for sauces and gravies Clear sauces (e.g., soy sauce, fish sauce) Salads (e.g., macaroni salad, potato salad) and sandwich spreads excluding cocoa- and nut-based spreads of food categories 04.2.2.5 and 05.1.2 Yeast and like products Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes, including those for infants and young children Food supplements Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes) Processed nuts, including covered nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g., dried fruit)
Max Level
Comments
500 mg/kg Note 10 80 mg/kg Note 10 200 mg/kg Notes 10 & 15 80 mg/kg Note 10 500 mg/kg Notes 2 & 10 80 500 3750 200 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg GMP Note 10 Notes 10 & 15 Note 10 Note 10 Note 10
500 mg/kg Notes 2 & 10 1000 500 200 5000 1000 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg Note 10 Note 10 Note 10 Note 10 Note 10
1000 mg/kg Note 10 500 mg/kg Notes 2 & 10 500 mg/kg Note 10 500 mg/kg Note 10 500 mg/kg Note 10 500 mg/kg Note 10 500 mg/kg Note 10 200 mg/kg Note 10 500 mg/kg Notes 10 & 15 200 mg/kg Note 10 500 mg/kg Note 10 200 mg/kg Note 10 200 mg/kg Note 10 200 mg/kg Note 10
12.8 13.1 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.6 14.1.4 15.1 15.2
200 50 10000 1000 1000
mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
500 mg/kg Note 10 1000 mg/kg Notes 10 & 15 200 mg/kg Note 10 200 mg/kg Note 10
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ASPARTAME
ASPARTAME
Aspartame Function: Flavor Enhancer, Sweetener INS: 951

01.1.2 Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, wheybased drinks) Fermented and renneted milk products (plain), excluding food category 01.1.2 (dairy-based drinks) Beverage whiteners Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Clotted cream Cream analogues Milk powder and cream powder (plain) Milk and cream powder analogues Milk and cream (blend) powder (plain and flavoured) Unripened cheese Cheese analogues Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Fat emulsions other than food category 02.2, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Frozen fruit Dried fruit Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit Jams, jellies and marmelades Fruit-based spreads (e.g., chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 Candied fruit Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts Fermented fruit products Fruit fillings for pastries Cooked or fried fruit Frozen vegetables Dried vegetables, seaweeds, and nuts and seeds Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables Vegetable, and nut and seed purees and spreads (e.g., peanut butter) Vegetable, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g., vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables, soybean curd) other than food category 04.2.2.5 Fermented vegetable products Cooked or fried vegetables and seaweeds Cocoa mixes (powders and syrups) Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings
Max Level
600 mg/kg
Comments
01.2 01.3.2 01.4.1 01.4.2 01.4.3 01.4.4 01.5.1 01.5.2 01.5.3 01.6.1 01.6.5 01.7 02.3 02.4 03.0 04.1.2.1 04.1.2.2 04.1.2.3 04.1.2.4 04.1.2.5 04.1.2.6 04.1.2.7 04.1.2.8 04.1.2.9 04.1.2.10 04.1.2.11 04.1.2.12 04.2.2.1 04.2.2.2 04.2.2.3 04.2.2.4 04.2.2.5 04.2.2.6
2000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP 1000 mg/kg GMP 2000 mg/kg GMP GMP 1000 mg/kg 3000 mg/kg GMP 3000 mg/kg 3000 mg/kg GMP 3000 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg 2000 mg/kg 2000 mg/kg 3000 mg/kg 3000 mg/kg 2000 mg/kg 3000 mg/kg 2000 1000 1000 300 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg Note 2
1000 mg/kg 3000 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg
04.2.2.7 04.2.2.8 05.1.1 05.1.2
2500 1000 3000 3000
mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
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ASPARTAME Function: Flavor Enhancer, Sweetener

05.1.3 Cocoa and chocolate products (e.g., milk chocolate bar, chocolate flakes, white chocolate) other than food categories 05.1.1, 05.1.2 and 05.1.4 Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitue products Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) Bread and ordinary bakery wares Fine bakery wares Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Processed fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Dried and/or heat coagulated egg products Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Table-top sweeteners, including those containing highintensity sweeteners Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Mustards Soups and broths Emulsified sauces (e.g., mayonnaise, salad dressing) Non-emulsified sauces (e.g., ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy) Mixes for sauces and gravies Clear sauces (e.g., soy sauce, fish sauce) Salads (e.g., macaroni salad, potato salad) and sandwich spreads excluding cocoa- and nut-based spreads of food categories 04.2.2.5 and 05.1.2 Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes, including those for infants and young children Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction Dietetic foods (e.g., supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 Food supplements Fruit and vegetable juices Fruit and vegetable nectars Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Beer and malt beverages Cider and perry Wines Fruit wine Mead Spirituous beverages Ready-to-eat savouries
Max Level
2500 mg/kg
Comments
05.1.4 05.2 05.3 05.4 06.3 06.5 07.1 07.2 08.2 08.3 09.2 09.3 10.2.3 10.4 11.2 11.4 12.2 12.4 12.5 12.6.1 12.6.2 12.6.3 12.6.4 12.7
3000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg 4000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg 3000 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg 2000 mg/kg 350 600 2000 2000 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 14.1.2 14.1.3 14.1.4 14.1.5 14.2.1 14.2.2 14.2.3 14.2.4 14.2.5 14.2.6 15.0
800 mg/kg 800 mg/kg 2000 mg/kg 5500 2000 2000 1000 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg GMP 600 mg/kg Note 85 600 mg/kg 600 700 700 700 500 mg/kg Note 85 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg Note 85 mg/kg
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ASPARTAME
AZORUBINE
Azorubine Function: Colour INS: 122

01.1.2 Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, wheybased drinks) Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Unripened cheese Rind of ripened cheese Whey cheese Processed cheese Cheese analogues Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Surface-treated fresh fruit Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit Jams, jellies and marmelades Fruit-based spreads (e.g., chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 Candied fruit Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables Vegetable, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g., vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables, soybean curd) other than food category 04.2.2.5 Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) Fine bakery wares Meat and meat products, including poultry and game Fresh fish Fresh mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked fish and fish products
Max Level
150 mg/kg
Comments
01.2.1.2 01.6.1 01.6.2.2 01.6.3 01.6.4 01.6.5 01.7 02.4 03.0 04.1.1.2 04.1.2.4 04.1.2.5 04.1.2.6 04.1.2.7 04.1.2.8 04.1.2.9 04.2.1.2 04.2.2.3 04.2.2.4 04.2.2.6
57 mg/kg Note 12 GMP Note 3 GMP GMP Note 3 200 mg/kg GMP Note 3 150 mg/kg 150 mg/kg 150 500 200 500 mg/kg mg/kg Note 16 mg/kg mg/kg
500 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 150 mg/kg 500 mg/kg Note 16 500 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 200 mg/kg
05.1 05.2 05.3 05.4 06.3 06.5 07.2 08.0 09.1.1 09.1.2 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4.1
50 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 150 mg/kg 200 500 300 500 500 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
500 mg/kg Note 16 500 mg/kg Note 16 500 mg/kg
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AZORUBINE Function: Colour

09.2.4.2 09.2.4.3 09.2.5 Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, marinated and/or in jelly Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, pickled and/or in brine Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms (e.g., fish paste), excluding products of food categories 09.3.1 - 09.3.3 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fresh eggs Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Mustards Soups and broths Sauces and like products Protein products Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes, including those for infants and young children Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction Dietetic foods (e.g., supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 Food supplements Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice Canned or bottled (pasteurized) vegetable juice Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Cider and perry Aromatized wine Fruit wine Spirituous beverages Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes) Processed nuts, including covered nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g., dried fruit) Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01 - 15
Max Level
Comments
250 mg/kg 500 mg/kg Note 16 500 mg/kg Note 22
09.3.1 09.3.2 09.3.3 09.3.4
09.4
500 mg/kg
10.1 10.4 12.2 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.9 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 14.1.2.1 14.1.2.2 14.1.4 14.2.2 14.2.3.4 14.2.4 14.2.6 15.1 15.2 16.0
GMP Notes 3 & 4 50 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 100 50 50 50 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
50 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg GMP GMP 100 mg/kg 200 200 200 200 200 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
100 mg/kg 500 mg/kg
BEESWAX, WHITE AND YELLOW

Beeswax, White and Yellow INS: 901
Function: Bulking Agent, Glazing Agent, Release Agent, Stabilizer

04.1.1.2 Surface-treated fresh fruit
Max Level
GMP
Comments
37
BEESWAX, WHITE AND YELLOW Function: Bulking Agent, Glazing Agent, Release Agent, Stabilizer

04.2.1.2 05.1 05.1 05.2 05.2 05.3 05.3 05.4 05.4 07.2 13.6 14.1.4 14.1.5 15.0 Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Chewing gum Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Fine bakery wares Food supplements Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Ready-to-eat savouries
Max Level
Comments
GMP Note 79 4000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg 4000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg 20000 mg/kg 150000 mg/kg 4000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg 500 mg/kg GMP Note 3 200 mg/kg GMP GMP Note 108 Note 3
BEET RED
Beet Red Function: Colour INS: 162

01.2.2 01.4.1 01.4.2 02.1 02.2.1.1 04.1.1.2 04.2.1.2 06.1 06.4.2 08.1.1 08.1.2 09.1.1 09.1.2 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4.1 09.2.4.2 09.2.4.3 09.2.5 Renneted milk Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Surface-treated fresh fruit Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Whole, broken, or flaked grain, including rice Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Fresh fish Fresh mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked fish and fish products Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms
Max Level
GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP 1000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP
Comments
Note 52 Note 16 Note 16 Note 54 Note 16 Note 50 Note 16
Note 16 Note 16
Note 16 Note 22
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BEET RED Function: Colour

10.1 11.1 Fresh eggs White and semi-white sugar (sucrose or saccharose), fructose, glucose (dextrose), xylose; sugar solutions and syrups, also (partially) inverted sugars, incl. molasses, treacle, and sugar toppings Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar Wines
Max Level
GMP GMP
Comments
Notes 3 & 4
13.1 13.2 14.1.2.1 14.1.3.1 14.2.3
GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP
BENZOATES
Benzoic Acid Potassium Benzoate Function: Preservative INS: 210 INS: 212 Sodium Benzoate Calcium Benzoate INS: 211 INS: 213

01.2.1.2 01.7 02.2.1.2 02.2.2 02.3 02.4 Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Margarine and similar products (e.g., butter-margarine blends) Emulsions containing less than 80% fat (e.g., minarine) Fat emulsions other than food category 02.2, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 Dried fruit Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit Jams, jellies and marmelades Fruit-based spreads (e.g., chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 Candied fruit Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts Fermented fruit products Fruit fillings for pastries Cooked or fried fruit
Max Level
Comments
50 mg/kg Notes 12 & 13 300 mg/kg Note 13 1000 mg/kg Note 13 1000 mg/kg Note 13 1000 mg/kg Note 13 1000 mg/kg Note 13 .
04.1.2.2 04.1.2.3 04.1.2.4 04.1.2.5 04.1.2.6 04.1.2.7 04.1.2.8 04.1.2.9 04.1.2.10 04.1.2.11 04.1.2.12
800 1000 1000 1000 1000
1000 mg/kg Note 13 1000 mg/kg Note 13 1000 mg/kg Note 13 1000 mg/kg Note 13 1000 mg/kg Note 13 1000 mg/kg Note 13
39
BENZOATES Function: Preservative

04.2.2.2 04.2.2.3 04.2.2.4 04.2.2.5 04.2.2.6 Dried vegetables, seaweeds, and nuts and seeds Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables Vegetable, and nut and seed purees and spreads (e.g., peanut butter) Vegetable, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g., vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables, soybean curd) other than food category 04.2.2.5 Fermented vegetable products Cooked or fried vegetables and seaweeds Cocoa mixes (powders and syrups) Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitue products Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Flours and starches Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) Bakery wares Cured (including salted) and dried non-heat treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts Heat-treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts Cured (including salted) and dried non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Cured (including salted) and dried non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, marinated and/or in jelly Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, pickled and/or in brine Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms (e.g., fish paste), excluding products of food categories 09.3.1 - 09.3.3
Max Level
Comments
1000 mg/kg Note 13 2000 mg/kg Note 13 1000 mg/kg Note 13 1000 mg/kg Note 13 3000 mg/kg Note 13
04.2.2.7 04.2.2.8 05.1.1 05.1.2 05.1.4 05.2 05.3 05.4 06.2 06.4.2 06.5 07.0 08.2.1.2
1000 1000 1500 1500
1500 mg/kg Note 13 1500 mg/kg Note 13 1500 mg/kg Note 13 1500 mg/kg Note 13 500 mg/kg Note 13 1000 mg/kg Note 13 1000 mg/kg Note 13 1000 mg/kg Note 13 GMP Notes 3 & 13
08.2.2 08.3.1.2 08.3.1.2 09.2.4.2 09.2.5
1000 mg/kg Notes 13 & 16 750 mg/kg Note 13 1000 mg/kg Note 13 2000 mg/kg Notes 13 & 82 200 mg/kg Note 13
09.3.1 09.3.2 09.3.3 09.3.4
2000 mg/kg Note 13 2000 mg/kg Note 13 2500 mg/kg Note 13 2000 mg/kg Note 13
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10.2.1 10.4 11.1 Liquid egg products Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) White and semi-white sugar (sucrose or saccharose), fructose, glucose (dextrose), xylose; sugar solutions and syrups, also (partially) inverted sugars, incl. molasses, treacle, and sugar toppings Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Table-top sweeteners, including those containing highintensity sweeteners Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Vinegars Mustards Soups and broths Sauces and like products Salads (e.g., macaroni salad, potato salad) and sandwich spreads excluding cocoa- and nut-based spreads of food categories 04.2.2.5 and 05.1.2 Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes, including those for infants and young children Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction Dietetic foods (e.g., supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 Food supplements Table waters and soda waters Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice Canned or bottled (pasteurized) vegetable juice Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit juice Concentrate (liquid or solid) for vegetable juice Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar Canned or bottled (pasteurized) vegetable nectar Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit nectar Concentrate (liquid or solid) for vegetable nectar Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Beer and malt beverages Cider and perry Wines Fruit wine
Max Level
Comments
5000 mg/kg Note 13 1000 mg/kg Note 13 1000 mg/kg Note 13
. 11.2 11.4 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.7 1000 mg/kg Note 13 GMP Note 13 1000 mg/kg Note 13 1000 1000 1000 1000 1500 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg Note 13 Note 13 Note 13 Note 13 Note 13
13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 14.1.1.2 14.1.2.1 14.1.2.2 14.1.2.3 14.1.2.4 14.1.3.1 14.1.3.2 14.1.3.3 14.1.3.4 14.1.4 14.1.5
1500 mg/kg Notes 13 & 83 1500 mg/kg Note 13 2000 mg/kg Note 13 1000 mg/kg Note 13 200 mg/kg Note 13 2100 mg/kg Note 13 2000 2100 1400 2000 2000 1000 500 1000 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg Note 13 Note 13 Note 13 Note 13 Note 13 Note 13 Note 13 Note 13
600 mg/kg Note 13
14.2.1 14.2.2 14.2.3 14.2.4
200 mg/kg Notes 13 & 85 1000 mg/kg Note 13 1000 mg/kg Notes 13 & 96 1000 mg/kg Note 13
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14.2.5 14.2.6 15.1 16.0 Mead Spirituous beverages Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes) Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01 - 15
Max Level
Comments
1000 mg/kg Note 13 400 mg/kg Notes 13 & 85 1000 mg/kg Note 13 1000 mg/kg Note 13
BENZOYL PEROXIDE
Benzoyl Peroxide INS: 928
Function: Bleaching Agent (Not for Flour), Flour Treatment Agent

01.6.2.1 01.8 06.2 Total ripened cheese, includes rind Whey and whey products, excluding whey cheeses Flours and starches
Max Level
Comments
1000 mg/kg Note 55 GMP 300 mg/kg
BHA
Butylated Hydroxyanisole Function: Antioxidant INS: 320

01.3.1 01.3.2 01.5.1 01.5.2 01.7 02.0 02.1 02.2 02.3 02.4 03.0 04.1.2.2 04.1.2.2 04.1.2.6 04.1.2.7 04.1.2.9 04.1.2.12 04.2.2.2 04.2.2.5 Condensed milk (plain) Beverage whiteners Milk powder and cream powder (plain) Milk and cream powder analogues Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Fats and oils, and fat emulsions (type water-in-oil) Fats and oils essentially free from water Fat emulsions mainly of type water-in-oil Fat emulsions other than food category 02.2, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Dried fruit Dried fruit Fruit-based spreads (e.g., chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 Candied fruit Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts Cooked or fried fruit Dried vegetables, seaweeds, and nuts and seeds Vegetable, and nut and seed purees and spreads (e.g., peanut butter)
Max Level
100 200 100 2 200 200 200 200
Comments
200 mg/kg Note 88 mg/kg mg/kg Note 15 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg Note 15 mg/kg Note 15 mg/kg mg/kg
100 mg/kg 200 100 200 100 mg/kg Note 15 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
32 mg/kg 2 mg/kg 100 mg/kg 200 mg/kg Note 76 100 mg/kg
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BHA Function: Antioxidant

04.2.2.5 05.1 05.1.1 05.1.2 05.1.3 Vegetable, and nut and seed purees and spreads (e.g., peanut butter) Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes Cocoa mixes (powders and syrups) Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings Cocoa and chocolate products (e.g., milk chocolate bar, chocolate flakes, white chocolate) other than food categories 05.1.1, 05.1.2 and 05.1.4 Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitue products Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Whole, broken, or flaked grain, including rice Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) Bakery wares Breads and rolls Crackers, excluding sweet crackers Other ordinary bakery products (e.g., bagels, pita, English muffins) Bread-type products, including bread stuffing and bread crumbs Steamed breads and buns Cakes, cookies and pies (e.g., fruit-filled or custard types) Other fine bakery products (e.g., doughnuts, sweet rolls, scones, and muffins) Mixes for fine bakery wares (e.g., cakes, pancakes) Fresh meat, poultry, and game Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Mustards Ready-to-eat soups and broths, including canned, bottled, and frozen
Max Level
Comments
200 mg/kg Note 15 200 mg/kg Note 15 100 mg/kg 100 mg/kg 90 mg/kg Note 2
05.1.4 05.2 05.2 05.3 05.4 05.4 06.1 06.3 06.4.2 06.5 07.0 07.1.1 07.1.2 07.1.3 07.1.4 07.1.5 07.2.1 07.2.2 07.2.3 08.1 08.2 08.3 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.5
100 mg/kg 100 mg/kg 200 mg/kg Note 15 750 mg/kg 90 mg/kg Note 2 200 mg/kg Note 15 100 200 100 2 200 50 50 100 mg/kg mg/kg Note 15 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg Note 15 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
50 mg/kg 50 mg/kg 25 mg/kg 25 mg/kg 200 mg/kg Note 15 100 mg/kg Note 15 200 mg/kg Note 15 200 mg/kg Note 15 1000 mg/kg 200 mg/kg Note 15 200 mg/kg
09.3 09.4
200 mg/kg 200 mg/kg
10.4 11.2 12.2 12.4 12.5.1
2 mg/kg 20 mg/kg 200 mg/kg Note 15 200 mg/kg 200 mg/kg Note 15
43
BHA Function: Antioxidant

12.5.2 12.6 12.7 Mixes for soups and broths Sauces and like products Salads (e.g., macaroni salad, potato salad) and sandwich spreads excluding cocoa- and nut-based spreads of food categories 04.2.2.5 and 05.1.2 Yeast and like products Food supplements Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes) Processed nuts, including covered nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g., dried fruit)
Max Level
Comments
300 mg/kg Note 15 200 mg/kg Note 15 200 mg/kg
12.8 13.6 14.1.4 15.1 15.2
1000 mg/kg 400 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg Note 15 200 mg/kg Note 15 200 mg/kg Note 15
BHT
Butylated Hydroxytoluene Function: Adjuvant, Antioxidant INS: 321

01.3.1 01.3.2 01.5 01.7 02.0 02.1 02.2.1 02.2.1.2 02.2.2 02.3 02.4 03.0 04.1.2.2 04.1.2.6 04.1.2.9 04.1.2.12 04.2.2.2 04.2.2.5 05.1 05.1.1 05.2 05.3 05.4 06.1 06.3 06.4.2 Condensed milk (plain) Beverage whiteners Milk powder and cream powder Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Fats and oils, and fat emulsions (type water-in-oil) Fats and oils essentially free from water Emulsions containing at least 80% fat Margarine and similar products (e.g., butter-margarine blends) Emulsions containing less than 80% fat (e.g., minarine) Fat emulsions other than food category 02.2, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Dried fruit Fruit-based spreads (e.g., chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts Cooked or fried fruit Dried vegetables, seaweeds, and nuts and seeds Vegetable, and nut and seed purees and spreads (e.g., peanut butter) Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes Cocoa mixes (powders and syrups) Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Whole, broken, or flaked grain, including rice Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products
Max Level
Comments
200 mg/kg Note 88 100 mg/kg 100 mg/kg 90 mg/kg Note 2 200 200 200 500 mg/kg Note 15 mg/kg Note 15 mg/kg mg/kg
100 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 100 mg/kg 100 mg/kg Note 15 100 mg/kg 100 mg/kg 90 mg/kg Note 2 100 mg/kg 200 mg/kg Note 76 200 mg/kg Note 15 200 mg/kg Note 15 90 mg/kg 200 mg/kg Note 15 750 mg/kg 200 mg/kg Note 15 200 mg/kg 50 mg/kg 200 mg/kg
44
BHT Function: Adjuvant, Antioxidant

06.5 07.0 07.1.1 07.1.2 07.1.3 07.1.4 07.1.5 07.2 07.2.3 08.1 08.2 08.3 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) Bakery wares Breads and rolls Crackers, excluding sweet crackers Other ordinary bakery products (e.g., bagels, pita, English muffins) Bread-type products, including bread stuffing and bread crumbs Steamed breads and buns Fine bakery wares Mixes for fine bakery wares (e.g., cakes, pancakes) Fresh meat, poultry, and game Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Mustards Soups and broths Soups and broths Sauces and like products Sauces and like products Salads (e.g., macaroni salad, potato salad) and sandwich spreads excluding cocoa- and nut-based spreads of food categories 04.2.2.5 and 05.1.2 Yeast and like products Food supplements Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Ready-to-eat savouries
Max Level
Comments
90 mg/kg Note 2 200 mg/kg Note 15 50 mg/kg 50 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 50 mg/kg 50 25 90 100 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg Note 15
100 mg/kg Note 15 100 mg/kg Note 15 1000 mg/kg 200 mg/kg Note 15 200 mg/kg
09.3 09.4
100 mg/kg 100 mg/kg
10.4 11.2 12.2 12.4 12.5 12.5 12.6 12.6 12.7
90 mg/kg Note 2 20 mg/kg 200 mg/kg Note 15 100 mg/kg 100 200 100 200 100 mg/kg mg/kg Note 15 mg/kg mg/kg Note 15 mg/kg
12.8 13.6 14.1.4 15.0
100 mg/kg 400 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg Note 15 200 mg/kg Note 15
BLEACHED STARCH
Bleached Starch INS: 1403

01.4.2 02.1 02.2.1.1 Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter
Max Level
GMP GMP GMP
Comments
Note 52
45
BLEACHED STARCH Function: Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener

11.2 14.1.5 Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa
Max Level
10000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg
Comments
BRILLIANT BLACK PN
Brilliant Black PN Function: Colour INS: 151

01.1.2 Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, wheybased drinks) Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Unripened cheese Rind of ripened cheese Whey cheese Processed cheese Cheese analogues Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Surface-treated fresh fruit Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit Jams, jellies and marmelades Fruit-based spreads (e.g., chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 Candied fruit Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables Vegetable, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g., vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables, soybean curd) other than food category 04.2.2.5 Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) Fine bakery wares Meat and meat products, including poultry and game Fresh fish Fresh mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms
Max Level
150 mg/kg
Comments
01.2.1.2 01.6.1 01.6.2.2 01.6.3 01.6.4 01.6.5 01.7 02.4 03.0 04.1.1.2 04.1.2.4 04.1.2.5 04.1.2.6 04.1.2.7 04.1.2.8 04.1.2.9 04.2.1.2 04.2.2.3 04.2.2.4 04.2.2.6
12 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP 200 mg/kg GMP 150 mg/kg 150 mg/kg 150 500 200 500 500
mg/kg mg/kg Note 16 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
200 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 150 mg/kg 500 mg/kg Note 16 500 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 200 mg/kg
05.1 05.2 05.3 05.4 06.3 06.5 07.2 08.0 09.1.1 09.1.2
300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 150 mg/kg 200 500 300 500 mg/kg mg/kg Note 16 mg/kg Note 50 mg/kg Note 16
46
BRILLIANT BLACK PN Function: Colour

09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4.1 09.2.4.2 09.2.4.3 09.2.5 Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked fish and fish products Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, marinated and/or in jelly Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, pickled and/or in brine Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms (e.g., fish paste), excluding products of food categories 09.3.1 - 09.3.3 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fresh eggs Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Mustards Soups and broths Sauces and like products Protein products Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes, including those for infants and young children Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction Dietetic foods (e.g., supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 Food supplements Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Cider and perry Aromatized wine Fruit wine Spirituous beverages Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes) Processed nuts, including covered nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g., dried fruit) Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01 - 15
Max Level
Comments
500 mg/kg Note 95 500 mg/kg Note 16 500 mg/kg Note 16 500 mg/kg 250 mg/kg 500 mg/kg Note 16 500 mg/kg Note 22
09.3.1 09.3.2 09.3.3 09.3.4
09.4
500 mg/kg
10.1 10.4 12.2 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.9 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 14.1.4 14.2.2 14.2.3.4 14.2.4 14.2.6 15.1 15.2 16.0
GMP 150 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 300 300 500 100 50 50 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
Notes 3 & 4
50 mg/kg 50 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 100 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 200 200 200 200 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
100 mg/kg 500 mg/kg
47
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF

Brilliant Blue FCF Function: Colour INS: 133

01.1.2 Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, wheybased drinks) Fermented milks (plain) Unripened cheese Rind of ripened cheese Whey cheese Processed cheese Cheese analogues Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats Butter and concentrated butter Margarine and similar products (e.g., butter-margarine blends) Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Surface-treated fresh fruit Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit Jams, jellies and marmelades Fruit-based spreads (e.g., chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 Candied fruit Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts Fruit fillings for pastries Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables Vegetable, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g., vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables, soybean curd) other than food category 04.2.2.5 Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) Bread and ordinary bakery wares Fine bakery wares Meat and meat products, including poultry and game Fresh fish Fresh mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms
Max Level
150 mg/kg
Comments
01.2.1 01.6.1 01.6.2.2 01.6.3 01.6.4 01.6.5 01.7 02.1.3 02.2.1.1 02.2.1.2 02.4 03.0 04.1.1.2 04.1.2.4 04.1.2.5 04.1.2.6 04.1.2.7 04.1.2.8 04.1.2.9 04.1.2.11 04.2.1.2 04.2.2.3 04.2.2.4 04.2.2.6
150 mg/kg GMP Note 3 100 mg/kg GMP Note 3 200 mg/kg GMP Note 3 150 mg/kg GMP 100 mg/kg GMP 150 mg/kg 150 mg/kg 500 200 500 500 mg/kg Note 16 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
200 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 150 mg/kg 244 mg/kg 500 mg/kg Note 16 500 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 200 mg/kg
05.1 05.2 05.3 05.4 06.3 06.5 07.1 07.2 08.0 09.1.1 09.1.2 09.2.1
300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 150 mg/kg 100 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 500 300 500 500 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg Note 16 Note 50 Note 16 Note 95
48
BRILLIANT BLUE FCF Function: Colour

09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4.1 09.2.4.2 09.2.4.3 09.2.5 Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked fish and fish products Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, marinated and/or in jelly Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, pickled and/or in brine Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms (e.g., fish paste), excluding products of food categories 09.3.1 - 09.3.3 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fresh eggs Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Mustards Soups and broths Sauces and like products Protein products Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes, including those for infants and young children Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction Dietetic foods (e.g., supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 Food supplements Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit juice Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Beer and malt beverages Aromatized wine Fruit wine Spirituous beverages Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes) Processed nuts, including covered nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g., dried fruit) Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01 - 15
Max Level
Comments
09.3.1 09.3.2 09.3.3 09.3.4
09.4
500 mg/kg
10.1 10.4 11.2 12.2 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.9 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 14.1.2.3 14.1.4 14.2.1 14.2.3.4 14.2.4 14.2.6 15.1 15.2 16.0
GMP Notes 3 & 4 150 mg/kg 100 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 300 300 500 100 50 50 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
50 mg/kg 50 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 100 mg/kg 100 mg/kg GMP mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
200 200 200 200
100 mg/kg 500 mg/kg
49
BROMELAIN
BROMELAIN
Bromelain INS: 1101iii
Function: Flavour Enhancer, Flour Treatment Agent, Stabilizer, Thickener

08.1.1 14.2.3 Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Wines
Max Level
GMP GMP
Comments
BROWN HT
Brown HT Function: Colour INS: 155

01.1.2 Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, wheybased drinks) Unripened cheese Rind of ripened cheese Whey cheese Processed cheese Cheese analogues Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Surface-treated fresh fruit Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit Jams, jellies and marmelades Fruit-based spreads (e.g., chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 Candied fruit Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables Vegetable, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g., vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables, soybean curd) other than food category 04.2.2.5 Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) Fine bakery wares Meat and meat products, including poultry and game
Max Level
150 mg/kg
Comments
01.6.1 01.6.2.2 01.6.3 01.6.4 01.6.5 01.7 02.4 03.0 04.1.1.2 04.1.2.4 04.1.2.5 04.1.2.6 04.1.2.7 04.1.2.8 04.1.2.9 04.2.1.2 04.2.2.3 04.2.2.4 04.2.2.6
GMP Note 3 50 mg/kg GMP Note 3 200 mg/kg GMP Note 3 150 mg/kg 150 mg/kg 150 500 200 500 500 mg/kg mg/kg Note 16 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
200 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 150 mg/kg 500 mg/kg Note 16 500 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 200 mg/kg
05.1 05.2 05.3 05.4 06.3 06.5 07.2 08.0
80 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 150 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 500 mg/kg Note 16
50
BROWN HT Function: Colour

09.1.1 09.1.2 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4.1 09.2.4.2 09.2.4.3 09.2.5 Fresh fish Fresh mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked fish and fish products Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, marinated and/or in jelly Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, pickled and/or in brine Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms (e.g., fish paste), excluding products of food categories 09.3.1 - 09.3.3 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fresh eggs Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Mustards Soups and broths Sauces and like products Protein products Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes, including those for infants and young children Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction Dietetic foods (e.g., supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 Food supplements Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Cider and perry Aromatized wine Fruit wine Spirituous beverages Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes) Processed nuts, including covered nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g., dried fruit) Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01 - 15
Max Level
Comments
300 mg/kg Note 50 500 mg/kg Note 16 500 mg/kg Note 95 500 mg/kg Note 16 500 mg/kg Note 16 500 mg/kg 250 mg/kg 500 mg/kg Note 16 500 mg/kg Note 22
09.3.1 09.3.2 09.3.3 09.3.4
09.4
500 mg/kg
10.1 10.4 12.2 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.9 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 14.1.4 14.2.2 14.2.3.4 14.2.4 14.2.6 15.1 15.2 16.0
GMP Notes 3 & 4 50 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 300 300 500 100 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
50 mg/kg 50 mg/kg 50 mg/kg 50 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 100 mg/kg 200 200 200 200 200 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
100 mg/kg 500 mg/kg
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CALCIUM ACETATE
CALCIUM ACETATE
Calcium Acetate INS: 263
Function: Acidity Regulator, Preservative, Stabilizer, Thickener

11.1 White and semi-white sugar (sucrose or saccharose), fructose, glucose (dextrose), xylose; sugar solutions and syrups, also (partially) inverted sugars, incl. molasses, treacle, and sugar toppings Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Weaning foods for infants and growing children
Max Level
1500 mg/kg
Comments
11.2 13.2
1500 mg/kg GMP
CALCIUM ALGINATE
Calcium Alginate INS: 404
Function: Antifoaming Agent, Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener

01.1.1.2 01.2.1.2 01.4.1 01.4.2 02.1 02.2.1.1 04.1.1.2 04.2.1.2 06.4.2 09.2.1 10.2.1 10.2.2 11.2 13.1 13.2 14.2.3 Buttermilk (plain) Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Surface-treated fresh fruit Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Liquid egg products Frozen egg products Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Wines
Max Level
Comments
5000 mg/kg GMP Note 52 GMP GMP GMP Note 54 5000 mg/kg 6000 mg/kg 6000 10000 300 5000 4000 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
CALCIUM ALUMINIUM SILICATE (SYNTHETIC)

Calcium Aluminium Silicate (Synthetic) Function: Anticaking Agent INS: 556

06.1 11.2 12.1 12.2 14.1.2.1 14.2.3 Whole, broken, or flaked grain, including rice Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Salt Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice Wines
Max Level
Comments
GMP 15000 mg/kg Note 56 20000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg Note 51 GMP GMP
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CALCIUM ASCORBATE
CALCIUM ASCORBATE
Calcium Ascorbate Function: Antioxidant INS: 302

02.1 02.2.1.1 04.1.1 04.2.2.1 08.1.2 09.1 09.2.1 09.2.2 13.1 13.2 14.1.2.3 14.1.3.1 14.1.3.3 14.2.3 Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Fresh fruit Frozen vegetables Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit juice Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit nectar Wines
Max Level
GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP 400 mg/kg GMP 50 mg/kg 3000 mg/kg 300 mg/kg GMP 300 mg/kg GMP
Comments
Note 52
Note 15
CALCIUM CARBONATE
Calcium Carbonate INS: 170i
Function: Anticaking Agent, Acidity Regulator, Colour, Emulsifier, Stabilizer

01.2.2 01.4.1 01.4.2 04.1.1.2 04.2.1.2 06.1 06.2 08.1.1 08.1.2 09.1.1 09.1.2 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4.1 09.2.4.2 09.2.4.3 09.2.5 Renneted milk Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Surface-treated fresh fruit Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Whole, broken, or flaked grain, including rice Flours and starches Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Fresh fish Fresh mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked fish and fish products Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fresh eggs
Max Level
GMP 2000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg GMP GMP 2220 mg/kg GMP GMP 1500 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP
Comments
Note 16 Note 16 Note 57 Note 16 Note 50 Note 16 Note 95 Note 16 Note 16
Note 16
10.1
GMP
Notes 3 & 4
53
CALCIUM CARBONATE Function: Anticaking Agent, Acidity Regulator, Colour, Emulsifier, Stabilizer

12.1 13.1 13.2 14.1.2.1 14.2.3 Salt Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice Wines
Max Level
20000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP 3500 mg/kg
Comments
CALCIUM CHLORIDE
Calcium Chloride Function: Firming Agent, Stabilizer, Thickener INS: 509

01.4.1 01.4.2 04.2.1.2 04.2.1.3 04.2.2.1 08.1.1 14.1.2.1 14.1.5 Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Peeled, cut or shredded vegetables, and nuts and seeds Frozen vegetables Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa
Max Level
2000 mg/kg 2000 mg/kg 800 800 4000 15000 2000 3200
Comments
mg/kg Note 58 mg/kg Note 58 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
CALCIUM CITRATE
Calcium Citrate INS: 333
Function: Acidity Regulator,Antioxidant, Emulsifier, Firming Agent, Sequestrant

01.4.1 01.4.2 02.1 02.2.1.1 04.2.2.1 08.1.2 09.1 09.2.1 09.2.4 12.2 13.1 13.2 Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Frozen vegetables Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children
Max Level
2000 mg/kg 2000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP
Comments
Note 52
Note 51
CALCIUM GLUCONATE
Calcium Gluconate INS: 578
54
CALCIUM GLUCONATE Function: Acidity Regulator, Firming Agent, Stabilizer, Thickener

04.2.1.2 04.2.1.3 04.2.2.1 Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Peeled, cut or shredded vegetables, and nuts and seeds Frozen vegetables
Max Level
Comments
CALCIUM GLUTAMATE, Dl-LCalcium Glutamate, Dl-LFunction: Flavour Enhancer INS: 623

12.2 Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles)
Max Level
GMP
Comments
Note 51
CALCIUM GUANYLATE, 5'Calcium Guanylate, 5'Function: Flavour Enhancer INS: 629

Max Level
GMP
Comments
Note 51
CALCIUM HYDROXIDE
Calcium Hydroxide Function: Acidity Regulator, Firming Agent INS: 526

02.2.1.1 04.2.1.2 04.2.1.3 04.2.2.1 08.1.1 13.1 13.2 Butter and concentrated butter Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Peeled, cut or shredded vegetables, and nuts and seeds Frozen vegetables Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children
Max Level
2000 800 800 1000 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg GMP GMP GMP
Comments
CALCIUM INOSINATE, 5'Calcium Inosinate, 5'Function: Flavour Enhancer INS: 633

Max Level
GMP
Comments
Note 51
CALCIUM LACTATE
Calcium Lactate INS: 327
55
CALCIUM LACTATE Function: Acidity Regulator, Antioxidant, Emulsifier, Firming Agent, Stabilzer, Thickener

01.4.1 02.1 02.2.1.1 08.1.2 12.1 13.2 Pasteurized cream Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Salt Weaning foods for infants and growing children
Max Level
Comments
GMP GMP GMP Note 52 6000 mg/kg GMP GMP
CALCIUM MALATE
Calcium Malate Function: Acidity Regulator INS: 352ii

14.2.3 Wines
Max Level
GMP
Comments
CALCIUM OXIDE
Calcium Oxide INS: 529
Function: Acidity Regulator, Flour Treatment Agent

08.1.1 Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts
Max Level
GMP
Comments
CALCIUM RIBONUCLEOTIDES, 5'Calcium Ribonucleotides, 5'Function: Flavour Enhancer INS: 634

Max Level
GMP
Comments
Note 51
CALCIUM SILICATE
Calcium Silicate Function: Anticaking Agent INS: 552

11.2 12.1 12.2 Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Salt Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles)
Max Level
Comments
15000 mg/kg Note 56 20000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg Note 51
CALCIUM SULPHATE
Calcium Sulphate INS: 516
Function: Acidity Regulator, Bulking Agent, Firming Agent, Flour Treatment Agent, Sequestrant, Stabilizer, Thickener
Max Level
Comments
56
CALCIUM SULPHATE Function: Acidity Regulator, Bulking Agent, Firming Agent, Flour Treatment Agent, Sequestrant, Stabilizer, Thickener

04.2.1.2 04.2.1.3 04.2.2.1 06.2 06.4.2 14.2.3 Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Peeled, cut or shredded vegetables, and nuts and seeds Frozen vegetables Flours and starches Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Wines
Max Level
Comments
800 mg/kg Note 58 800 mg/kg Note 58 3500 mg/kg GMP Note 57 5000 mg/kg Note 54 2000 mg/kg
CANDELILLA WAX
Candelilla Wax INS: 902
Function: Bulking Agent, Carrier Solvent, Glazing Agent, Release Agent

04.1.1.2 04.2.1.2 05.1 05.1 05.2 05.2 05.3 05.3 05.4 05.4 07.2 13.6 14.1.4 14.1.5 15.0 Surface-treated fresh fruit Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Chewing gum Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Fine bakery wares Food supplements Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Ready-to-eat savouries
Max Level
Comments
GMP GMP Note 79 4000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg 4000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg 20000 mg/kg 150000 mg/kg 4000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg GMP GMP 200 mg/kg GMP GMP Note 108 Note 3 Note 3 Note 3
CANTHAXANTHIN
Canthaxanthin Function: Colour INS: 161g

01.1.2 Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, wheybased drinks) Cheese Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Fats and oils, and fat emulsions (type water-in-oil) Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit Jams, jellies and marmelades
Max Level
GMP
Comments
01.6 01.7 02.0 03.0 04.1.2.4 04.1.2.5
GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP 200 mg/kg
57
CANTHAXANTHIN Function: Colour

04.1.2.6 04.1.2.8 04.1.2.9 04.1.2.11 04.2.2.2 04.2.2.3 05.1 05.2 05.3 05.4 06.3 06.4.2 06.5 06.6 07.0 08.1.1 08.1.2 08.3.1.1 08.3.2 08.4 09.2.1 09.2.4.1 09.2.4.3 09.2.5 Fruit-based spreads (e.g., chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts Fruit fillings for pastries Dried vegetables, seaweeds, and nuts and seeds Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) Batters (e.g., for breading ro batters for fish or poultry) Bakery wares Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Cured (including salted) non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Heat-treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings) Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked fish and fish products Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fresh eggs Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) White and semi-white sugar (sucrose or saccharose), fructose, glucose (dextrose), xylose; sugar solutions and syrups, also (partially) inverted sugars, incl. molasses, treacle, and sugar toppings Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Ready-to-eat soups and broths, including canned, bottled, and frozen Mixes for soups and broths Sauces and like products Protein products Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar
Max Level
GMP GMP GMP GMP 8.2 mg/kg GMP GMP 50 mg/kg 300 mg/kg GMP 35 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP 100 mg/kg
Comments
1000 mg/kg Note 94 1000 mg/kg 15 mg/kg GMP GMP 200 mg/kg GMP GMP
09.3.3 09.4
GMP 100 mg/kg
10.1 10.4 11.1
GMP GMP GMP
Notes 3 & 4
11.2 12.2 12.5.1 12.5.2 12.6 12.9 14.1.2.1 14.1.3.1
GMP GMP 30 mg/kg 100 mg/kg 100 100 5 5 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
58
CANTHAXANTHIN Function: Colour

14.1.3.3 14.1.4.1 14.1.4.2 14.1.4.3 14.2.1 14.2.3 14.2.6 15.1 16.0 Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit nectar Carbonated drinks Non-carbonated, including punches and ades Concentrates (liquid or solid) for drinks Beer and malt beverages Wines Spirituous beverages Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes) Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01 - 15
Max Level
5 mg/kg GMP 5 mg/kg 100 mg/kg 5 mg/kg 5 mg/kg 5 mg/kg GMP GMP
Comments
Note 2
CARAMEL COLOUR, CLASS I

Caramel Colour, Class I - Plain Function: Colour INS: 150a

01.2.1.1 01.2.1.2 01.2.2 01.4.1 01.4.2 02.2.1.1 04.1.1.2 04.2.1.2 06.1 06.4.2 08.1.1 08.1.2 09.1.1 09.1.2 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4.1 09.2.4.2 09.2.4.3 09.2.5 Fermented milks (plain), not heat-treated after fermentation Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Renneted milk Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Butter and concentrated butter Surface-treated fresh fruit Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Whole, broken, or flaked grain, including rice Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Fresh fish Fresh mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked fish and fish products Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fresh eggs Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit juice Wines
Max Level
Comments
GMP 150 mg/kg Note 12 GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP Note 52 Note 16 Note 16 Note 54 Note 16 Note 50 Note 16 Note 95 Note 41 Note 16
Note 16
10.1 11.2 13.1 13.2 14.1.2.3 14.2.3
GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP
Notes 3 & 4
59
CARAMEL COLOUR, CLASS III
CARAMEL COLOUR, CLASS III

Caramel Colour, Class III - Ammonia Process Function: Colour INS: 150c

01.1.2 Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, wheybased drinks) Fermented milks (plain) Renneted milk Beverage whiteners Clotted cream Cream analogues Milk and cream powder analogues Unripened cheese Rind of ripened cheese Whey cheese Processed cheese Cheese analogues Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Margarine and similar products (e.g., butter-margarine blends) Fat emulsions other than food category 02.2, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit Jams, jellies and marmelades Fruit-based spreads (e.g., chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 Candied fruit Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts Fruit fillings for pastries Dried vegetables, seaweeds, and nuts and seeds Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables Vegetable, and nut and seed purees and spreads (e.g., peanut butter) Vegetable, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g., vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables, soybean curd) other than food category 04.2.2.5 Fermented vegetable products Cooked or fried vegetables and seaweeds Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum
Max Level
150 mg/kg
Comments
01.2.1 01.2.2 01.3.2 01.4.3 01.4.4 01.5.2 01.6.1 01.6.2.2 01.6.3 01.6.4 01.6.5 01.7 02.2.1.2 02.3 02.4 03.0 04.1.2.3 04.1.2.4 04.1.2.5 04.1.2.6 04.1.2.7 04.1.2.8 04.1.2.9 04.1.2.11 04.2.2.2 04.2.2.3 04.2.2.4 04.2.2.5 04.2.2.6
150 mg/kg Note 12 GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP Note 3 GMP GMP 2000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP 1000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP 500 mg/kg GMP 7500 mg/kg GMP 7500 mg/kg GMP Note 76 500 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP
04.2.2.7 04.2.2.8 05.1 05.1.2 05.2 05.3
GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP 20000 mg/kg
60
CARAMEL COLOUR, CLASS III Function: Colour

05.4 06.3 06.4.2 06.5 06.6 07.1.2 07.2 08.0 09.1 09.2 09.3.3 09.4 Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) Batters (e.g., for breading ro batters for fish or poultry) Crackers, excluding sweet crackers Fine bakery wares Meat and meat products, including poultry and game Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Processed fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fresh eggs Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Vinegars Mustards Soups and broths Sauces and like products Salads (e.g., macaroni salad, potato salad) and sandwich spreads excluding cocoa- and nut-based spreads of food categories 04.2.2.5 and 05.1.2 Protein products Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes, including those for infants and young children Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction Dietetic foods (e.g., supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 Food supplements Fruit and vegetable juices Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit juice Canned or bottled (pasteurized) vegetable nectar Concentrate (liquid or solid) for vegetable nectar Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Beer and malt beverages Cider and perry Fortified wine and liquor wine Aromatized wine Fruit wine Spirituous beverages Ready-to-eat savouries Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes)
Max Level
GMP 6500 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP
Comments
Note 3 Notes 3 & 50 Note 50
GMP Note 50 500 mg/kg Note 50
10.1 10.4 11.2 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.7
GMP GMP GMP GMP 1000 mg/kg GMP GMP 1500 mg/kg GMP
Notes 3 & 4
12.9 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 14.1.2 14.1.2.3 14.1.3.2 14.1.3.4 14.1.4 14.1.4 14.1.5 14.2.1 14.2.2 14.2.3.3 14.2.3.4 14.2.4 14.2.6 15.0 15.1
GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP 5000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP
61
CARAMEL COLOUR, CLASS III Function: Colour

15.2 16.0 Processed nuts, including covered nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g., dried fruit) Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01 - 15
Max Level
GMP 1000 mg/kg
Comments
CARAMEL COLOUR, CLASS IV

Caramel Colour, Class IV - Ammonia Sulphite Process Function: Colour INS: 150d

01.1.2 Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, wheybased drinks) Fermented milks (plain) Renneted milk Beverage whiteners Clotted cream Cream analogues Milk and cream powder analogues Unripened cheese Rind of ripened cheese Whey cheese Processed cheese Plain processed cheese Flavoured processed cheese, including containing fruit, vegetables, meat, etc. Cheese analogues Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Margarine and similar products (e.g., butter-margarine blends) Fat emulsions other than food category 02.2, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit Jams, jellies and marmelades Fruit-based spreads (e.g., chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 Candied fruit Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts Fruit fillings for pastries Dried vegetables, seaweeds, and nuts and seeds Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables Vegetable, and nut and seed purees and spreads (e.g., peanut butter)
Max Level
150 mg/kg
Comments
01.2.1 01.2.2 01.3.2 01.4.3 01.4.4 01.5.2 01.6.1 01.6.2.2 01.6.3 01.6.4 01.6.4.1 01.6.4.2 01.6.5 01.7 02.2.1.2 02.3 02.4 03.0 04.1.2.3 04.1.2.4 04.1.2.5 04.1.2.6 04.1.2.7 04.1.2.8 04.1.2.9 04.1.2.11 04.2.2.2 04.2.2.3 04.2.2.4 04.2.2.5
150 mg/kg Note 12 GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP Note 3 100 mg/kg GMP 100 mg/kg Notes 5 & 72 GMP 2000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP 1000 mg/kg GMP GMP 1500 mg/kg 500 mg/kg GMP 7500 mg/kg GMP 7500 mg/kg GMP Note 76 500 mg/kg GMP GMP
62
CARAMEL COLOUR, CLASS IV Function: Colour

04.2.2.6 Vegetable, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g., vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables, soybean curd) other than food category 04.2.2.5 Fermented vegetable products Cooked or fried vegetables and seaweeds Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) Batters (e.g., for breading ro batters for fish or poultry) Rice cakes (Oriental type only) Crackers, excluding sweet crackers Cakes, cookies and pies (e.g., fruit-filled or custard types) Other fine bakery products (e.g., doughnuts, sweet rolls, scones, and muffins) Mixes for fine bakery wares (e.g., cakes, pancakes) Meat and meat products, including poultry and game Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Processed fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fresh eggs Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Vinegars Vinegars Mustards Ready-to-eat soups and broths, including canned, bottled, and frozen Mixes for soups and broths Sauces and like products Salads (e.g., macaroni salad, potato salad) and sandwich spreads excluding cocoa- and nut-based spreads of food categories 04.2.2.5 and 05.1.2 Protein products Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes, including those for infants and young children Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction Dietetic foods (e.g., supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 Food supplements Fruit and vegetable juices Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit juice
Max Level
GMP
Comments
04.2.2.7 04.2.2.8 05.1 05.1.2 05.2 05.3 05.4 06.3 06.4.2 06.5 06.6 06.7 07.1.2 07.2.1 07.2.2 07.2.3 08.0 09.1 09.2 09.3.3 09.4
GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP 20000 mg/kg GMP 2500 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP 1200 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP
Notes 3 & 50 Note 50
GMP Note 50 500 mg/kg Note 50
10.1 10.4 11.2 12.2 12.3 12.3 12.4 12.5.1 12.5.2 12.6 12.7
GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP 1000 mg/kg GMP 3000 mg/kg GMP 1500 mg/kg GMP
Notes 3 & 4
12.9 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 14.1.2 14.1.2.3
GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP
63
CARAMEL COLOUR, CLASS IV

Function: Colour -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Food Cat. No. Food Category Max Level Comments -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------14.1..3.2 Canned or bottled (pasteurized) vegetable nectar GMP 14.1.3.4 Concentrate (liquid or solid) for vegetable nectar GMP 14.1.4 Water-based flavoured drinks, including sport or GMP electrolyte drinks and particulated drinks 14.1.4 Water-based flavoured drinks, including sport or 5000 mg/kg electrolyte drinks and particulated drinks 14.1.5 Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other GMP hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa 14.2.1 Beer and malt beverages GMP 14.2.1 Beer and malt beverages 240 mg/kg 14.2.2 Cider and perry GMP 14.2.3.3 Fortified wine and liquor wine GMP 14.2.3.4 Aromatized wine GMP 14.2.4 Fruit wine GMP 14.2.6 Spirituous beverages GMP 14.2.6.1 Spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol GMP 240 mg/kg 14.2.6.2 Spirituous beverages containing less than 15% alcohol 15.0 Ready-to-eat savouries GMP 15.1 Snacks- potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, GMP pulses, and legumes) 15.2 Processed nuts, including covered nuts and nut mixtures GMP (with e.g., dried fruit) GMP 16.0 Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, 1000 mg/kg
CARBON DIOXIDE
Carbon Dioxide INS: 290 Function: Adjuvant, Carbonating Agent, Packing Gas -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Food Cat. No. Food Category Max Level Comments -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------01.1.1 Milk and buttermilk GMP Note 59 01.2 Fermented and renneted milk products (plain), excluding GMP Note 59 food category 01.1.2 (dairy-based drinks) 01.4.1 Pasteurized cream GMP Note 59 GMP Note 59 01.4.2 Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped , and reduced fat creams 04.1.1 Fresh fruit GMP Note 59 04.2.1 Fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds GMP Note 59 GMP Note 59 04.2.2.1 Frozen Vegetables 08.1.2 Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted 100 mg/kg Note 59 09.1 Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, GMP Note 59 crustaceans, and echinoderms 09.2.1 Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including GMP Note 59 mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 14.1.2.1 Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice GMP Note 69 14.1.2.1 Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice 3000 mg/kg Note 59 & 69 14.1.2.3 Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit juice 3000 mg/kg Note 59 & 69 3000 mg/kg Notes 59 & 69 14.1.3.1 Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar 14.1.3.3 Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit nectar 3000 mg/kg Notes 59 & 69 14.1.5 Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other GMP Note 59 hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa 4.2.3 Wines GMP Note 60
64
CARMINES
CARMINES
Carmines Function: Colour INS: 120

01.1.2 Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, wheybased drinks) Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Unripened cheese Total ripened cheese, includes rind Rind of ripened cheese Whey cheese Flavoured processed cheese, including containing fruit, vegetables, meat, etc. Cheese analogues Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Fats and oils essentially free from water Fat emulsions mainly of type water-in-oil Fat emulsions other than food category 02.2, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Surface-treated fresh fruit Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit Jams, jellies and marmelades Fruit-based spreads (e.g., chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 Candied fruit Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts Fruit fillings for pastries Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce Vegetable, and nut and seed purees and spreads (e.g., peanut butter) Vegetable, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g., vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables, soybean curd) other than food category 04.2.2.5 Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) Batters (e.g., for breading ro batters for fish or poultry) Bread and ordinary bakery wares Fine bakery wares
Max Level
150 mg/kg
Comments
01.2.1.2 01.6.1 01.6.2.1 01.6.2.2 01.6.3 01.6.4.2 01.6.5 01.7 02.1 02.2 02.3 02.4 03.0 04.1.1.2 04.1.2.4 04.1.2.5 04.1.2.6 04.1.2.7 04.1.2.8 04.1.2.9 04.1.2.11 04.2.1.2 04.2.2.3 04.2.2.5 04.2.2.6
20 mg/kg Note 12 GMP Note 3 125 mg/kg GMP GMP Note 3 100 mg/kg GMP Note 3 150 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP 150 mg/kg 150 500 200 200 500 mg/kg mg/kg Note 16 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
300 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 150 mg/kg GMP 500 mg/kg Note 16 500 mg/kg 100 mg/kg 300 mg/kg
05.1 05.2 05.3 05.4 06.3 06.4.2 06.5 06.6 07.1 07.2
300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 1020 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 200 mg/kg GMP 150 mg/kg GMP GMP 200 mg/kg
65
CARMINES Function: Colour

08.1.1 08.1.2 08.2 08.3.1.1 08.3.1.2 08.3.1.3 08.3.2 08.3.3 08.4 09.1.1 09.1.2 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4.1 09.2.4.2 09.2.4.3 09.2.5 Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts Cured (including salted) non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Cured (including salted) and dried non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Fermented non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Heat-treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Frozen processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings) Fresh fish Fresh mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked fish and fish products Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, marinated and/or in jelly Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, pickled and/or in brine Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms (e.g., fish paste), excluding products of food categories 09.3.1 - 09.3.3 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fresh eggs Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Mustards Soups and broths Sauces and like products Protein products Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes, including those for infants and young children Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction Dietetic foods (e.g., supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 Food supplements Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar
Max Level
Comments
500 mg/kg Note 16 1000 mg/kg 500 mg/kg Note 16 1000 mg/kg 100 mg/kg 100 mg/kg 100 mg/kg 500 mg/kg Note 16 500 300 500 500 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg Note 16 Note 50 Note 16 Note 95
09.3.1 09.3.2 09.3.3 09.3.4
09.4
500 mg/kg
10.1 10.4 12.2 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.9 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 14.1.2.1 14.1.3.1
GMP Notes 3 & 4 150 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 300 50 500 100 50 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg Note 83
50 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg GMP GMP
66
CARMINES Function: Colour

14.1.4 14.2.1 14.2.2 14.2.3.1 14.2.3.2 14.2.3.3 14.2.3.4 14.2.4 14.2.6 15.1 15.2 16.0 Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Beer and malt beverages Cider and perry Still wine Sparkling and semi-sparkling wines Fortified wine and liquor wine Aromatized wine Fruit wine Spirituous beverages Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes) Processed nuts, including covered nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g., dried fruit) Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01 - 15
Max Level
1000 mg/kg
Comments
GMP Note 96 200 mg/kg GMP Note 96 GMP Note 96 GMP mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
200 200 200 200
100 mg/kg 500 mg/kg
CARNAUBA WAX
Carnauba Wax INS: 903
Function: Anticaking Agent, Adjuvant, Bulking Agent, Carrier Solvent, Glazing Agent, Release Agent

04.1.1.2 04.1.2 04.2.1.2 05.1 05.1 05.2 05.2 05.3 05.3 05.4 05.4 07.0 12.6 13.6 14.1.2.1 14.1.4 14.1.5 15.0 Surface-treated fresh fruit Processed fruit Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Chewing gum Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Bakery wares Sauces and like products Food supplements Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Ready-to-eat savouries
Max Level
Comments
GMP GMP GMP Note 79 4000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg 4000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg 100000 mg/kg 150000 mg/kg 4000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP Note 3 GMP 200 mg/kg GMP GMP Note 108 Note 3
CAROB BEAN GUM

Carob Bean Gum INS: 410
67
CAROB BEAN GUM Function: Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener

01.1.1.1 01.1.1.2 01.2.1.2 01.2.2 01.4.1 01.4.2 02.1 02.2.1.1 04.1.1.2 04.1.1.3 04.2.1.2 04.2.1.3 06.1 06.4.2 08.1.2 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4 09.2.5 Milk, including sterilized and UHT goats milk Buttermilk (plain) Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Renneted milk Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Surface-treated fresh fruit Peeled or cut fresh fruit Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Peeled, cut or shredded vegetables, and nuts and seeds Whole, broken, or flaked grain, including rice Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen egg products Dried and/or heat coagulated egg products Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit juice Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit nectar Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Wines
Max Level
GMP 5000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg GMP 5000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg
Comments
GMP 2000 mg/kg Note 52 GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP Note 54 GMP 5000 mg/kg Note 61 5000 mg/kg Note 41 GMP GMP GMP
10.2.2 10.2.3 11.2 12.2 13.1 13.2 14.1.2.1 14.1.2.3 14.1.3.1 14.1.3.3 14.1.5 14.2.3
GMP GMP 5000 mg/kg GMP Note 51 10000 mg/kg 20000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP 500 mg/kg
CAROTENES, VEGETABLE
Carotenes, Natural Extracts, (Vegetable) Function: Colour INS: 160aii

01.1.2 Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, wheybased drinks) Renneted milk Beverage whiteners Cream (plain) and the like Milk and cream powder analogues
Max Level
GMP
Comments
01.2.2 01.3.2 01.4 01.5.2
GMP GMP GMP GMP
68
CAROTENES, VEGETABLE Function: Colour

01.6 01.7 02.1 02.2.1.1 02.2.1.2 02.2.2 02.3 02.4 03.0 04.1.1.2 04.1.2.3 04.1.2.4 04.1.2.5 04.1.2.6 04.1.2.7 04.1.2.8 04.1.2.9 04.1.2.11 04.2.1.2 04.2.2.3 04.2.2.5 04.2.2.6 Cheese Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Margarine and similar products (e.g., butter-margarine blends) Emulsions containing less than 80% fat (e.g., minarine) Fat emulsions other than food category 02.2, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Surface-treated fresh fruit Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit Jams, jellies and marmelades Fruit-based spreads (e.g., chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 Candied fruit Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts Fruit fillings for pastries Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce Vegetable, and nut and seed purees and spreads (e.g., peanut butter) Vegetable, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g., vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables, soybean curd) other than food category 04.2.2.5 Fermented vegetable products Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) Fine bakery wares Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts Cured (including salted) non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Cured (including salted) and dried non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products
Max Level
600 mg/kg GMP GMP 600 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP 500 mg/kg GMP 4 mg/kg GMP
Comments
Note 16
4 mg/kg GMP Note 16 500 mg/kg GMP GMP
04.2.2.7 05.1 05.1 05.2 05.2 05.3 05.4 06.3 06.4.2 06.5 07.2 08.1.1 08.1.2 08.2 08.3.1.1 08.3.1.2
GMP 120 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 120 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 500 mg/kg GMP 400 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP Note 16 1000 mg/kg GMP Note 16 1000 mg/kg Note 78 20 mg/kg
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08.3.1.3 08.3.2 08.3.3 08.4 09.1.1 09.1.2 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4.1 09.2.4.2 09.2.4.3 09.2.5 Fermented non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Heat-treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Frozen processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings) Fresh fish Fresh mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked fish and fish products Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, marinated and/or in jelly Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, pickled and/or in brine Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms (e.g., fish paste), excluding products of food categories 09.3.1 - 09.3.3 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fresh eggs Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Mustards Soups and broths Emulsified sauces (e.g., mayonnaise, salad dressing) Non-emulsified sauces (e.g., ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy) Mixes for sauces and gravies Salads (e.g., macaroni salad, potato salad) and sandwich spreads excluding cocoa- and nut-based spreads of food categories 04.2.2.5 and 05.1.2 Protein products Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes, including those for infants and young children Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction Dietetic foods (e.g., supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 Food supplements Canned or bottled (pasteurized) vegetable nectar Concentrate (liquid or solid) for vegetable nectar Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Cider and perry
Max Level
20 mg/kg 20 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP
Comments
Note 16
Note 16 Note 22
09.3.1 09.3.2 09.3.3 09.3.4
GMP GMP GMP GMP
Note 16 Note 16
Note 16
09.4
500 mg/kg
10.1 10.4 12.2 12.4 12.5 12.6.1 12.6.2 12.6.3 12.7
GMP 150 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP
Notes 3 & 4
12.9 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 14.1.3.2 14.1.3.4 14.1.4 14.2.2
GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP 2000 mg/kg GMP
Note 83
70

14.2.3.2 14.2.3.4 14.2.4 14.2.6 15.1 15.2 16.0 Sparkling and semi-sparkling wines Aromatized wine Fruit wine Spirituous beverages Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes) Processed nuts, including covered nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g., dried fruit) Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01 - 15
Max Level
GMP GMP GMP GMP 25 mg/kg GMP GMP
Comments
CAROTENOIDS
Beta-Carotene (Synthetic) Beta-Apo-8'-Carotenoic Acid, Methyl or Ethyl Ester Function: Colour INS: 160ai INS: 160f Beta-Apo-8'-Carotenal INS: 160e

01.1.2 Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, wheybased drinks) Fermented milks (plain), not heat-treated after fermentation Renneted milk Beverage whiteners Cream (plain) and the like Milk and cream powder analogues Unripened cheese Total ripened cheese, includes rind Rind of ripened cheese Cheese powder (for reconstitution; e.g., for cheese sauces) Whey cheese Processed cheese Cheese analogues Whey protein cheese Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Fats and oils essentially free from water Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Margarine and similar products (e.g., butter-margarine blends) Emulsions containing less than 80% fat (e.g., minarine) Emulsions containing less than 80% fat (e.g., minarine) Fat emulsions other than food category 02.2, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions Fat emulsions other than food category 02.2, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Surface-treated fresh fruit Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit
Max Level
150 mg/kg
Comments
01.2.1.1 01.2.2 01.3.2 01.4 01.5.2 01.6.1 01.6.2.1 01.6.2.2 01.6.2.3 01.6.3 01.6.4 01.6.5 01.6.6 01.7 02.1 02.1 02.2.1.1 02.2.1.2 02.2.2 02.2.2 02.3 02.3 02.4 03.0 04.1.1.2 04.1.2.3 04.1.2.4
100 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP 35 mg/kg 600 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP Note 3 200 mg/kg GMP Note 3 GMP 200 mg/kg 25 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg 100 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg 25 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg GMP 1000 mg/kg 150 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 500 mg/kg Note 16 GMP 200 mg/kg
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CAROTENOIDS Function: Colour

04.1.2.5 04.1.2.6 04.1.2.7 04.1.2.8 04.1.2.9 04.1.2.11 04.2.1.2 04.2.2.2 04.2.2.3 04.2.2.4 04.2.2.5 04.2.2.6 Jams, jellies and marmelades Fruit-based spreads (e.g., chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 Candied fruit Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts Fruit fillings for pastries Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Dried vegetables, seaweeds, and nuts and seeds Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables Vegetable, and nut and seed purees and spreads (e.g., peanut butter) Vegetable, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g., vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables, soybean curd) other than food category 04.2.2.5 Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) Batters (e.g., for breading ro batters for fish or poultry) Breads and rolls Crackers, excluding sweet crackers Other ordinary bakery products (e.g., bagels, pita, English muffins) Bread-type products, including bread stuffing and bread crumbs Steamed breads and buns Fine bakery wares Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts Cured (including salted) non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Cured (including salted) and dried non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Fermented non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Heat-treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Frozen processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings) Fresh fish
Max Level
500 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 150 mg/kg
Comments
10 mg/kg 500 mg/kg Note 16 GMP Note 76 500 mg/kg 200 mg/kg GMP 200 mg/kg
05.1 05.1 05.2 05.2 05.3 05.4 06.3 06.4.2 06.5 06.6 07.1.1 07.1.2 07.1.3 07.1.4 07.1.5 07.2 08.1.1 08.1.2 08.2 08.3.1.1 08.3.1.2 08.3.1.3 08.3.2 08.3.3 08.4 09.1.1
300 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 200 mg/kg GMP 150 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 35 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP 200 mg/kg 500 mg/kg Note 16 1000 mg/kg 500 mg/kg Note 16 1000 mg/kg 20 mg/kg 20 mg/kg 20 mg/kg 500 mg/kg Note 16 500 mg/kg Note 16 300 mg/kg
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09.1.2 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4.1 09.2.4.2 09.2.4.3 09.2.5 Fresh mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked fish and fish products Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, marinated and/or in jelly Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, pickled and/or in brine Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms (e.g., fish paste), excluding products of food categories 09.3.1 - 09.3.3 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fresh eggs Egg products Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Mustards Soups and broths Sauces and like products Salads (e.g., macaroni salad, potato salad) and sandwich spreads excluding cocoa- and nut-based spreads of food categories 04.2.2.5 and 05.1.2 Protein products Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes, including those for infants and young children Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction Dietetic foods (e.g., supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 Food supplements Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit juice Canned or bottled (pasteurized) vegetable nectar Concentrate (liquid or solid) for vegetable nectar Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Beer and malt beverages Cider and perry Still wine Sparkling and semi-sparkling wines Fortified wine and liquor wine
Max Level
Comments
500 mg/kg Note 16 500 mg/kg Note 95 500 mg/kg Note 16 500 mg/kg Note 16 500 mg/kg 250 mg/kg 500 mg/kg Note 16 500 mg/kg Note 22
09.3.1 09.3.2 09.3.3 09.3.4
09.4
500 mg/kg
10.1 10.2 10.4 11.2 12.2 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.7
GMP Notes 3 & 4 GMP 150 mg/kg 35 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 500 mg/kg GMP
12.9 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 14.1.2.1 14.1.2.3 14.1.3.2 14.1.3.4 14.1.4 14.2.1 14.2.2 14.2.3.1 14.2.3.2 14.2.3.3
100 50 50 50
50 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 300 100 35 100 100 100 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
GMP Note 96 200 mg/kg GMP Note 96 GMP GMP Note 96
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14.2.3.4 14.2.4 14.2.6 15.1 15.2 16.0 Aromatized wine Fruit wine Spirituous beverages Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes) Processed nuts, including covered nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g., dried fruit) Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01 - 15
Max Level
Comments
100 mg/kg 500 mg/kg
CARRAGEENAN
Carrageenan INS: 407
Function: Emulsifier, Filler, Stabilizer, Thickener

01.1.1.1 01.1.1.2 01.2 01.2.1.2 01.4.1 01.4.2 02.1 02.2.1.1 04.1.1.2 04.1.1.3 04.2.1.2 04.2.1.3 04.2.2.1 06.4.2 08.1 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4.1 09.2.4.2 09.2.4.3 09.2.5 Milk, including sterilized and UHT goats milk Buttermilk (plain) Fermented and renneted milk products (plain), excluding food category 01.1.2 (dairy-based drinks) Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Surface-treated fresh fruit Peeled or cut fresh fruit Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Peeled, cut or shredded vegetables, and nuts and seeds Frozen vegetables Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Fresh meat, poultry, and game Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked fish and fish products Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Liquid egg products Frozen egg products Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice
Max Level
10000 mg/kg 6000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP
Comments
Note 52
GMP 8330 mg/kg Notes 37 & 54 GMP 5000 mg/kg Note 61 GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP Note 41
10.2.1 10.2.2 11.2 12.2 13.1 13.2 14.1.2.1
GMP GMP 5000 mg/kg GMP 3000 mg/kg GMP 3000 mg/kg Note 51
74
CARRAGEENAN
Function: Emulsifier, Filler, Stabilizer, Thickener ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Food Cat. No. Food Category Max Level Comments ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------14.1.2.3 Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit juice GMP 14.1.3.1 Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar 1000 mg/kg 14.1.3.3 Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit nectar GMP 14.1.5 Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other GMP hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa 14.2.3 Wines
CASTOR OIL
Castor Oil INS: 1503
Function: Anticaking Agent, Carrier Solvent, Glazing Agent, Release Agent -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Food Cat. No. Food Category Max Level Comments ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------05.1 Cocoa products and chocolate products including GMP imitations and chocolate substitutes 05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. 500 mg/kg other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 05.3 Chewing Gum GMP 05.3 Chewing Gum 2100 mg/kg GMP 05.4 Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings (non fruit) and sweet sauces 13.6 Food supplements GMP 14.1.4 Water-based flavoured drinks, including spot or 500 mg/kg electrolyte drinks and particulated drinks
CHLOROPHYLLS CHLOROPHYLLS INS: 140
Function: Anticaking Agent, Carrier Solvent, Glazing Agent, Release Agent -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Food Cat. No. Food Category Max Level Comments ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------01.2.2 Renneted milk GMP 01.4.1 Pasteurized cream GMP 01.4.2 Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat GMP creams 02.1 Fats and oils essentially free from water GMP 02.2.1.1 Butter and concentrated butter GMP Note 52 Note 16 04.1.1.2 Surface-treated fresh fruit GMP 04.2.1.2 Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds GMP Note 16 06.4.2 Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products GMP Note 54 Notes 4 & 16 08.1.1 Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts GMP 08.1.2 Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted 1000 mg/kg Note 94 09.1.1 Fresh fish GMP Note 50 Note 16 09.1.2 Fresh mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms GMP 09.2.1 Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including GMP Note 95 mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 09.2.2 Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products GMP Note 16 including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 09.2.3 Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including GMP Note 16 mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 09.2.4.1 Cooked fish and fish products GMP 09.2.4.2 Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms GMP 09.2.4.3 Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, GMP Note 16 crustaceans, and echinoderms
75
CHLOROPHYLLS Function: Colour

09.2.5 Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fresh eggs Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar Wines
Max Level
GMP
Comments
Note 22
10.1 13.1 13.2 14.1.2.1 14.1.3.1 14.2.3
Notes 3 & 4
CHLOROPHYLLS, COPPER COMPLEXES

Chlorophylls, Copper Complex INS: 141i Chlorophyllin Copper Complex, Sodium and Potassium Salts INS: 141ii
Function: Colour

01.1.2 Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, wheybased drinks) Renneted milk Beverage whiteners Cream (plain) and the like Milk and cream powder analogues Cheese Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Fats and oils, and fat emulsions (type water-in-oil) Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Surface-treated fresh fruit Frozen fruit Dried fruit Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit Jams, jellies and marmelades Fruit-based spreads (e.g., chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 Candied fruit Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts Fermented fruit products Fruit fillings for pastries Cooked or fried fruit Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Frozen vegetables Dried vegetables, seaweeds, and nuts and seeds Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables Vegetable, and nut and seed purees and spreads (e.g., peanut butter)
Max Level
GMP
Comments
01.2.2 01.3.2 01.4 01.5.2 01.6 01.7 02.0 03.0 04.1.1.2 04.1.2.1 04.1.2.2 04.1.2.3 04.1.2.4 04.1.2.5 04.1.2.6 04.1.2.7 04.1.2.8 04.1.2.9 04.1.2.9 04.1.2.10 04.1.2.11 04.1.2.12 04.2.1.2 04.2.2.1 04.2.2.2 04.2.2.3 04.2.2.4 04.2.2.5
GMP GMP GMP GMP 15 mg/kg 200 mg/kg GMP 200 mg/kg GMP Note 16 100 mg/kg Note 62 100 100 100 200 500 mg/kg Note 62 mg/kg Note 62 mg/kg Note 62 mg/kg mg/kg
100 mg/kg Note 62 100 mg/kg Note 62 100 mg/kg Note 62 150 mg/kg Note 62 100 mg/kg Note 62 100 mg/kg Note 62 100 mg/kg Note 62 GMP Note 16 100 mg/kg Note 62 100 mg/kg Notes 62 & 89 500 mg/kg 100 mg/kg Note 62 100 mg/kg Note 62
76
CHLOROPHYLLS, COPPER COMPLEXES Function: Colour

04.2.2.6 Vegetable, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g., vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables, soybean curd) other than food category 04.2.2.5 Fermented vegetable products Cooked or fried vegetables and seaweeds Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) Batters (e.g., for breading ro batters for fish or poultry) Cakes, cookies and pies (e.g., fruit-filled or custard types) Other fine bakery products (e.g., doughnuts, sweet rolls, scones, and muffins) Mixes for fine bakery wares (e.g., cakes, pancakes) Meat and meat products, including poultry and game Fresh fish Fresh mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked fish and fish products Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, marinated and/or in jelly Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, pickled and/or in brine Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms (e.g., fish paste), excluding products of food categories 09.3.1 - 09.3.3 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fresh eggs Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Mustards Ready-to-eat soups and broths, including canned, bottled, and frozen Mixes for soups and broths
Max Level
Comments
100 mg/kg Note 62
04.2.2.7 04.2.2.8 05.1 05.1 05.2 05.3 05.4 06.3 06.4.2 06.5 06.6 07.2.1 07.2.2 07.2.3 08.0 09.1.1 09.1.2 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4.1 09.2.4.2 09.2.4.3 09.2.5
100 mg/kg Note 62 100 mg/kg Note 62 30 mg/kg 700 mg/kg 700 mg/kg 700 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP 6.4 mg/kg Note 62 GMP 6.4 mg/kg Note 62 GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP
Note 16 Note 50 Note 16 Note 95 Note 16 Note 16
30 mg/kg Note 62 GMP 40 mg/kg Note 62 40 mg/kg Note 62
09.3.1 09.3.2 09.3.3 09.3.4
GMP GMP GMP GMP
Note 16 Note 16
09.4
500 mg/kg
10.1 10.4 11.2 12.2 12.4 12.5.1 12.5.2
GMP Notes 3 & 4 GMP 64 mg/kg Note 62 GMP GMP 400 mg/kg GMP
77
CHLOROPHYLLS, COPPER COMPLEXES Function: Colour

12.6 12.7 Sauces and like products Salads (e.g., macaroni salad, potato salad) and sandwich spreads excluding cocoa- and nut-based spreads of food categories 04.2.2.5 and 05.1.2 Protein products Foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional uses Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar Canned or bottled (pasteurized) vegetable nectar Concentrate (liquid or solid) for vegetable nectar Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Beer and malt beverages Cider and perry Wines Fruit wine Spirituous beverages Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes) Processed nuts, including covered nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g., dried fruit) Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01 - 15
Max Level
GMP GMP
Comments
12.9 13.0 14.1.2.1 14.1.3.1 14.1.3.2 14.1.3.4 14.1.4 14.2.1 14.2.2 14.2.3 14.2.4 14.2.6 15.1 15.2 16.0
GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP 300 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP Note 96
CITRIC ACID
Citric Acid INS: 330
Function: Acidity Regulator, Antioxidant, Sequestrant

01.2.1 01.2.1.2 01.4.1 01.4.2 02.1 02.2.1.1 04.2.1 04.2.2.1 08.1.1 08.1.2 09.1 09.2.1 10.2.1 10.2.2 12.1 12.2 13.1 13.2 14.1.2.1 14.1.2.3 Fermented milks (plain) Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Frozen vegetables Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Liquid egg products Frozen egg products Salt Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit juice
Max Level
Comments
1500 mg/kg Note 63 GMP GMP GMP 100 mg/kg Note 15 GMP Note 52 GMP GMP 2000 mg/kg 100 mg/kg Note 15 GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP 25000 mg/kg GMP GMP
Note 51
78
CITRIC ACID Function: Acidity Regulator, Antioxidant, Sequestrant

14.1.3.1 14.1.3.1 14.1.3.3 14.2.3 Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit nectar Wines
Max Level
Comments
CITRIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL

Citric and Fatty Acid Esters of Glycerol INS: 472c
Function: Antioxidant, Emulsifier, Sequestrant, Stabilizer, Thickener

01.1.1.2 01.2.1.2 01.2.2 01.4.1 01.4.2 02.1 02.2.1.1 04.1.1.2 04.2.1.2 08.1.1 08.1.2 09.1 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4 09.2.5 Buttermilk (plain) Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Renneted milk Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Surface-treated fresh fruit Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Weaning foods for infants and growing children Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Aromatized wine
Max Level
Comments
GMP 10000 mg/kg Note 52 GMP Note 16 GMP Note 16 GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP Note 16 Note 16 Note 16 Note 16
11.2 12.2 13.2 14.1.5 14.2.3.4
GMP GMP 5000 mg/kg GMP GMP
Note 51
CURCUMIN
Curcumin Function: Colour INS: 100i

01.1.2 Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, wheybased drinks) Unripened cheese
Max Level
150 mg/kg
Comments
01.6.1
GMP
Note 3
79
CURCUMIN Function: Colour

01.6.2.1 01.6.2.2 01.6.3 01.6.4 01.6.5 01.6.6 01.7 02.1 02.2.1.1 02.2.1.2 02.2.2 02.3 02.4 03.0 04.1.1.2 04.1.2.4 04.1.2.5 04.1.2.6 04.1.2.7 04.1.2.8 04.1.2.9 04.1.2.11 04.2.1.2 04.2.2.2 04.2.2.3 04.2.2.4 04.2.2.5 04.2.2.6 Total ripened cheese, includes rind Rind of ripened cheese Whey cheese Processed cheese Cheese analogues Whey protein cheese Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Margarine and similar products (e.g., butter-margarine blends) Emulsions containing less than 80% fat (e.g., minarine) Fat emulsions other than food category 02.2, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Surface-treated fresh fruit Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit Jams, jellies and marmelades Fruit-based spreads (e.g., chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 Candied fruit Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts Fruit fillings for pastries Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Dried vegetables, seaweeds, and nuts and seeds Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables Vegetable, and nut and seed purees and spreads (e.g., peanut butter) Vegetable, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g., vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables, soybean curd) other than food category 04.2.2.5 Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) Batters (e.g., for breading ro batters for fish or poultry) Bread and ordinary bakery wares Fine bakery wares Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts
Max Level
Comments
GMP GMP GMP Note 3 200 mg/kg GMP Note 3 GMP Note 3 150 mg/kg 5 mg/kg GMP 10 mg/kg 5 mg/kg GMP 150 mg/kg 150 500 200 500 500 mg/kg mg/kg Note 16 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
200 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 150 mg/kg GMP 500 mg/kg Note 16 GMP 500 mg/kg 200 mg/kg GMP 200 mg/kg
05.1 05.2 05.3 05.4 06.3 06.4.2 06.5 06.6 07.1 07.2 08.1.1 08.1.2 08.2
300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 700 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 200 mg/kg GMP 150 mg/kg GMP GMP 200 500 1000 500 mg/kg mg/kg Note 16 mg/kg mg/kg Note 16
80
CURCUMIN Function: Colour

08.3.1.1 08.3.1.2 08.3.1.3 08.3.2 08.3.3 08.4 09.1.1 09.1.2 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4.1 09.2.4.2 09.2.4.3 09.2.5 Cured (including salted) non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Cured (including salted) and dried non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Fermented non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Heat-treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Frozen processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings) Fresh fish Fresh mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked fish and fish products Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, marinated and/or in jelly Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, pickled and/or in brine Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms (e.g., fish paste), excluding products of food categories 09.3.1 - 09.3.3 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fresh eggs Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Mustards Soups and broths Sauces and like products Protein products Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes, including those for infants and young children Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction Dietetic foods (e.g., supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 Food supplements Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Beer and malt beverages
Max Level
Comments
1000 mg/kg Note 78 20 mg/kg 20 mg/kg 20 mg/kg 500 mg/kg Note 16 500 300 500 500 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg Note 16 Note 50 Note 16 Note 95
09.3.1 09.3.2 09.3.3 09.3.4
09.4
500 mg/kg
10.1 10.4 12.2 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.9 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 14.1.2.1 14.1.3.1 14.1.4 14.2.1
GMP Notes 3 & 4 150 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 100 50 50 50 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
50 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg GMP GMP 100 mg/kg GMP Note 96
81
CURCUMIN
Function: Colour Food Cat. No. 14.2.2 14.2.3.1 14.2.3.2 14.2.3.3 14.2.3.4 14.2.4 14.2.6 15.1 Food Category Cider and Perry Still Wine Sparkling and semi-sparkling wines Fortified wine and liquor wine Aromatized wine Fruit wine Spirituous beverages Snacks potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes) Processed nuts, including covered nuts and nut Mixtures (with e.g. dried fruit) Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mince meat) foods that could not be placed in categories 01 -15 Max Level Comments 200 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP 200 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 200 mg/kg Note 96 Note 96
15.2
100 mg/kg
16.0
500 mg/kg
82
CYCLODEXTRIN, BETACyclodextrin, BetaFunction: Stabilizer, Binder INS: 459

05.3 14.1.4 15.1 Chewing gum Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes)
Max Level
20000 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 500 mg/kg
Comments
DEXTRINS, WHITE AND YELLOW, ROASTED STARCH

Dextrins, White and Yellow Roasted Starch INS: 1400 Function: Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener

01.2.1.2 01.4.2 02.1 02.2.1.1 09.2.1 14.1.5 Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa
Max Level
10000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP
Comments
Note 52
20000 mg/kg Notes 3 & 53 GMP Note 90
83
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL

Diacetyltartaric and Fatty Acid Esters of Glycerol Function: Emulsifier, Sequestrant, Stabilizer INS: 472e

01.1.1.2 01.1.2 Buttermilk (plain) Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, wheybased drinks) Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Renneted milk Beverage whiteners Cream (plain) and the like Clotted cream Cream analogues Milk powder and cream powder (plain) Milk and cream powder analogues Unripened cheese Total ripened cheese, includes rind Processed cheese Cheese analogues Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Fats and oils essentially free from water Fats and oils essentially free from water Fat emulsions mainly of type water-in-oil Fat emulsions other than food category 02.2, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions Fat emulsions other than food category 02.2, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Surface-treated fresh fruit Dried fruit Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine Fruit-based spreads (e.g., chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 Candied fruit Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts Fermented fruit products Cooked or fried fruit Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Dried vegetables, seaweeds, and nuts and seeds Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce Vegetable, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g., vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables, soybean curd) other than food category 04.2.2.5 Fermented vegetable products Cooked or fried vegetables and seaweeds Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes
Max Level
GMP GMP
Comments
01.2.1.2 01.2.2 01.3.2 01.4 01.4.3 01.4.4 01.5.1 01.5.2 01.6.1 01.6.2.1 01.6.4 01.6.5 01.7 02.1 02.1 02.2 02.3 02.3 02.4 03.0 04.1.1.2 04.1.2.2 04.1.2.3 04.1.2.6 04.1.2.7 04.1.2.8 04.1.2.9 04.1.2.10 04.1.2.12 04.2.1.2 04.2.2.2 04.2.2.3 04.2.2.6
GMP GMP 5000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP 10000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP 10000 mg/kg 5000 10000 10000 5000 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
10000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg GMP Note 16 GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP
Note 16
04.2.2.7 04.2.2.8 05.1
GMP GMP 10000 mg/kg
84
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL Function: Emulsifier, Sequestrant, Stabilizer

05.2 05.3 05.4 06.2 06.4.2 06.4.2 06.5 06.5 06.6 07.0 08.1.1 08.1.2 08.2.1 08.2.2 08.2.3 08.3.1 08.3.2 08.3.3 08.4 09.1 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4 09.2.5 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Flours and starches Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) Batters (e.g., for breading ro batters for fish or poultry) Bakery wares Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Non-heat treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts Heat-treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts Frozen processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts Non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Heat-treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Frozen processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings) Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Dried and/or heat coagulated egg products Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Vinegars Mustards Soups and broths Sauces and like products Salads (e.g., macaroni salad, potato salad) and sandwich spreads excluding cocoa- and nut-based spreads of food categories 04.2.2.5 and 05.1.2
Max Level
10000 mg/kg 50000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg GMP 5000 mg/kg GMP 10000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP
Comments
Note 16
Note 16
Note 16
Note 16
Note 16 Note 16
09.3 09.4
GMP GMP
10.2.3 10.4 11.2 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.7
GMP GMP GMP 1 mg/kg GMP 10000 mg/kg GMP 10000 mg/kg GMP
85
DIACETYLTARTARIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL Function: Emulsifier, Sequestrant, Stabilizer

12.9 13.1 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 14.1.2.2 14.1.2.4 14.1.4 14.1.5 14.2.2 14.2.3.4 14.2.4 14.2.6 15.1 15.2 Protein products Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes, including those for infants and young children Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction Dietetic foods (e.g., supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 Food supplements Canned or bottled (pasteurized) vegetable juice Concentrate (liquid or solid) for vegetable juice Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Cider and perry Aromatized wine Fruit wine Spirituous beverages Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes) Processed nuts, including covered nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g., dried fruit)
Max Level
GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP 5000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP
Comments
Note 83
DIMETHYL DICARBONATE
Dimethyl Dicarbonate Function: Preservative INS: 242

14.1.4 14.1.5 14.1.5 14.2.2 14.2.3 14.2.4 14.2.5 Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Cider and perry Wines Fruit wine Mead
Max Level
Comments
250 mg/kg Note 18 250 mg/kg Notes 2 & 18 250 mg/kg Note 18 250 200 250 200 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg Note 18 Note 18 Note 18 Note 18
DIOCTYL SODIUM SULFOSUCCINATE

Dioctyl Sodium Sulfosuccinate INS: 480
Function: Adjuvant, Emulsifier, Humectant, Stabilizer, Thickener

01.1.2 Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, wheybased drinks) Condensed milk (plain) Unripened cheese Processed cheese
Max Level
Comments
25 mg/kg Note 19
01.3.1 01.6.1 01.6.4
GMP 5000 mg/kg Note 20 5000 mg/kg Note 20
86
DIOCTYL SODIUM SULFOSUCCINATE Function: Adjuvant, Emulsifier, Humectant, Stabilizer, Thickener

04.1.2.9 05.1.1 08.4 11.1 Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts Cocoa mixes (powders and syrups) Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings) White and semi-white sugar (sucrose or saccharose), fructose, glucose (dextrose), xylose; sugar solutions and syrups, also (partially) inverted sugars, incl. molasses, treacle, and sugar toppings Emulsified sauces (e.g., mayonnaise, salad dressing) Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Alcoholic beverages, including alcohol-free and lowalcoholic counterparts
Max Level
Comments
12.6.1 14.1.4 14.2
5000 mg/kg Note 20 10 mg/kg 10 mg/kg
DIPHENYL
Diphenyl Function: Preservative INS: 230

04.1.1.2 Surface-treated fresh fruit
Max Level
Comments
70 mg/kg Note 49
DIPOTASSIUM GUANYLATE, 5'Dipotassium Guanylate, 5'Function: Flavour Enhancer INS: 628

Max Level
GMP
Comments
Note 51
DIPOTASSIUM INOSINATE, 5'Dipotassium Inosinate, 5'Function: Flavour Enhancer INS: 632

Max Level
GMP
Comments
Note 51
DISODIUM GUANYLATE, 5'Disodium Guanylate, 5'Function: Flavour Enhancer INS: 627

08.1 12.2 Fresh meat, poultry, and game Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles)
Max Level
GMP GMP
Comments
Note 51
87
DISODIUM INOSINATE, 5'-
DISODIUM INOSINATE, 5'Disodium Inosinate, 5'Function: Flavour Enhancer INS: 631

Max Level
GMP GMP
Comments
Note 51
DISODIUM RIBONUCLEOTIDES, 5'Disodium Ribonucleotides, 5'Function: Flavour Enhancer INS: 635

Max Level
GMP
Comments
Note 51
DISTARCH PHOSPHATE
Distarch Phosphate INS: 1412

01.2.1.2 01.4.1 01.4.2 02.1 02.2.1.1 09.2.2 11.2 13.1 13.2 14.1.5 Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa
Max Level
10000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP 10000 25000 60000 10000 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
Comments
Note 52 Note 41
EDTAs
Calcium Disodium Ethylene Diamine Tetra INS: 385 Acetate Function: Antioxidant, Preservative, Sequestrant Disodium Ethylene Diamine Tetra Acetate INS: 386

02.2.1.2/8 02.2.2 04.1.2.2 04.1.2.5 04.1.2.6 04.1.2.11 Margarine and similar products (e.g., butter-margarine blends) Emulsions containing less than 80% fat (e.g., minarine) Dried fruit Jams, jellies and marmelades Fruit-based spreads (e.g., chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 Fruit fillings for pastries
Max Level
Comments
88
EDTAs Function: Antioxidant, Preservative, Sequestrant

04.2.2.1 04.2.2.2 04.2.2.3 04.2.2.4 04.2.2.5 04.2.2.6 Frozen vegetables Dried vegetables, seaweeds, and nuts and seeds Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables Vegetable, and nut and seed purees and spreads (e.g., peanut butter) Vegetable, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g., vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables, soybean curd) other than food category 04.2.2.5 Fermented vegetable products Cooked or fried vegetables and seaweeds Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) Heat-treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked fish and fish products Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, pickled and/or in brine Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Dried and/or heat coagulated egg products Table-top sweeteners, including those containing highintensity sweeteners Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Mustards Emulsified sauces (e.g., mayonnaise, salad dressing) Non-emulsified sauces (e.g., ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy) Mixes for sauces and gravies Clear sauces (e.g., soy sauce, fish sauce) Salads (e.g., macaroni salad, potato salad) and sandwich spreads excluding cocoa- and nut-based spreads of food categories 04.2.2.5 and 05.1.2 Food supplements Carbonated drinks Non-carbonated, including punches and ades Concentrates (liquid or solid) for drinks Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Alcoholic beverages, including alcohol-free and lowalcoholic counterparts
Max Level
Comments
250 mg/kg Notes 21 & 110 800 mg/kg Notes 21& 64 250 mg/kg Note 21 365 mg/kg Note 21 250 mg/kg Note 21 80 mg/kg Note 21
04.2.2.7 04.2.2.8 05.1.2 06.5/8 08.3.2 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.4.1 09.3.2 09.4
250 250 50 315
10.2.3 11.4 12.2 12.4 12.6.1 12.6.2 12.6.3 12.6.4 12.7
200 mg/kg Notes 21 & 47 1000 mg/kg Note 21 70 mg/kg Note 21 75 mg/kg Note 21 100 mg/kg Note 21 75 mg/kg Note 21 75 mg/kg Note 21 75 mg/kg Note 21 100 mg/kg Note 21
13.6 14.1.4.1 14.1.4.2 14.1.4.3 14.1.5 14.2
ENZYME TREATED STARCH

Enzyme Treated Starch INS: 1405
Function: Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Stabilzer,Thickener

02.1 Fats and oils essentially free from water
Max Level
GMP
Comments
89
ENZYME TREATED STARCH Function: Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, StabiIizer,Thickener -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Food Cat. No. Food Category Max Level Comments -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------02.2.1.1 Butter and concentrated butter GMP Note 52 11.2 14.1.5 Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa 10000 mglkg 10000 mg/kg
ERYTHORBIC ACID
Erythorbic Acid INS: 315 Isoascorbic Acid INS: 315 Function: Antioxidant, Colour Rentention Agent -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Food Cat. No. Food Category Max Level Comments -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------100 mg/kg 02.1 Fats and oils essentially free from water 02.2.1.1 04.1.1 04.2.1.3 04.2.2.1 08.1.1 09.1 09.2.1 09.2.2 14.1.2.1 14.1.3.1 14.1.5 14.2.3 Butter and concentrated butter Fresh fruit Peeled, cut or shredded vegetables, and nuts and seeds Frozen vegetables Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Wines 100 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP 500 mg/kg GMP 1500 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP Note15 Note 52
ERYTHROSINE
Erythrosine Function: Colour Food Cat. No. 01.1.2 Food Category Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, whey based drinks) Fermented milks (plain), not heat-treated after fermentation Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Rind of ripened cheese Flavoured processed cheese, including containing fruit, vegetables, meat, etc. Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats Butter and concentrated butter Margarine and similar products (e.g., butter-margarine blends) Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit Jams, jellies and marmelades INS: 127 Max Level _ Comments 300 mg/kg
01.2.1.1 01.2.1.2 01.6.2.2 01.6.4.2 01.7 02.1.3 02.2.1.1 02.2.1.2 02.4 03.0 04.1.2.4 04.1.2.5
300 mg/kg 27 mg/kg 100 mg/kg 100 mg/kg 300 mg/kg GMP 300 mg/kg GMP 300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 400 mg/kg
Note 12 Notes 5 & 72
90
ERYTHROSINE Function: Colour

04.1.2.6 04.1.2.7 04.1.2.8 04.1.2.9 04.1.2.11 04.2.2.3 05.1.2 05.2 05.3 05.4 06.3 06.5 07.0 08.1 08.2 08.3 08.4 09.2.1 09.2.4.1 09.2.4.3 09.2.5 Fruit-based spreads (e.g., chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 Candied fruit Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts Fruit fillings for pastries Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) Bakery wares Fresh meat, poultry, and game Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings) Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked fish and fish products Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fresh eggs Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) White and semi-white sugar (sucrose or saccharose), fructose, glucose (dextrose), xylose; sugar solutions and syrups, also (partially) inverted sugars, incl. molasses, treacle, and sugar toppings Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Table-top sweeteners, including those containing highintensity sweeteners Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Non-emulsified sauces (e.g., ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy) Protein products Food supplements Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit juice Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol Spirituous beverages containing less than 15% alcohol Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes)
Max Level
300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 100 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg
Comments
300 mg/kg GMP Notes 3 & 4 30 mg/kg 30 mg/kg GMP 300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg
09.3.3 09.4
300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg
10.1 10.4 11.1
11.2 11.4 12.2 12.6.2 12.9 13.6 14.1.2.3 14.1.4 14.2.6.1 14.2.6.2 15.1
300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 100 mg/kg Note 92 300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg GMP 300 mg/kg
91
ERYTHROSINE Function: Colour -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Food Cat. No. Food Category Max Level Comments -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------16.0 Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, 300 mg/kg Note 2 mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories
ETHYL MALTOL
Ethyl Maltol INS: 637 Function: Flavor Enhancer, Stabilizer -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Food Cat. No. Food Category Max Level Comments -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------01.1.2 Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., 200 mg/kg chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, whey based drinks) 01.7 Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, 200 mg/kg fruit or flavoured yoghurt) 03.0 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet 200 mg/kg 05.1 Cocoa products and chocolate products including 1000 mg/kg imitations and chocolate substitutes 05.2 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. 200 mg/kg other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 05.3 Chewing gum 1000 mg/kg 07.2 Fine bakery wares 200 mg/kg 14.1.4 Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport"or 200 mg/kg "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks 14.1.5 Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other 200 mg/kg hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa 14.2.2 Cider and pent' 100 mg/kg 14.2.3 14.2.4 Wines Fruit wine 100 mg/kg Note 93 100 mg/kg
FAST GREEN FCF

Fast Green FCF INS: 143 Function: Colour -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Food Cat. No. Food Category Max Level Comments -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------100 mg/kg 01.1.2 Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, whey based drinks) 100 mg/kg 01.2.1 Fermented milks (plain) 01.7 02.1.3 02.4 03.0 04.1.2.4 04.1.2.5 04.1.2.6 04.1.2.7 04.1.2.8 04.1.2.9 Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit Jams, jellies and marmelades Fruit-based spreads (e.g., chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 Candied fruit Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts 100 mg/kg Note 2 GMP 100 mg/kg 100 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 400 mg/kg 100 mg/kg 100 mg/kg 100 mg/kg 100 mg/kg
92
FAST GREEN FCF Function: Colour

04.1.2.11 04.2.2.3 04.2.2.4 05.2 05.3 05.4 06.4.2 06.5 07.0 07.1.1 07.2 08.1 08.2 08.4 09.2.1 09.2.4.1 09.2.4.3 09.2.5 Fruit fillings for pastries Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) Bakery wares Breads and rolls Fine bakery wares Fresh meat, poultry, and game Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings) Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked fish and fish products Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fresh eggs Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Emulsified sauces (e.g., mayonnaise, salad dressing) Food supplements Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Spirituous beverages
Max Level
100 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 100 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 100 mg/kg 100 mg/kg 100 mg/kg 100 mg/kg 100 mg/kg
Comments
100 mg/kg GMP Note 4 GMP Notes 3 & 4 GMP Notes 3 & 4 100 mg/kg 100 mg/kg 100 mg/kg 100 mg/kg
09.3.3 09.4
100 mg/kg 100 mg/kg
10.1 10.4 12.2 12.6.1 13.6 14.1.4 14.2.6
GMP Notes 3 & 4 100 mg/kg 100 mg/kg 100 mg/kg GMP 100 mg/kg 100 mg/kg
FERROCYANIDES
Sodium Ferrocyanide Calcium Ferrocyanide Function: Anticaking Agent INS: 535 INS: 538 Potassium Ferrocyanide INS: 536

12.1 12.2 14.2.3 Salt Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Wines
Max Level
Comments
20 mg/kg Note 24 20 mg/kg Note 24 GMP Note 24
93
FUMARIC ACID
FUMARIC ACID
Fumaric Acid Function: Acidity Regulator, Stabilizer INS: 297

01.2.1 14.1.5 14.2.3 Fermented milks (plain) Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Wines
Max Level
Comments
GMP 1000 mg/kg Note 2 3000 mg/kg
GALLATE, PROPYL
Gallate, Propyl Function: Antioxidant INS: 310

01.5.1 01.7 02.0 02.1 02.2.1.2 02.2.2 02.3 02.4 04.1.2.9 04.2.2.2 04.2.2.5 05.1 05.2 05.3 05.4 06.1 06.3 06.4.2 06.5 07.0 07.1.3 07.2.3 08.2 08.3 09.2.1 09.2.5 Milk powder and cream powder (plain) Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Fats and oils, and fat emulsions (type water-in-oil) Fats and oils essentially free from water Margarine and similar products (e.g., butter-margarine blends) Emulsions containing less than 80% fat (e.g., minarine) Fat emulsions other than food category 02.2, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts Dried vegetables, seaweeds, and nuts and seeds Vegetable, and nut and seed purees and spreads (e.g., peanut butter) Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Whole, broken, or flaked grain, including rice Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) Bakery wares Other ordinary bakery products (e.g., bagels, pita, English muffins) Mixes for fine bakery wares (e.g., cakes, pancakes) Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms
Max Level
Comments
200 mg/kg Note 75 90 mg/kg Note 2 200 mg/kg Note 15 200 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 100 mg/kg 100 mg/kg 50 mg/kg 90 mg/kg Note 2 50 mg/kg Note 76 200 mg/kg Note 15 200 mg/kg Note 15 200 mg/kg Note 15 1000 mg/kg 200 mg/kg Note 15 100 mg/kg 200 mg/kg Note 15 100 mg/kg 90 mg/kg Note 2 1000 mg/kg Note 15 100 mg/kg Note 15 200 mg/kg 200 mg/kg Note 15 200 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg Note 111 100 mg/kg Note 15
94
GALLATE, PROPYL Function: Antioxidant ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Food Cat. No. Food Category Max Level Comments ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10.4 Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) 90 mg/kg Note 2 12.2 Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and 200 mg/kg Note 15 condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) 12.5 Soups and broths 200 mg/kg Note 15 12.5.2 12.6 13.6 14.1.4 15.0 15.1 15.2 Mixes for soups and broths Sauces and like products Food supplements Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Ready-to-eat savouries Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes) Processed nuts, including covered nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g., dried fruit) 200 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 400 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 0 16 Note 15 Note 15 Note 15 Note 15 Note 15 Note 15 All
GELLAN GUM
Gellan Gum INS: 418 Function: Thickener, Stabilizer ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Food Cat. No. Food Category Max Level Comments ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------01.1.1 Milk and buttermilk GMP
01.2.1.1 01.4.1 01.4.2 02.1 02.2.1.1 04.1.1.2 04.1.1.3 04.2.1.2 04.2.1.3 04.2.2.1 06.4.2 08.1 09.1 09.2 10.2.1 10.2.2 11.1
Fermented milks (plain), not heat-trued after fermentation Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Surface-treated fresh fruit Peeled or cut fresh fruit Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Peeled, cut or shredded vegetables, and nuts and seeds Frozen vegetables Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Fresh meat, poultry, and game Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Processed fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Liquid egg products Frozen egg products White and semi-white sugar (sucrose or saccharose), fructose, glucose (dextrose), xylose; sugar solutions and syrups, also (partially) inverted sugars, incl. molasses, treacle, and sugar toppings Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including sale substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit juice Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit nectar
GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP 500 mg/kg Note 54 Note 52
11.2 12.2 13.1 13.2 14.1.2.1 14.1.2.3 14.1.3.1 14.1.3.3
500 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP
Note 51
95
GELLAN GUM Function: Thickener, Stabilizer

Max Level
GMP GMP
Comments
GLUCONO DELTA-LACTONE
Glucono Delta-Lactone Function: Acidity Regulator, Raising Agent INS: 575

01.2.1 02.1 02.2.1.1 Fermented milks (plain) Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter
Max Level
GMP GMP GMP
Comments
Note 52
GLUCOSE OXIDASE (ASPERGILLUS NIGER VAR.)

Glucose Oxidase (Aspergillus niger var.) Function: Antioxidant, Preservative, Stabilizer INS: 1102

14.2.3 Wines
Max Level
GMP
Comments
GLUTAMIC ACID (L(+)-)

Glutamic Acid (L(+)-) Function: Flavour Enhancer INS: 620

Max Level
GMP
Comments
Note 51
GLYCEROL
Glycerol INS: 422
Function: Emulsifier, Humectant, Stabilizer, Thickener

01.1.1.2 01.2.1.2 01.2.2 02.2.1.1 04.1.1.2 04.2.1.2 08.1.1 08.1.2 09.1 09.2.1 Buttermilk (plain) Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Renneted milk Butter and concentrated butter Surface-treated fresh fruit Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms
Max Level
Comments
96
GLYCEROL Function: Emulsifier, Humectant, Stabilizer, Thickener

09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4 09.2.5 Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen egg products Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Aromatized wine
Max Level
GMP GMP GMP GMP
Comments
Note 16 Note 16
10.2.2 11.2 12.2 14.1.5 14.2.3.4
GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP
Note 51
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT

Grape Skin Extract Function: Colour INS: 163ii

01.1.2 Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, wheybased drinks) Renneted milk Beverage whiteners Cream (plain) and the like Milk and cream powder analogues Unripened cheese Total ripened cheese, includes rind Rind of ripened cheese Whey cheese Flavoured processed cheese, including containing fruit, vegetables, meat, etc. Cheese analogues Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Margarine and similar products (e.g., butter-margarine blends) Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Surface-treated fresh fruit Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit Jams, jellies and marmelades Fruit-based spreads (e.g., chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 Candied fruit Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts Fruit fillings for pastries
Max Level
GMP
Comments
01.2.2 01.3.2 01.4 01.5.2 01.6.1 01.6.2.1 01.6.2.2 01.6.3 01.6.4.2 01.6.5 01.7 02.2.1.2 02.4 03.0 04.1.1.2 04.1.2.3 04.1.2.4 04.1.2.5 04.1.2.6 04.1.2.7 04.1.2.8 04.1.2.9 04.1.2.11
GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP 125 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP 100 mg/kg GMP GMP 100 mg/kg GMP Note 16 GMP GMP GMP 500 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP Note 3
97
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT Function: Colour

04.2.1.2 04.2.2.3 04.2.2.5 04.2.2.6 Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce Vegetable, and nut and seed purees and spreads (e.g., peanut butter) Vegetable, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g., vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables, soybean curd) other than food category 04.2.2.5 Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Chewing gum Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) Bakery wares Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts Cured (including salted) non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Cured (including salted) and dried non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Fermented non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Heat-treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Frozen processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings) Fresh fish Fresh mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked fish and fish products Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, marinated and/or in jelly Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, pickled and/or in brine Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms (e.g., fish paste), excluding products of food categories 09.3.1 - 09.3.3 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms
Max Level
Comments
GMP Note 16 500 mg/kg GMP GMP
05.1.2 05.2 05.3 05.3 05.4 06.3 06.5 07.0 08.1.1 08.1.2 08.2 08.3.1.1 08.3.1.2 08.3.1.3 08.3.2 08.3.3 08.4 09.1.1 09.1.2 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4.1 09.2.4.2 09.2.4.3 09.2.5
GMP GMP 5000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg GMP 200 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP Note 16 1000 mg/kg Note 94 GMP Note 16 1000 mg/kg Note 78 GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP Note 16 Note 22 Note 50 Note 16 Note 95 Note 16 Note 16 Note 16 Note 16 Note 16 Note 16
09.3.1 09.3.2 09.3.3 09.3.4
GMP GMP GMP GMP
Note 16 Note 16
Note 16
09.4
500 mg/kg Note 95
98
GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT Function: Colour

10.1 10.4 12.2 12.4 12.5 12.6.1 12.6.2 12.6.3 12.7 Fresh eggs Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Mustards Soups and broths Emulsified sauces (e.g., mayonnaise, salad dressing) Non-emulsified sauces (e.g., ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy) Mixes for sauces and gravies Salads (e.g., macaroni salad, potato salad) and sandwich spreads excluding cocoa- and nut-based spreads of food categories 04.2.2.5 and 05.1.2 Protein products Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes, including those for infants and young children Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction Dietetic foods (e.g., supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 Food supplements Canned or bottled (pasteurized) vegetable nectar Concentrate (liquid or solid) for vegetable nectar Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Beer and malt beverages Cider and perry Sparkling and semi-sparkling wines Fortified wine and liquor wine Aromatized wine Fruit wine Spirituous beverages Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes) Processed nuts, including covered nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g., dried fruit) Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01 - 15
Max Level
GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP
Comments
Notes 3 & 4
12.9 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 14.1.3.2 14.1.3.4 14.1.4 14.2.1 14.2.2 14.2.3.2 14.2.3.3 14.2.3.4 14.2.4 14.2.6 15.1 15.2 16.0
GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP 500 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP 10 mg/kg Note 83
GUAIAC RESIN
Guaiac Resin Function: Antioxidant INS: 314

02.1 02.2.1 05.3 12.6 Fats and oils essentially free from water Emulsions containing at least 80% fat Chewing gum Sauces and like products
Max Level
Comments
GUANYLIC ACID, 5'Guanylic Acid, 5'INS: 626
99
GUANYLIC ACID, 5'Function: Flavour Enhancer

Max Level
GMP
Comments
Note 51
GUAR GUM
Guar Gum INS: 412

01.1.1 01.2.1.2 01.2.2 01.4.1 01.4.2 02.1 02.2.1.1 04.1.1.2 04.1.1.3 04.2.1.2 04.2.1.3 04.2.2.1 06.1 06.4.2 08.1.2 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4 09.2.5 Milk and buttermilk Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Renneted milk Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Surface-treated fresh fruit Peeled or cut fresh fruit Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Peeled, cut or shredded vegetables, and nuts and seeds Frozen vegetables Whole, broken, or flaked grain, including rice Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Liquid egg products Frozen egg products White and semi-white sugar (sucrose or saccharose), fructose, glucose (dextrose), xylose; sugar solutions and syrups, also (partially) inverted sugars, incl. molasses, treacle, and sugar toppings Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit juice Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit nectar Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Wines
Max Level
6000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg GMP GMP 5000 mg/kg
Comments
20000 mg/kg GMP Note 52 GMP GMP GMP GMP 20000 mg/kg GMP GMP Note 54 GMP 5000 mg/kg 2000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP
10.2.1 10.2.2 11.1
GMP GMP 10000 mg/kg
11.2 12.2 13.1 13.2 14.1.2.1 14.1.2.3 14.1.3.1 14.1.3.3 14.1.5 14.2.3
10000 mg/kg GMP Note 51 10000 mg/kg 20000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP 500 mg/kg
100
GUM ARABIC
GUM ARABIC
Gum Arabic INS: 414
Function: Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Filler, Stabilizer, Thickener

01.1.1.2 01.2.1.2 01.2.2 01.4.1 01.4.2 02.1 02.2.1.1 04.1.1.2 04.2.1 04.2.2.1 06.4.2 08.1.1 08.1.2 09.1 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4 09.2.5 Buttermilk (plain) Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Renneted milk Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Surface-treated fresh fruit Fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Frozen vegetables Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Liquid egg products Frozen egg products Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit juice Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit nectar Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Wines
Max Level
GMP 5000 mg/kg GMP 5000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg
Comments
15000 mg/kg GMP Note 52 GMP 83000 mg/kg 83000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP Note 16 Note 16 Note 16
Note 54 Note 16 Note 16
10.2.1 10.2.2 11.2 12.2 13.1 13.2 14.1.2.1 14.1.2.3 14.1.3.1 14.1.3.3 14.1.5 14.2.3
GMP GMP GMP GMP
Note 51
10000 mg/kg Note 65 20000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP 500 mg/kg
HYDROCHLORIC ACID
Hydrochloric Acid Function: Acidity Regulator INS: 507

01.2.1 06.2 Fermented milks (plain) Flours and starches
Max Level
GMP GMP
Comments
101
HYDROCHLORIC ACID Function: Acidity Regulator

13.2 Weaning foods for infants and growing children
Max Level
GMP
Comments
HYDROXYBENZOATES, pEthyl p-Hydroxybenzoate Methyl p-Hydroxybenzoate Function: Preservative INS: 214 INS: 218 Propyl p-Hydroxybenzoate INS: 216

01.6.2 01.6.4 01.6.5 01.7 02.2.1.2 02.2.2 02.3 03.0 04.1.1.2 04.1.1.3 04.1.2.1 04.1.2.2 04.1.2.3 04.1.2.4 04.1.2.5 04.1.2.6 04.1.2.7 04.1.2.8 04.1.2.9 04.1.2.10 04.1.2.11 04.2.1.2 04.2.1.3 04.2.2.3 04.2.2.4 04.2.2.5 04.2.2.6 Ripened cheese Processed cheese Cheese analogues Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Margarine and similar products (e.g., butter-margarine blends) Emulsions containing less than 80% fat (e.g., minarine) Fat emulsions other than food category 02.2, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Surface-treated fresh fruit Peeled or cut fresh fruit Frozen fruit Dried fruit Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit Jams, jellies and marmelades Fruit-based spreads (e.g., chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 Candied fruit Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts Fermented fruit products Fruit fillings for pastries Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Peeled, cut or shredded vegetables, and nuts and seeds Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables Vegetable, and nut and seed purees and spreads (e.g., peanut butter) Vegetable, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g., vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables, soybean curd) other than food category 04.2.2.5 Fermented vegetable products Cocoa mixes (powders and syrups) Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitue products Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Chewing gum
Max Level
Comments
500 mg/kg Note 27 300 mg/kg Note 27 500 mg/kg Note 27 120 mg/kg Note 27 1000 mg/kg Note 27 300 mg/kg Note 27 300 mg/kg Note 27 1000 mg/kg Note 27 12 mg/kg Note 27 12 800 800 800 800 1000 1000 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg Note 27 Note 27 Note 27 Note 27 Note 27 Note 27 Note 27
1000 mg/kg Note 27 800 mg/kg Note 27 800 mg/kg Note 27 800 800 12 12 1000 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg Note 27 Note 27 Note 27 Note 27 Note 27
04.2.2.7 05.1.1 05.1.2 05.1.4 05.2 05.3 05.3
300 700 300 300
102
HYDROXYBENZOATES, pFunction: Preservative

05.4 07.2 08.2.1.2 Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Fine bakery wares Cured (including salted) and dried non-heat treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts Cured (including salted) and dried non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings) Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms White and semi-white sugar (sucrose or saccharose), fructose, glucose (dextrose), xylose; sugar solutions and syrups, also (partially) inverted sugars, incl. molasses, treacle, and sugar toppings Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Table-top sweeteners, including those containing highintensity sweeteners Vinegars Mustards Soups and broths Sauces and like products Salads (e.g., macaroni salad, potato salad) and sandwich spreads excluding cocoa- and nut-based spreads of food categories 04.2.2.5 and 05.1.2 Fruit and vegetable juices Fruit and vegetable nectars Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar Canned or bottled (pasteurized) vegetable nectar Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit nectar Concentrate (liquid or solid) for vegetable nectar Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Beer and malt beverages Cider and perry Wines Fruit wine Mead Spirituous beverages containing less than 15% alcohol Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes) Processed nuts, including covered nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g., dried fruit) Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01 - 15
Max Level
Comments
300 mg/kg Note 27 300 mg/kg Note 27 GMP Notes 3 & 27
08.3.1.2 08.4 09.3 11.1
GMP
Notes 3 & 27
11.2 11.4 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.7
100 mg/kg Note 27 GMP Note 27 100 300 300 1000 300 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg Note 27 Note 27 Note 27 Note 27 Note 27
14.1.2 14.1.3 14.1.3.1 14.1.3.2 14.1.3.3 14.1.3.4 14.1.4 14.1.5 14.2.1 14.2.2 14.2.3 14.2.4 14.2.5 14.2.6.2 15.1 15.2 16.0
1000 200 100 100 200 200 1000
mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
Note 27 Note 27 Note 27 Note 27 Note 27 Note 27 Note 27
450 mg/kg Note 27 1000 200 1000 200 200 1000 300 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg Notes 27 & 96 Note 27 Notes 27 & 96 Note 27 Note 27 Notes 27 & 96 Note 27
HYDROXYPROPYL CELLULOSE
Hydroxypropyl Cellulose INS: 463

01.1.1.2 Buttermilk (plain)
Max Level
GMP
Comments
103
HYDROXYPROPYL CELLULOSE Function: Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener

01.2.1.2 01.2.2 01.4.1 01.4.2 02.2.1.1 04.1.1.2 04.2.1.2 08.1.1 08.1.2 09.1 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4 09.2.5 Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Renneted milk Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Butter and concentrated butter Surface-treated fresh fruit Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa
Max Level
GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP
Comments
Note 41 Note 16
11.2 12.2 14.1.5
GMP GMP GMP Note 51
HYDROXYPROPYL DISTARCH PHOSPHATE

Hydroxypropyl Distarch Phosphate INS: 1442

01.2.1.2 01.4.1 01.4.2 02.1 02.2.1.1 09.2.2 11.2 14.1.5 Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa
Max Level
10000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP 10000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg
Comments
Note 52 Note 41
HYDROXYPROPYL METHYL CELLULOSE

Hydroxypropyl Methyl Cellulose INS: 464

Max Level
GMP
Comments
104
HYDROXYPROPYL METHYL CELLULOSE Function: Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener

01.2.1.2 01.2.2 01.4.1 01.4.2 02.2.1.1 04.1.1.2 04.2.1.2 08.1.1 08.1.2 09.1 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4 09.2.5 Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Renneted milk Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Butter and concentrated butter Surface-treated fresh fruit Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa
Max Level
Comments
Note 41 Note 16
11.2 12.2 14.1.5
GMP GMP GMP Note 51
HYDROXYPROPYL STARCH
Hydroxypropyl Starch INS: 1440

01.1.1.2 01.2.1.2 01.2.2 01.4.1 01.4.2 02.1 02.2.1.1 04.1.1.2 04.2.1.2 08.1.1 08.1.2 09.1 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 Buttermilk (plain) Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Renneted milk Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Surface-treated fresh fruit Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms
Max Level
GMP 10000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP
Comments
Note 41 Note 16
105
HYDROXYPROPYL STARCH Function: Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener

09.2.4 09.2.5 Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Aromatized wine
Max Level
GMP GMP
Comments
11.2 12.2 13.1 13.2 14.1.5 14.2.3.4
10000 mg/kg GMP Note 51 25000 mg/kg 60000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg GMP
INDIGOTINE
Indigotine Function: Colour INS: 132

01.1.2 Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, wheybased drinks) Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Unripened cheese Rind of ripened cheese Whey cheese Processed cheese Cheese analogues Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats Butter and concentrated butter Margarine and similar products (e.g., butter-margarine blends) Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Surface-treated fresh fruit Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit Jams, jellies and marmelades Fruit-based spreads (e.g., chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 Candied fruit Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts Fruit fillings for pastries Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables Vegetable, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g., vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables, soybean curd) other than food category 04.2.2.5
Max Level
300 mg/kg
Comments
01.2.1.2 01.6.1 01.6.2.2 01.6.3 01.6.4 01.6.5 01.7 02.1.3 02.2.1.1 02.2.1.2 02.4 03.0 04.1.1.2 04.1.2.4 04.1.2.5 04.1.2.6 04.1.2.7 04.1.2.8 04.1.2.9 04.1.2.11 04.2.1.2 04.2.2.3 04.2.2.4 04.2.2.6
6 mg/kg GMP 100 mg/kg GMP 200 mg/kg GMP 300 mg/kg GMP 300 mg/kg GMP 300 mg/kg 300 500 200 500
mg/kg mg/kg Note 16 mg/kg mg/kg
500 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 500 mg/kg Note 16 500 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 200 mg/kg
106
INDIGOTINE Function: Colour

05.1 05.2 05.3 05.4 06.3 06.5 07.0 08.0 09.1.1 09.1.2 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4.1 09.2.4.2 09.2.4.3 09.2.5 Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) Bakery wares Meat and meat products, including poultry and game Fresh fish Fresh mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked fish and fish products Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, marinated and/or in jelly Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, pickled and/or in brine Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms (e.g., fish paste), excluding products of food categories 09.3.1 - 09.3.3 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fresh eggs Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) White and semi-white sugar (sucrose or saccharose), fructose, glucose (dextrose), xylose; sugar solutions and syrups, also (partially) inverted sugars, incl. molasses, treacle, and sugar toppings Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Table-top sweeteners, including those containing highintensity sweeteners Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Mustards Soups and broths Sauces and like products Protein products Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes, including those for infants and young children Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction
Max Level
450 mg/kg 450 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 300 500 300 500
Comments
mg/kg mg/kg Note 16 mg/kg Note 50 mg/kg Note 15
500 mg/kg Note 95 500 mg/kg Note 16 500 mg/kg Note 16 500 mg/kg 250 mg/kg 500 mg/kg Note 16 500 mg/kg Note 22
09.3.1 09.3.2 09.3.3 09.3.4
09.4
500 mg/kg
10.1 10.4 11.1
11.2 11.4 12.2 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.9 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4
300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 300 300 500 100 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
107
INDIGOTINE Function: Colour

13.5 13.6 14.1.2.3 14.1.4 14.2.2 14.2.3.4 14.2.4 14.2.6.1 14.2.6.2 15.1 15.2 16.0 Dietetic foods (e.g., supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 Food supplements Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit juice Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Cider and perry Aromatized wine Fruit wine Spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol Spirituous beverages containing less than 15% alcohol Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes) Processed nuts, including covered nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g., dried fruit) Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01 - 15
Max Level
300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 200 200 200 300 200 300 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
Comments
100 mg/kg 500 mg/kg
INOSINIC ACID, 5'Inosinic Acid, 5'Function: Flavour Enhancer INS: 630

Max Level
GMP
Comments
Note 51
INSOLUBLE POLYVINYLPYRROLIDONE
Insoluble Polyvinylpyrrolidone Function: Colour Retention Agent, Stabilizer INS: 1202

14.2.3 Wines
Max Level
Comments
7190 mg/kg Note 18
IRON OXIDES
Iron Oxide, Black Iron Oxide, Yellow Function: Colour INS: 172i INS: 172iii Iron Oxide, Red INS: 172ii

01.1.2 Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, wheybased drinks) Renneted milk Beverage whiteners Cream (plain) and the like Milk and cream powder analogues Unripened cheese Rind of ripened cheese
Max Level
GMP
Comments
01.2.2 01.3.2 01.4 01.5.2 01.6.1 01.6.2.2
108
IRON OXIDES Function: Colour

01.6.3 01.6.4 01.6.5 01.7 02.2.1.2 02.4 03.0 04.1.1.2 04.1.2.4 04.1.2.5 04.1.2.6 04.1.2.7 04.1.2.8 04.1.2.9 04.2.1.2 04.2.2.3 04.2.2.4 04.2.2.6 Whey cheese Processed cheese Cheese analogues Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Margarine and similar products (e.g., butter-margarine blends) Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Surface-treated fresh fruit Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit Jams, jellies and marmelades Fruit-based spreads (e.g., chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 Candied fruit Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables Vegetable, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g., vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables, soybean curd) other than food category 04.2.2.5 Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Chewing gum Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) Fine bakery wares Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts Cured (including salted) non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Cured (including salted) and dried non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Fermented non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Heat-treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Frozen processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings) Fresh fish Fresh mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms
Max Level
GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP 500 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP
Comments
Note 3
Note 16
GMP Note 16 500 mg/kg GMP GMP
05.1.2 05.2 05.3 05.3 05.4 06.3 06.5 07.2 08.1.1 08.1.2 08.2 08.3.1.1 08.3.1.2 08.3.1.3 08.3.2 08.3.3 08.4 09.1.1 09.1.2 09.2.1
GMP GMP 6000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP Note 16 1000 mg/kg Note 94 GMP Note 16 1000 mg/kg Note 78 GMP GMP GMP GMP Note 16 Note 16 Note 16 Note 16
1000 mg/kg Note 72 GMP GMP GMP Note 50 Note 16 Note 95
109
IRON OXIDES Function: Colour

09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4.1 09.2.4.2 09.2.4.3 09.2.5 Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked fish and fish products Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, marinated and/or in jelly Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, pickled and/or in brine Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms (e.g., fish paste), excluding products of food categories 09.3.1 - 09.3.3 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fresh eggs Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Mustards Soups and broths Sauces and like products Salads (e.g., macaroni salad, potato salad) and sandwich spreads excluding cocoa- and nut-based spreads of food categories 04.2.2.5 and 05.1.2 Protein products Foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional uses Canned or bottled (pasteurized) vegetable nectar Concentrate (liquid or solid) for vegetable nectar Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Cider and perry Sparkling and semi-sparkling wines Aromatized wine Fruit wine Spirituous beverages Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes) Processed nuts, including covered nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g., dried fruit) Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01 - 15
Max Level
Comments
Note 16 Note 16
Note 16 Note 22
09.3.1 09.3.2 09.3.3 09.3.4
GMP GMP GMP GMP
Note 16 Note 16
09.4
500 mg/kg
10.1 10.4 12.2 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.7
Notes 3 & 4
12.9 13.0 14.1.3.2 14.1.3.4 14.1.4 14.2.2 14.2.3.2 14.2.3.4 14.2.4 14.2.6 15.1 15.2 16.0
GMP GMP GMP GMP 100 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP
ISOMALT
Isomalt INS: 953
Function: Anticaking Agent, Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Glazing Agent, Sweetener
Max Level
Comments
110
ISOMALT Function: Anticaking Agent, Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Glazing Agent, Sweetener

01.2.1.2 01.2.2 04.1.1.2 04.2.1.2 06.4.2 08.1.1 08.1.2 09.1 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4.1 09.2.4.2 09.2.4.3 09.2.5 Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Renneted milk Surface-treated fresh fruit Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked fish and fish products Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children
Max Level
Comments
Note 16 Note 16
Note 16
11.2 12.2 13.1 13.2
GMP GMP GMP GMP Note 51
ISOPROPYL CITRATES
Isopropyl Citrates INS: 384
Function: Antioxidant, Preservative, Sequestrant

02.1.1 02.1.2 02.1.2 02.1.3 02.2.1.2 02.2.2 08.1.2 08.2.1.2 Butter oil, anhydrous milkfat, ghee Vegetable oils and fats Vegetable oils and fats Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats Margarine and similar products (e.g., butter-margarine blends) Emulsions containing less than 80% fat (e.g., minarine) Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Cured (including salted) and dried non-heat treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts Cured (including salted) and dried non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks
Max Level
100 100 200 200 200
Comments
mg/kg Note 77 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
08.3.1.2 14.1.4
200 mg/kg 200 mg/kg
KARAYA GUM
Karaya Gum INS: 416
111
M Function: Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener

01.1.1 01.2.1.1 01.2.1.2 02.1 02.2.1.1 04.1.1.2 04.1.1.3 04.2.1.2 04.2.1.3 04.2.2.1 06.4.2 08.1 09.2 10.2.1 10.2.2 11.2 12.2 13.1 13.2 14.1.2.1 14.1.2.3 14.1.3.1 14.1.3.3 14.1.5 14.2.3 Milk and buttermilk Fermented milks (plain), not heat-treated after fermentation Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Surface-treated fresh fruit Peeled or cut fresh fruit Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Peeled, cut or shredded vegetables, and nuts and seeds Frozen vegetables Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Fresh meat, poultry, and game Processed fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Liquid egg products Frozen egg products Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit juice Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit nectar Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Wines
Max Level
200 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP 500 mg/kg
Comments
Note 52
Note 54
Note 51
KONJAC FLOUR
Konjac Flour Function: Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener INS: 425

01.1.1 01.2.1.1 01.4.1 01.4.2 02.2.1.1 04.1.1.2 04.1.1.3 04.2.1.2 04.2.1.3 04.2.2.1 06.4.2 08.1 09.2 10.2.1 10.2.2 11.2 Milk and buttermilk Fermented milks (plain), not heat-treated after fermentation Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Butter and concentrated butter Surface-treated fresh fruit Peeled or cut fresh fruit Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Peeled, cut or shredded vegetables, and nuts and seeds Frozen vegetables Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Fresh meat, poultry, and game Processed fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Liquid egg products Frozen egg products Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup)
Max Level
GMP GMP GMP 2000 mg/kg
Comments
GMP Note 52 GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP 10000 mg/kg Note 54 GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP
112
KONJAC FLOUR Function: Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener

12.2 13.1 13.2 14.1.2.1 14.1.2.3 14.1.3.1 14.1.3.3 14.1.5 14.2.3 Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit juice Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit nectar Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Wines
Max Level
Comments
Note 51
LACTIC ACID (L-, D- and Dl-)

Lactic Acid (L-, D- and Dl-) Function: Acidity Regulator INS: 270

01.2.1 02.1 02.2.1.1 04.2.1 04.2.2.1 08.1.2 10.2.1 10.2.2 12.2 13.1 13.2 14.2.3 14.2.3 Fermented milks (plain) Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Frozen vegetables Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Liquid egg products Frozen egg products Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Wines Wines
Max Level
GMP GMP GMP
Comments
Note 52
GMP GMP 6000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP Note 51 GMP 15000 mg/kg GMP 1 mg/kg
LACTIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL

Lactic and Fatty Acid Esters of Glycerol Function: Emulsifier, Sequestrant, Stabilizer INS: 472b

01.1.1.2 01.2.1.2 01.2.2 01.4.1 01.4.2 02.1.1 02.1.2 02.1.3 02.2.1.1 04.1.1.2 04.2.1.2 06.1 Buttermilk (plain) Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Renneted milk Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Butter oil, anhydrous milkfat, ghee Vegetable oils and fats Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats Butter and concentrated butter Surface-treated fresh fruit Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Whole, broken, or flaked grain, including rice
Max Level
GMP GMP GMP 10000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg GMP GMP
Comments
80000 mg/kg GMP Note 52 GMP Note 16 GMP Note 16 GMP
113
LACTIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL Function: Emulsifier, Sequestrant, Stabilizer

08.1.1 08.1.2 09.1 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4 09.2.5 Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Salt Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Yeast and like products Weaning foods for infants and growing children Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit juice Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Aromatized wine
Max Level
Comments
Note 16 Note 16
Note 16 Note 16
11.2 12.1 12.2 12.8 13.2 14.1.2.3 14.1.5 14.2.3.4
GMP 5000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg Note 51 5000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP
LACTITOL
Lactitol INS: 966
Function: Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Sweetener, Thickener

06.4.2 09.2.1 13.1 13.2 Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children
Max Level
GMP GMP GMP GMP
Comments
Note 54
LECITHIN
Lecithin Function: Antioxidant, Emulsifier, Stabilizer INS: 322

01.1.1.2 01.2.1.2 01.2.2 01.4.1 01.4.2 02.1 02.2.1.1 04.1.1.2 04.2.1.2 Buttermilk (plain) Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Renneted milk Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Surface-treated fresh fruit Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds
Max Level
Comments
30000 mg/kg 20000 mg/kg Note 52 GMP Note 16 GMP Note 16
114
LECITHIN Function: Antioxidant, Emulsifier, Stabilizer

04.2.2.1 06.2 06.2 06.4.2 06.4.2 08.1.1 08.1.2 09.1 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4 09.2.5 Frozen vegetables Flours and starches Flours and starches Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Liquid egg products Frozen egg products Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Salt Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Yeast and like products Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Aromatized wine
Max Level
Comments
GMP 2000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 2000 mg/kg Note 54 5000 mg/kg Note 54 GMP Note 16 GMP GMP Note 16 GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP Note 41 Note 16
10.2.1 10.2.2 11.2 12.1 12.2 12.8 13.1 13.1 13.2 14.1.5 14.2.3.4
GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP 3000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 50000 mg/kg GMP GMP Note 51
LYSOZYME HYDROCHLORIDE
Lysozyme Hydrochloride Function: Preservative INS: 1105

01.6 01.6.2 14.2.2 14.2.3 14.2.4 Cheese Ripened cheese Cider and perry Wines Fruit wine
Max Level
GMP GMP 500 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 500 mg/kg
Comments
MAGNESIUM CARBONATE
Magnesium Carbonate INS: 504i
Function: Acidity Regulator, Anticaking Agent, Colour Retention Agent,

Max Level
GMP
Comments
115
MAGNESIUM CARBONATE Function: Acidity Regulator, Anticaking Agent, Colour Retention Agent,

01.2.1.2 01.2.2 04.1.1.2 04.2.1.2 06.2 08.1.1 08.1.2 09.1 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4 09.2.5 Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Renneted milk Surface-treated fresh fruit Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Flours and starches Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Salt Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Weaning foods for infants and growing children Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Aromatized wine
Max Level
GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP
Comments
Note 16 Note 16
11.2 12.1 12.2 13.2 14.1.5 14.2.3.4
15000 mg/kg Note 56 20000 mg/kg GMP Note 51 GMP GMP GMP
MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE
Magnesium Chloride INS: 511
Function: Colour Retention Agent, Firming Agent

01.1.1.2 01.2.1.2 01.2.2 04.1.1.2 04.2.1.2 08.1.1 08.1.2 09.1 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4 09.2.5 Buttermilk (plain) Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Renneted milk Surface-treated fresh fruit Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup)
Max Level
Comments
GMP GMP GMP GMP Note 16 GMP Note 16 2260 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP Note 16 Note 16 Note 16
11.2
GMP
116
MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE Function: Colour Retention Agent, Firming Agent

12.2 13.1 14.1.5 14.2.3.4 Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Aromatized wine
Max Level
GMP GMP GMP GMP
Comments
Note 51
MAGNESIUM GLUTAMATE, Dl-LMagnesium Glutamate, Dl-LFunction: Flavour Enhancer INS: 625

Max Level
GMP
Comments
Note 51
MAGNESIUM HYDROGEN CARBONATE

Magnesium Hydrogen Carbonate INS: 504ii
Function: Acidity Regulator, Anticaking Agent, Firming Agent

01.1.1.2 01.2.1.2 01.2.2 04.1.1.2 04.2.1.2 08.1.1 08.1.2 09.1 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4 09.2.5 Buttermilk (plain) Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Renneted milk Surface-treated fresh fruit Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Salt Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Aromatized wine
Max Level
Comments
Note 16 Note 16
11.2 12.1 12.2 14.1.5 14.2.3.4
GMP 20000 mg/kg GMP Note 51 GMP GMP
MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE
Magnesium Hydroxide INS: 528
117
MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE Function: Acidity Regulator, Colour Retention Agent, Stabilizer ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Food Cat. No. Food Category Max Level Comments ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------_____ 01.1.1.2 Buttermilk (plain) GMP 01.2.1.2 01.2.2 04.1.1.2 04.2.1.2 08.1.1 08.1.2 09.1 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4 09.2.5 Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Renneted milk Surface-treated fresh fruit Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Aromatized wine GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP Note 16 Note 16 Note 16 Note 16 Note 16 Note 16
11.2 12.2 14.1.5 14.2.3.4
GMP GMP GMP GMP
Note 51
MAGNESIUM SILICATE (SYNTHETIC)

Magnesium Silicate (Synthetic) Function: Anticaking Agent ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Food Cat. No. Food Category Max Level Comments ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11.2 Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) 15000 mg/kg Note 56 12.1 Salt 20000 mg/kg 12.2 Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and 10000 mg/kg Note 51 condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) INS: 5531
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Food Cat. No. Food Category Max Level Comments ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0 - 16 All GMP
MALIC ACID (DL-)

MalicAcid (DL-) INS: 296 Function: Acidity Regulator, Sequestrant ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Food Cat. No. Food Category Max Level Comments
118
MALIC ACID (DL-)
Function:Acidity Regulator, Sequestrant
Max Level
GMP 100 mg/kg 100 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP 3500 mg/kg GMP GMP 3000 mg/kg 3000 mg/kg GMP
Comments
01.2.1 02.1.2 02.1.3 04.2.1 04.2.2.1 12.1 13.2 14.1.2.1 14.1.2.3 14.1.3.1 14.1.3.1 14.1.3.3 14.2.3
Fermented milks (plain) Vegetable oils and fats Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats Fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Frozen vegetables Salt Weaning foods for infants and growing children Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit juice Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit nectar Wines
MALTITOL and MALTITOL SYRUP

Maltitol and Maltitol Syrup INS: 965
Function: Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Sweetener, Thickener

06.4.2 09.2.1 13.1 13.2 Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children
Max Level
GMP GMP GMP GMP
Comments
Note 54
MALTOL
Maltol Function: Flavour Enhancer, Stabilizer INS: 636

01.1.2 Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, wheybased drinks) Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Fine bakery wares Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Cider and perry Wines Fruit wine
Max Level
200 mg/kg
Comments
01.7 03.0 05.1 05.2 05.3 07.2 14.1.4 14.1.5 14.2.2 14.2.3 14.2.4
200 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 250 mg/kg 250 mg/kg 250 mg/kg
119
MANNITOL
MANNITOL
Mannitol INS: 421
Function: Anticaking Agent, Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Sweetener, Thickener

02.2.1.1 06.4.2 09.2.1 13.1 13.2 Butter and concentrated butter Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children
Max Level
GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP
Comments
Note 52 Note 54
METHYL CELLULOSE
Methyl Cellulose INS: 461

01.1.1.2 01.2.1.2 01.2.2 01.4.1 01.4.2 02.2.1.1 04.1.1.2 04.2.1.2 08.1.1 08.1.2 09.1 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4 09.2.5 Buttermilk (plain) Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Renneted milk Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Butter and concentrated butter Surface-treated fresh fruit Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Aromatized wine
Max Level
GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP
Comments
5000 mg/kg Note 61 GMP GMP GMP GMP Note 41 Note 16
11.2 12.2 14.1.5 14.2.3.4
GMP GMP GMP GMP
Note 51
METHYL ETHYL CELLULOSE

Methyl Ethyl Cellulose INS: 465
Function: Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Foaming Agent, Stabilizer, Thickener
Max Level
Comments
120
METHYL ETHYL CELLULOSE Function: Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Foaming Agent, Stabilizer, Thickener

01.1.1.2 01.2.1.2 01.2.2 01.4.1 01.4.2 02.2.1.1 04.1.1.2 04.2.1.2 08.1.1 08.1.2 09.1 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4 09.2.5 Buttermilk (plain) Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Renneted milk Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Butter and concentrated butter Surface-treated fresh fruit Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa
Max Level
GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP
Comments
Note 41 Note 16
11.2 12.2 14.1.5
GMP GMP GMP
Note 51
MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE
Microcrystalline Cellulose INS: 460i
Function: Anticaking Agent, Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Foaming Agent, Stabilizer, Thickener

01.1.1.1 01.1.1.2 01.2.1.1 01.2.1.2 01.2.2 01.4.1 01.4.2 02.1 02.2.1.1 04.1.1.2 04.1.1.3 04.2.1.2 04.2.1.3 04.2.2.1 06.4.2 08.1.1 08.1.2 Milk, including sterilized and UHT goats milk Buttermilk (plain) Fermented milks (plain), not heat-treated after fermentation Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Renneted milk Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Surface-treated fresh fruit Peeled or cut fresh fruit Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Peeled, cut or shredded vegetables, and nuts and seeds Frozen vegetables Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted
Max Level
GMP GMP GMP 20000 mg/kg GMP 5000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg
Comments
GMP 20000 mg/kg Note 52 GMP Note 16 GMP GMP Note 16 GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP Note 54 Note 16
121
MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE Function: Anticaking Agent, Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Foaming Agent, Stabilizer, Thickener

09.1 09.2 10.2.1 10.2.2 11.2 12.2 12.2 13.1 13.2 14.1.2.1 14.1.2.3 14.1.3.1 14.1.3.3 14.1.5 14.2.3 14.2.3.4 Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Processed fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Liquid egg products Frozen egg products Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit juice Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit nectar Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Wines Aromatized wine
Max Level
GMP 10000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP
Comments
Note 16
Note 51
22000 mg/kg Note 51 GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP
MICROCRYSTALLINE WAX
Microcrystalline Wax INS: 905ci
Function: Antifoaming Agent, Bulking Agent, Glazing Agent

04.1.1.2 05.1 05.2 05.2 05.3 05.4 Surface-treated fresh fruit Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces
Max Level
GMP 10000 mg/kg GMP 10000 mg/kg
Comments
Note 3
MINERAL OIL
Mineral Oil INS: 905a
Function: Adjuvant, Antioxidant, Glazing Agent, Humectant, Release Agent

04.1.1.2 04.1.2.2 04.2.1.2 04.2.2.2 04.2.2.3 04.2.2.4 05.0 06.1 Surface-treated fresh fruit Dried fruit Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Dried vegetables, seaweeds, and nuts and seeds Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables Confectionery Whole, broken, or flaked grain, including rice
Max Level
GMP 5000 mg/kg GMP
Comments
200 mg/kg GMP Note 97 200 mg/kg 3000 mg/kg 200 mg/kg Note 98
122
MINERAL OIL Function: Adjuvant, Antioxidant, Glazing Agent, Humectant, Release Agent

06.2 07.0 08.1.2 08.2.3 08.3.2 08.3.3 08.4 10.2.3 12.2 12.3 12.6 12.8 13.6 14.2.3 Flours and starches Bakery wares Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Frozen processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts Heat-treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Frozen processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings) Dried and/or heat coagulated egg products Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Vinegars Sauces and like products Yeast and like products Food supplements Wines
Max Level
3000 3000 200 950
Comments
30 mg/kg Note 67 950 mg/kg Note 3 50000 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg 6000 mg/kg GMP Note 99
6000 mg/kg 1500 mg/kg 6000 mg/kg GMP Note 99
MINERAL OIL (HIGH VISCOSITY)

Mineral Oil (High Viscosity) Function: Glazing Agent, Release Agent INS: 905a

05.3 05.3 Chewing gum Chewing gum
Max Level
20000 mg/kg 30000 mg/kg
Comments
MINERAL OIL (MEDIUM & LOW VISCOSITY, CLASS I)

Mineral Oil (Medium & Low Viscosity, Class I) Function: Glazing Agent, Release Agent INS: 905a

05.3 Chewing gum
Max Level
20000 mg/kg
Comments
MINERAL OIL (MEDIUM & LOW VISCOSITY, CLASSES II & III)

Mineral Oil (Medium & Low Viscosity, Classes II & III) Function: Glazing Agent, Release Agent INS: 905a

05.3 Chewing gum
Max Level
10000 mg/kg
Comments
MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES

Mono- and Diglycerides INS: 471
123
MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES Function: Antifoaming Agent, Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener

01.1.1 01.1.1 01.2 01.2 01.4.1 01.4.2 02.1.1 02.1.2 02.1.3 02.2.1.1 04.1.1.2 04.2.1.2 06.1 06.4.2 08.1.1 08.1.2 09.1 09.2 09.2 10.2.2 11.2 12.1 12.2 12.8 12.8 13.1 13.2 14.1.5 14.2.3 Milk and buttermilk Milk and buttermilk Fermented and renneted milk products (plain), excluding food category 01.1.2 (dairy-based drinks) Fermented and renneted milk products (plain), excluding food category 01.1.2 (dairy-based drinks) Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Butter oil, anhydrous milkfat, ghee Vegetable oils and fats Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats Butter and concentrated butter Surface-treated fresh fruit Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Whole, broken, or flaked grain, including rice Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Processed fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Processed fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen egg products Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Salt Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Yeast and like products Yeast and like products Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Wines
Max Level
Comments
mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg Note 52 Note 16 Note 16 Note 54 Note 16 Note 16
GMP GMP GMP 30000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP 5000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg
GMP 6000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg Note 51 5000 mg/kg 20000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 15000 mg/kg GMP 18 mg/kg
MONOAMMONIUM GLUTAMATE, LMonoammonium Glutamate, LFunction: Flavour Enhancer INS: 624

Max Level
GMP GMP
Comments
Note 51
MONOPOTASSIUM GLUTAMATE, LMonopotassium Glutamate, LINS: 622
124
MONOPOTASSIUM GLUTAMATE, L Function: Flavour Enhancer ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Food Cat. No. Food Category Max Level Comments ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------09.2.2 Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, GMP Note41 Including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 12.2 Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and Condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles GMP Note 51
MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, L
Monosodium Glutamate, LINS: 621 Function: Flavour Enhancer ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Food Cat. No. Food Category Max Level Comments ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------04.2.2.1 Frozen vegetables GMP 08.1 Fresh meat, poultry, and game GMP 08.1.1 09.2.2 12.2 Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) GMP GMP GMP Note 41 Note 51
MONOSTARCH PHOSPHATE
Monostarch Phosphate INS: 1410 Function: Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Food Cat. No. Food Category Max Level Comments ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------01.2.1.2 Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation 10000 mg/kg 01.4.1 01.4.2 02.1 02.2.1.1 09.2.2 11.2 13.2 14.1.5 Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Weaning foods for infants and growing children Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP 10000 mg/kg 50000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg Note 52 Note 41
NISIN
Nisin INS: 234 Function: Preservative ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Food Cat. No. Food Category Max Level Comments ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------01.4.3 Clotted cream 10 mg/kg Note 28 01.6.1 Unripened cheese 12.5 mg/kg Note 28 01.6.2 01.6.3 01.6.4 01.6.5 01.6.6 04.2.2.4 Ripened cheese Whey cheese Processed cheese Cheese analogues Whey protein cheese Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables 12.5 mg/kg Note 28 12.5 mg/kg Note 28 250 mg/kg Note 28 12.5 mg/kg Note 28 12.5 mg/kg Note 28 GMP Note 28
125
NISIN Function: Preservative

06.5 07.2 12.5.1 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) Fine bakery wares Ready-to-eat soups and broths, including canned, bottled, and frozen
Max Level
Comments
3 mg/kg Note 28 250 mg/kg Note 28 GMP Note 28
NITRATES
Sodium Nitrate INS: 251 Potassium Nitrate INS: 252
Function: Colour Retention Agent, Preservative

01.6 08.1 08.2.1.1 08.2.1.2 Cheese Fresh meat, poultry, and game Cured (including salted) non-heat treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts Cured (including salted) and dried non-heat treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts Fermented non-heat treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts Heat-treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts Frozen processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts Cured (including salted) non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Cured (including salted) and dried non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Fermented non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Heat-treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Frozen processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings) Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Spirituous beverages containing less than 15% alcohol
Max Level
Comments
08.2.1.3 08.2.2 08.2.3 08.3.1.1 08.3.1.2 08.3.1.3 08.3.2 08.3.3 08.4 09.2.5
365 mg/kg Note 30 365 mg/kg Note 30 218 mg/kg Note 30 1254 mg/kg Note 30 365 mg/kg Note 30 365 mg/kg Note 30 365 mg/kg Note 30 365 mg/kg Note 30 146 mg/kg Note 30 365 mg/kg Notes 22 & 30
09.3 14.2.6.2
218 mg/kg Note 30 73 mg/kg Notes 30 & 31
NITRITES
Potassium Nitrite INS: 249 Sodium Nitrite INS: 250
Function: Colour Retention Agent, Preservative

01.6.1 01.6.2 01.6.3 01.6.4 01.6.5 01.6.6 Unripened cheese Ripened cheese Whey cheese Processed cheese Cheese analogues Whey protein cheese
Max Level
17 17 17 34 17 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
Comments
Note 32 Note 32 Note 32 Notes 32 & 36 Note 32
17 mg/kg Note 32
126
NITRITES Function: Colour Retention Agent, Preservative

08.1 08.2.1.1 08.2.1.2 Fresh meat, poultry, and game Cured (including salted) non-heat treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts Cured (including salted) and dried non-heat treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts Fermented non-heat treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts Heat-treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts Frozen processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings) Cooked fish and fish products Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products
Max Level
Comments
08.2.1.3 08.2.2 08.2.3 08.3 08.4 09.2.4.1 09.2.5
134 mg/kg Note 32 167 mg/kg Notes 32 & 36 167 mg/kg Notes 32 & 36 134 mg/kg Note 32 134 mg/kg Note 32 50 mg/kg Notes 32 & 36 134 mg/kg Notes 22 & 32
09.3.3
5 mg/kg Notes 32 & 36
NITROGEN
Nitrogen Function: Propellant INS: 941

01.1.1 01.2 01.4.1 02.1 02.2.1.1 04.1.1 04.2.2.1 09.1 09.2.1 14.1.5 14.2.3 Milk and buttermilk Fermented and renneted milk products (plain), excluding food category 01.1.2 (dairy-based drinks) Pasteurized cream Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Fresh fruit Frozen vegetables Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Wines
Max Level
GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP
Comments
Note 59 Note 59 Note 59 Note 59 Notes 52 & 59 Note 59 Note 59 Note 59 Note 59 Note 59 Note 59
NITROUS OXIDE
Nitrous Oxide Function: Propellant INS: 942

01.1.1 01.2.1.1 01.4.1 01.4.2 02.1 Milk and buttermilk Fermented milks (plain), not heat-treated after fermentation Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Fats and oils essentially free from water
Max Level
GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP
Comments
127
NITROUS OXIDE Function: Propellant

02.1.2 02.1.3 02.2.1.1 04.1.1.1 04.1.1.3 04.2.1.1 04.2.1.3 04.2.2.1 06.1 06.2 06.4.2 08.1 09.1 09.2.1 10.1 10.2.1 10.2.2 11.1 Vegetable oils and fats Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats Butter and concentrated butter Untreated fresh fruit Peeled or cut fresh fruit Untreated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Peeled, cut or shredded vegetables, and nuts and seeds Frozen vegetables Whole, broken, or flaked grain, including rice Flours and starches Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Fresh meat, poultry, and game Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fresh eggs Liquid egg products Frozen egg products White and semi-white sugar (sucrose or saccharose), fructose, glucose (dextrose), xylose; sugar solutions and syrups, also (partially) inverted sugars, incl. molasses, treacle, and sugar toppings Honey Salt Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Yeast and like products Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Natural mineral waters and source waters Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit juice Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa
Max Level
GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP
Comments
Note 52
Note 54
11.3 12.1 12.2 12.8 13.1 13.2 14.1.1.1 14.1.2.1 14.1.2.3 14.1.5
Note 51
Note 68
OXIDIZED STARCH
Oxidized Starch INS: 1404
Function: Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Stabilzer, Thickener

01.1.1.2 01.2.1.2 01.2.2 01.4.1 01.4.2 02.1 02.2.1.1 04.1.1.2 04.2.1.2 08.1.1 08.1.2 Buttermilk (plain) Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Renneted milk Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Surface-treated fresh fruit Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted
Max Level
GMP 10000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP
Comments
128
OXIDIZED STARCH Function: Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Stabilzer, Thickener

09.1 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4 09.2.5 Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Weaning foods for infants and growing children Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Aromatized wine
Max Level
Comments
Note 16
Note 41 Note 16
11.2 12.2 13.2 14.1.5 14.2.3.4
10000 mg/kg GMP 50000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg GMP Note 51
OXYSTEARIN
Oxystearin INS: 387
Function: Antifoaming Agent, Crystallization Inhibitor, Release Agent, Sequestrant

02.1 02.1.2 02.2.1.2 02.2.2 02.3 12.6.1 13.6 14.1.4 Fats and oils essentially free from water Vegetable oils and fats Margarine and similar products (e.g., butter-margarine blends) Emulsions containing less than 80% fat (e.g., minarine) Fat emulsions other than food category 02.2, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions Emulsified sauces (e.g., mayonnaise, salad dressing) Food supplements Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks
Max Level
1250 mg/kg 1250 mg/kg 1250 mg/kg 1250 mg/kg 1250 mg/kg GMP GMP 250 mg/kg
Comments
PAPAIN
Papain INS: 1101ii
Function: Flavour Enhancer, Flour Treatment Agent, Stabilizer

06.1 06.2 08.1.1 14.2.3 Whole, broken, or flaked grain, including rice Flours and starches Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Wines
Max Level
1000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP
Comments
PECTINS (AMIDATED AND NON-AMIDATED)

Pectins (Amidated and Non-Amidated) INS: 440
129
PECTINS (AMIDATED AND NON-AMIDATED) Function: Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener

01.1.1 01.2.1.1 01.2.1.2 01.2.2 01.4.1 01.4.2 02.1 02.2.1.1 04.1.1.2 04.1.1.3 04.2.1.2 04.2.1.3 04.2.2.1 06.4.2 08.1 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4 09.2.5 Milk and buttermilk Fermented milks (plain), not heat-treated after fermentation Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Renneted milk Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Surface-treated fresh fruit Peeled or cut fresh fruit Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Peeled, cut or shredded vegetables, and nuts and seeds Frozen vegetables Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Fresh meat, poultry, and game Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Liquid egg products Frozen egg products White and semi-white sugar (sucrose or saccharose), fructose, glucose (dextrose), xylose; sugar solutions and syrups, also (partially) inverted sugars, incl. molasses, treacle, and sugar toppings Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit juice Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit nectar Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Wines
Max Level
GMP GMP 10000 mg/kg GMP GMP 5000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP
Comments
Note 52
20000 mg/kg GMP Note 54 GMP 5000 mg/kg Note 61 GMP GMP GMP GMP Note 41
10.2.1 10.2.2 11.1
GMP GMP GMP
11.2 12.2 13.1 13.2 14.1.2.1 14.1.2.3 14.1.3.1 14.1.3.3 14.1.5 14.2.3
GMP GMP 10000 mg/kg 20000 mg/kg 3000 mg/kg GMP 3000 mg/kg 3000 mg/kg GMP GMP
Note 51
PHOSPHATED DISTARCH PHOSPHATE

Phosphated Distarch Phosphate INS: 1413

01.2.1.2 01.4.1 Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Pasteurized cream
Max Level
10000 mg/kg GMP
Comments
130
PHOSPHATED DISTARCH PHOSPHATE Function: Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener

01.4.2 02.1 02.2.1.1 09.2.2 11.2 13.1 13.2 14.1.5 Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa
Max Level
GMP GMP GMP GMP 10000 60000 60000 10000 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
Comments
Note 52 Note 41
PHOSPHATES
Orthophosphoric Acid Disodium Orthophosphate Monopotassium Orthophosphate Tripotassium Orthophosphate Dicalcium Orthophosphate Monoammonium Orthophosphate Dimagnesium Orthophosphate Disodium Diphosphate Tetrapotassium Diphosphate Pentasodium Triphosphate Sodium Polyphosphate Calcium Polyphosphates Bone Phosphate INS: 338 INS: 339ii INS: 340i INS: 340iii INS: 341ii INS: 342i INS: 343ii INS: 450i INS: 450v INS: 451i INS: 452i INS: 452iv INS: 542 Monosodium Orthophosphate Trisodium Orthophosphate Dipotassium Orthophosphate Monocalcium Orthophosphate Tricalcium Orthophosphate Diammonium Orthophosphate Trimagnesium Orthophosphate Tetrasodium Diphosphate Dicalcium Diphosphate Pentapotassium Triphosphate Potassium Polyphosphate Ammonium Polyphosphates INS: 339i INS: 339iii INS: 340ii INS: 341i INS: 341iii INS: 342ii INS: 343iii INS: 450iii INS: 450vi INS: 451ii INS: 452ii INS: 452v
Function: Anticaking Agt, Acidity Reg., Adj., Antioxidant, Colour Retention Agt, Emulsifier, Flavour Enh, Firming Agt, Flour Trt Agt, Humectant, Pres., Raising Agt, Seq., Stabilizer, Thk

01.1.1 01.1.2 Milk and buttermilk Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, wheybased drinks) Fermented and renneted milk products (plain), excluding food category 01.1.2 (dairy-based drinks) Condensed milk (plain) Beverage whiteners Cream (plain) and the like Milk powder and cream powder (plain) Milk and cream powder analogues Milk and cream (blend) powder (plain and flavoured) Unripened cheese Ripened cheese Whey cheese Processed cheese Cheese analogues Whey protein cheese Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Whey and whey products, excluding whey cheeses Butter oil, anhydrous milkfat, ghee Vegetable oils and fats
Max Level
Comments
01.2 01.3.1 01.3.2 01.4 01.5.1 01.5.2 01.5.3 01.6.1 01.6.2 01.6.3 01.6.4 01.6.5 01.6.6 01.7 01.8 02.1.1 02.1.2
440 mg/kg Note 33 660 mg/kg Notes 33 & 34 11000 mg/kg Note 33 1100 mg/kg Note 33 2200 440 440 10000 440 440 10000 6600 440 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg Note 33 Note 33 Note 33 Note 33 Note 33 Note 33 Note 33 Note 33 Note 33
131
PHOSPHATES Function: Anticaking Agt, Acidity Reg., Adj., Antioxidant, Colour Retention Agt, Emulsifier, Flavour Enh, Firming Agt, Flour Trt Agt, Humectant, Pres., Raising Agt, Seq., Stabilizer, Thk

02.1.3 02.2.1.1 02.2.1.2 02.2.1.2 02.2.2 02.2.2 02.3 02.4 03.0 04.1.2.1 04.1.2.2 04.1.2.3 04.1.2.4 04.1.2.5 04.1.2.6 04.1.2.7 04.1.2.8 04.1.2.9 04.1.2.11 04.2.1.1 04.2.1.2 04.2.1.3 04.2.2.1 04.2.2.2 04.2.2.3 04.2.2.4 04.2.2.5 04.2.2.6 Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats Butter and concentrated butter Margarine and similar products (e.g., butter-margarine blends) Margarine and similar products (e.g., butter-margarine blends) Emulsions containing less than 80% fat (e.g., minarine) Emulsions containing less than 80% fat (e.g., minarine) Fat emulsions other than food category 02.2, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Frozen fruit Dried fruit Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit Jams, jellies and marmelades Fruit-based spreads (e.g., chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 Candied fruit Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts Fruit fillings for pastries Untreated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Peeled, cut or shredded vegetables, and nuts and seeds Frozen vegetables Dried vegetables, seaweeds, and nuts and seeds Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables Vegetable, and nut and seed purees and spreads (e.g., peanut butter) Vegetable, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g., vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables, soybean curd) other than food category 04.2.2.5 Fermented vegetable products Cooked or fried vegetables and seaweeds Cocoa mixes (powders and syrups) Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings Cocoa and chocolate products (e.g., milk chocolate bar, chocolate flakes, white chocolate) other than food categories 05.1.1, 05.1.2 and 05.1.4 Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitue products Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Whole, broken, or flaked grain, including rice Flours and starches Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products
Max Level
Comments
110 mg/kg Note 33 440 mg/kg Note 33 110 mg/kg Note 33 1100 mg/kg Note 33 GMP Note 33 1100 mg/kg Note 33 1100 mg/kg Note 33 7000 mg/kg Note 33 12000 mg/kg Note 33 200 10 240 200 275 240 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg Note 33 Note 33 Note 33 Note 33 Note 33 Note 33
10 mg/kg Note 33 7000 mg/kg Note 33 7000 mg/kg Note 33 7000 200 880 220 5000 5000 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg Note 33 Note 33 Notes 16 & 33 Note 33 Note 33 & 76 Note 33 & 76
04.2.2.7 04.2.2.8 05.1.1 05.1.2 05.1.3
05.1.4 05.2 05.3 05.4 06.1 06.2 06.3 06.4.2
2200 mg/kg Note 33 1300 mg/kg Note 33 22000 mg/kg Note 33 7000 mg/kg Note 33 220 9900 1100 2200 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg Note 33 Note 33 Note 33 Note 33
132

06.5 06.6 07.0 07.1.1 07.1.2 07.1.3 07.1.4 07.1.5 07.2 08.1 08.2.1 08.2.2 08.2.3 08.3 08.4 09.1.1 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4.1 09.2.4.2 09.2.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) Batters (e.g., for breading ro batters for fish or poultry) Bakery wares Breads and rolls Crackers, excluding sweet crackers Other ordinary bakery products (e.g., bagels, pita, English muffins) Bread-type products, including bread stuffing and bread crumbs Steamed breads and buns Fine bakery wares Fresh meat, poultry, and game Non-heat treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts Heat-treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts Frozen processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings) Fresh fish Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked fish and fish products Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, marinated and/or in jelly Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, pickled and/or in brine Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms (e.g., fish paste), excluding products of food categories 09.3.1 - 09.3.3 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Liquid egg products Frozen egg products Dried and/or heat coagulated egg products Preserved eggs, including alkaline, salted, and canned eggs Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Table-top sweeteners, including those containing highintensity sweeteners Salt Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Mustards
Max Level
Comments
7000 mg/kg Note 33 3000 mg/kg Note 33 9300 9300 8000 8000 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg Note 33 Note 33 Note 33 Note 33
8000 mg/kg Note 33 8000 mg/kg Note 33 8000 mg/kg Note 33 1100 mg/kg Note 33 1100 mg/kg Note 33 1540 mg/kg Note 33 1100 mg/kg Note 33 1100 mg/kg Note 33 1100 mg/kg Note 33 GMP Note 33 2200 mg/kg Note 33 2200 mg/kg Note 33 1100 mg/kg Note 33 1100 mg/kg Note 33 1100 mg/kg Note 33 GMP Notes 22 & 33
09.3.1 09.3.2 09.3.3 09.3.4
09.4
2200 mg/kg Note 33
10.2.1 10.2.2 10.2.3 10.3 10.4 11.2 11.4 12.1 12.2 12.4
2200 mg/kg Note 33 1100 mg/kg Note 33 GMP Note 33 220 mg/kg Note 33 7000 mg/kg Note 33 3300 mg/kg Notes 33 & 56 220 mg/kg Note 33 5500 mg/kg Note 33 4400 mg/kg Note 33 660 mg/kg Note 33
133

12.5.1 12.5.2 12.6 12.7 Ready-to-eat soups and broths, including canned, bottled, and frozen Mixes for soups and broths Sauces and like products Salads (e.g., macaroni salad, potato salad) and sandwich spreads excluding cocoa- and nut-based spreads of food categories 04.2.2.5 and 05.1.2 Protein products Foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional uses Table waters and soda waters Fruit and vegetable juices Fruit and vegetable nectars Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Beer and malt beverages Cider and perry Wines Fruit wine Mead Spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol Spirituous beverages containing less than 15% alcohol Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes) Processed nuts, including covered nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g., dried fruit) Snacks - fish based Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01 - 15
Max Level
Comments
4600 mg/kg Note 33 6000 mg/kg Note 33 8000 mg/kg Note 33 GMP Note 33
12.9 13.0 14.1.1.2 14.1.2 14.1.3 14.1.4 14.1.5 14.2.1 14.2.2 14.2.3 14.2.4 14.2.5 14.2.6.1 14.2.6.2 15.1 15.2 15.3 16.0
4400 1100 660 2500 2500 12000
mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
Note 33 Note 33 Note 33 Notes 33 & 88 Notes 33 & 88 Note 33
440 mg/kg Note 33 12000 440 12000 220 220 220 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg Notes 33 & 96 Note 33 Notes 33 & 96 Note 33 Note 33 Note 33
12000 mg/kg Notes 33 & 96 1300 mg/kg Note 33 1100 mg/kg Note 33 1100 mg/kg Note 33 2000 mg/kg Note 33
PHOSPHATIDIC ACID, AMMONIUM SALT

Phosphatidic Acid, Ammonium Salt Function: Emulsifier, Stabilizer INS: 442

01.1.2 Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, wheybased drinks) Cream (plain) and the like Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes Breads and rolls
Max Level
GMP
Comments
01.4 01.7 03.0 04.2.2.3 05.1 07.1.1
GMP 5000 mg/kg 7500 mg/kg GMP 10000 mg/kg GMP
134
POLYDEXTROSE
POLYDEXTROSE
Polydextroses A and N INS: 1200
Function: Bulking Agent, Humectant, Stabilizer, Thickener

01.1.1 01.2 01.4.2 02.2.1.1 09.2.1 09.2.4 10.2.1 10.2.2 11.1 Milk and buttermilk Fermented and renneted milk products (plain), excluding food category 01.1.2 (dairy-based drinks) Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Butter and concentrated butter Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Liquid egg products Frozen egg products White and semi-white sugar (sucrose or saccharose), fructose, glucose (dextrose), xylose; sugar solutions and syrups, also (partially) inverted sugars, incl. molasses, treacle, and sugar toppings Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Honey Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles)
Max Level
Comments
Note 52
11.2 11.3 12.2
GMP GMP GMP
Note 51
POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE
Polydimethylsiloxane Function: Anticaking Agent, Antifoaming Agent INS: 900a

01.5.1 01.7 02.1 02.2.1.2 03.0 04.1.2.3 04.1.2.4 04.1.2.5 04.1.2.6 04.1.2.9 04.1.2.11 04.2.2.1 04.2.2.3 04.2.2.4 04.2.2.5 04.2.2.6 Milk powder and cream powder (plain) Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Fats and oils essentially free from water Margarine and similar products (e.g., butter-margarine blends) Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit Jams, jellies and marmelades Fruit-based spreads (e.g., chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts Fruit fillings for pastries Frozen vegetables Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables Vegetable, and nut and seed purees and spreads (e.g., peanut butter) Vegetable, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g., vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables, soybean curd) other than food category 04.2.2.5
Max Level
10 mg/kg 50 mg/kg 10 mg/kg 10 mg/kg 50 mg/kg 10 mg/kg 10 mg/kg 30 mg/kg 10 mg/kg 110 mg/kg
Comments
50 mg/kg 10 mg/kg Note 15 10 mg/kg 10 mg/kg 10 mg/kg 50 mg/kg
135
POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE Function: Anticaking Agent, Antifoaming Agent

05.1 05.2 05.3 05.4 06.6 07.0 08.1.1 08.2 08.3 09.2 10.2 10.3 10.4 11.1 Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Batters (e.g., for breading ro batters for fish or poultry) Bakery wares Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Processed fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Egg products Preserved eggs, including alkaline, salted, and canned eggs Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) White and semi-white sugar (sucrose or saccharose), fructose, glucose (dextrose), xylose; sugar solutions and syrups, also (partially) inverted sugars, incl. molasses, treacle, and sugar toppings Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Table-top sweeteners, including those containing highintensity sweeteners Salt Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Soups and broths Emulsified sauces (e.g., mayonnaise, salad dressing) Non-emulsified sauces (e.g., ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy) Mixes for sauces and gravies Clear sauces (e.g., soy sauce, fish sauce) Yeast and like products Foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional uses Fruit and vegetable juices Fruit and vegetable nectars Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Beer and malt beverages Cider and perry Cider and perry Fruit wine Spirituous beverages
Max Level
Comments
10 mg/kg 10 mg/kg Notes 3 & 36 GMP 50 mg/kg 50 mg/kg 50 mg/kg 50 mg/kg 50 mg/kg 50 mg/kg 50 mg/kg
11.2 11.4 12.1 12.2 12.5 12.6.1 12.6.2 12.6.3 12.6.4 12.8 13.0 14.1.2 14.1.3 14.1.4 14.1.5 14.2.1 14.2.2 14.2.2 14.2.4 14.2.6
50 mg/kg 50 mg/kg 10 mg/kg Note 36 50 mg/kg 10 mg/kg 50 mg/kg 10 mg/kg 10 50 50 50 10 50 20 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
50 mg/kg 10 10 50 10 50 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS

Polyglycerol Esters of Fatty Acids INS: 475
Function: Adjuvant, Crystallization Inhibitor, Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener
Max Level
Comments
136
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS Function: Adjuvant, Crystallization Inhibitor, Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener

01.1.2 Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, wheybased drinks) Fermented milks (plain) Beverage whiteners Cream (plain) and the like Milk powder and cream powder Processed cheese Processed cheese Cheese analogues Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Fats and oils, and fat emulsions (type water-in-oil) Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Surface-treated fresh fruit Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts Fruit fillings for pastries Peeled, cut or shredded vegetables, and nuts and seeds Vegetable, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g., vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables, soybean curd) other than food category 04.2.2.5 Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Whole, broken, or flaked grain, including rice Flours and starches Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) Batters (e.g., for breading ro batters for fish or poultry) Breads and rolls Crackers, excluding sweet crackers Other ordinary bakery products (e.g., bagels, pita, English muffins) Bread-type products, including bread stuffing and bread crumbs Steamed breads and buns Fine bakery wares Meat and meat products, including poultry and game Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Egg products Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) Soups and broths Ready-to-eat soups and broths, including canned, bottled, and frozen Sauces and like products Emulsified sauces (e.g., mayonnaise, salad dressing)
Max Level
5000 mg/kg
Comments
01.2.1 01.3.2 01.4 01.5 01.6.4 01.6.4 01.6.5 01.7 02.0 03.0 04.1.1.2 04.1.2.8 04.1.2.9 04.1.2.11 04.2.1.3 04.2.2.6
30000 mg/kg 5000 10000 10000 5000 10000 5000 10000 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
20000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 9000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 3000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg
05.1 05.2 05.3 05.4 06.1 06.2 06.3 06.4.2 06.5 06.6 07.1.1 07.1.2 07.1.3 07.1.4 07.1.5 07.2 08.0 09.0 10.2 10.4 12.5 12.5.1 12.6 12.6.1
10000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 20000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg 20000 mg/kg 9000 mg/kg 10000 10000 6000 6000 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
10000 mg/kg 6000 10000 5000 10000 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
5000 mg/kg 9000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 9000 mg/kg 9000 mg/kg GMP
137
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS Function: Adjuvant, Crystallization Inhibitor, Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener

12.6.2 12.6.3 13.3 13.4 13.6 14.1.4 14.1.5 14.2.1 14.2.2 14.2.3 14.2.4 14.2.5 14.2.6.1 14.2.6.2 15.0 16.0 Non-emulsified sauces (e.g., ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy) Mixes for sauces and gravies Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes, including those for infants and young children Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction Food supplements Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Beer and malt beverages Cider and perry Wines Fruit wine Mead Spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol Spirituous beverages containing less than 15% alcohol Ready-to-eat savouries Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01 - 15
Max Level
10000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg GMP 9000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 500 500 500 5000 5000 10000 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg GMP
Comments
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF INTERESTERIFIED RICINOLEIC ACID

Polyglycerol Esters of Interesterified Ricinoleic Acid Function: Emulsifier, Stabilizer INS: 476

01.4 01.5 01.6.4 01.7 02.1 02.2 02.3 02.4 03.0 04.1.1.2 04.1.2.9 04.1.2.11 05.1 05.2 05.3 05.4 Cream (plain) and the like Milk powder and cream powder Processed cheese Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Fats and oils essentially free from water Fat emulsions mainly of type water-in-oil Fat emulsions other than food category 02.2, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Surface-treated fresh fruit Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts Fruit fillings for pastries Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces
Max Level
Comments
10000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg 20000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 3000 mg/kg 20000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg
138
POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF INTERESTERIFIED RICINOLEIC ACID Function: Emulsifier, Stabilizer Food Cat. No. Food Category 06.0 Cereals and cereal products, including flours and starches from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, excluding bakery wares of food category 07.0 07.0 Bakery wares 08.0 09.0 10.2 10.4 12.5 12.6 12.7 Meat and meat products, including poultry and game Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Egg products Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) Soups and broths Sauces and like products Salads (e.g., macaroni salad, potato salad) and sandwich spreads excluding cocoa- and nut-based spreads of food categories 04.2.2.5 and 05.1.2 Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes, including those for infants and young children Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and partimlated drinks Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Beer and malt beverages Cider and perry Wines Fruit wine Ready-t0-eat savouries Max Level Comments 5000 mg/kg
5000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 4000 mg/kg
13.3 13.4 14.1.4 14.1.5 14.2.1 14.2.2 14.2.3 14.2.4 15.0
5000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg
POLYOXYETHYLENE STEARATES
Polyoxyethylene (8) Stearate Function: Emulsifier, Stabilizer
Food Cat.No. Food Category
INS: 430
Polyoxyethylene (40) Stearate
INS: 431
Max Level 5000 mg/kg 20000 mg/kg 4000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 500 mg/kg GMP
Comments
02.1 05.3 07.0 07.1 14.1.4 14.2.3
Fats and oils essentially free from water Chewing gum Bakery wares Bread and ordinary bakery wares Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Wines
POLYSORBATES
Polyoxyethylene (20) Sorbitan Monolaurate Polyoxyethylene (20) Sorbitan Monopalmitate Polyoxyethylene (20) Sorbitan Tristearate INS: 432 INS: 434 INS: 436 Polyoxyethylene (20) Sorbitan Monooleate INS: 433 Polyoxyethylene (20) Sorbitan Monostearate INS: 435
Function: Antifoaming Agent, Adjuvant, Emulsifier, Foaming Agent, Flour Treatment Agent, Stabilizer --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Food Cat. No. Food Category Max Level Comments --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------01.1.2 Dairy-based drinks, falvoured and/or fermented (e.g., 5000 mg/kg chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, wheybased drinks)
139
POLYSORBATES Function: Antifoaming Agent, Adjuvant, Emulsifier, Foaming Agent, Flour Treatment Agent, Stabilizer

01.3.2 01.4.2 01.4.4 01.5.2 01.6.1 01.7 02.0 03.0 03.0 04.1.1.2 04.1.2.9 04.1.2.11 04.2.2.3 04.2.2.4 04.2.2.6 Beverage whiteners Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Cream analogues Milk and cream powder analogues Unripened cheese Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Fats and oils, and fat emulsions (type water-in-oil) Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Surface-treated fresh fruit Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts Fruit fillings for pastries Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables Vegetable, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g., vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables, soybean curd) other than food category 04.2.2.5 Cocoa mixes (powders and syrups) Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings Cocoa and chocolate products (e.g., milk chocolate bar, chocolate flakes, white chocolate) other than food categories 05.1.1, 05.1.2 and 05.1.4 Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitue products Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) Batters (e.g., for breading ro batters for fish or poultry) Breads and rolls Breads and rolls Crackers, excluding sweet crackers Other ordinary bakery products (e.g., bagels, pita, English muffins) Bread-type products, including bread stuffing and bread crumbs Steamed breads and buns Fine bakery wares Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings) Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) Salt Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Soups and broths Emulsified sauces (e.g., mayonnaise, salad dressing) Non-emulsified sauces (e.g., ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy) Mixes for sauces and gravies
Max Level
5000 mg/kg 3000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg
Comments
4000 mg/kg 80 mg/kg Note 38 6000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg GMP Note 16 3000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 30 mg/kg Notes 7 & 100 3000 mg/kg
05.1.1 05.1.2 05.1.3
5000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg
05.1.4 05.2 05.3 05.4 06.5 06.6 07.1.1 07.1.1 07.1.2 07.1.3 07.1.4 07.1.5 07.2 08.2 08.3 08.4 10.4 12.1 12.2 12.5 12.6.1 12.6.2 12.6.3
5000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg 20000 mg/kg 7000 mg/kg 3000 mg/kg 5000 500 3000 5000 10000 mg/kg Note 2 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg Note 11 mg/kg Note 11
5000 mg/kg Note 11 5000 mg/kg Note 11 5000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg 10000 1500 5000 10 4600 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
140
POLYSORBATES Function: Antifoaming Agent, Adjuvant, Emulsifier, Foaming Agent, Flour Treatment Agent, Stabilizer

12.6.4 12.7 Clear sauces (e.g., soy sauce, fish sauce) Salads (e.g., macaroni salad, potato salad) and sandwich spreads excluding cocoa- and nut-based spreads of food categories 04.2.2.5 and 05.1.2 Yeast and like products Protein products Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes, including those for infants and young children Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction Dietetic foods (e.g., supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 Food supplements Carbonated drinks Non-carbonated, including punches and ades Concentrates (liquid or solid) for drinks Spirituous beverages Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01 - 15
Max Level
4600 mg/kg 2000 mg/kg
Comments
12.8 12.9 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 14.1.4.1 14.1.4.2 14.1.4.3 14.2.6 16.0
4 mg/kg 4000 mg/kg Note 15 1000 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg 360 mg/dos 790 mg/kg Note 101 500 mg/kg 500 45000 120 2000 mg/kg mg/kg Note 102 mg/kg mg/kg
POLYVINYLPYRROLIDONE
Polyvinylpyrrolidone INS: 1201
Function: Adjuvant, Emulsifier, Glazing Agent, Stabilizer, Thickener

04.1.1.2 05.3 11.4 12.3 13.6 14.1.4.3 14.2.1 14.2.2 14.2.3 Surface-treated fresh fruit Chewing gum Table-top sweeteners, including those containing highintensity sweeteners Vinegars Food supplements Concentrates (liquid or solid) for drinks Beer and malt beverages Cider and perry Wines
Max Level
GMP 10000 mg/kg 3000 mg/kg
Comments
40 mg/kg GMP 500 mg/kg 10 mg/kg Note 36 2 mg/kg Note 36 60 mg/kg Note 36
PONCEAU 4R
Ponceau 4R Function: Colour INS: 124

01.1.2 Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, wheybased drinks) Fermented milks (plain), not heat-treated after fermentation Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Unripened cheese Rind of ripened cheese Whey cheese Processed cheese
Max Level
150 mg/kg
Comments
01.2.1.1 01.2.1.2 01.6.1 01.6.2.2 01.6.3 01.6.4
150 mg/kg 48 mg/kg Note 12 GMP Note 3 100 mg/kg GMP Note 3 200 mg/kg
141
PONCEAU 4R Function: Colour

01.6.5 01.7 02.4 03.0 04.1.1.2 04.1.2.4 04.1.2.5 04.1.2.6 04.1.2.7 04.1.2.8 04.1.2.9 04.1.2.11 04.2.1.2 04.2.2.3 04.2.2.4 04.2.2.5 04.2.2.6 Cheese analogues Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Surface-treated fresh fruit Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit Jams, jellies and marmelades Fruit-based spreads (e.g., chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 Candied fruit Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts Fruit fillings for pastries Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables Vegetable, and nut and seed purees and spreads (e.g., peanut butter) Vegetable, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g., vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables, soybean curd) other than food category 04.2.2.5 Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) Bakery wares Fresh meat, poultry, and game Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts Cured (including salted) non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Cured (including salted) and dried non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Fermented non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Heat-treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Frozen processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings) Fresh fish Fresh mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms
Max Level
Comments
GMP Note 3 150 mg/kg 150 mg/kg 150 500 300 500 500 mg/kg mg/kg Note 16 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
200 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 150 mg/kg 100 mg/kg 500 mg/kg Note 16 500 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 100 mg/kg 200 mg/kg
05.1 05.2 05.3 05.4 06.3 06.5 07.0 08.1 08.2 08.3.1.1 08.3.1.2 08.3.1.3 08.3.2 08.3.3 08.4 09.1.1 09.1.2 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3
150 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 150 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 500 mg/kg Note 16 30 mg/kg 250 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 30 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 500 mg/kg Note 16 300 mg/kg Note 50 500 mg/kg Note 16 500 mg/kg 500 mg/kg Note 16 500 mg/kg Note 16
142

09.2.4.1 09.2.4.2 09.2.4.3 09.2.5 Cooked fish and fish products Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, marinated and/or in jelly Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, pickled and/or in brine Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms (e.g., fish paste), excluding products of food categories 09.3.1 - 09.3.3 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fresh eggs Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) Sweeteners, including honey White and semi-white sugar (sucrose or saccharose), fructose, glucose (dextrose), xylose; sugar solutions and syrups, also (partially) inverted sugars, incl. molasses, treacle, and sugar toppings Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Table-top sweeteners, including those containing highintensity sweeteners Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Mustards Soups and broths Sauces and like products Salads (e.g., macaroni salad, potato salad) and sandwich spreads excluding cocoa- and nut-based spreads of food categories 04.2.2.5 and 05.1.2 Protein products Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes, including those for infants and young children Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction Dietetic foods (e.g., supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 Food supplements Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice Canned or bottled (pasteurized) vegetable juice Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Cider and perry Aromatized wine Fruit wine Spirituous beverages Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes) Processed nuts, including covered nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g., dried fruit)
Max Level
Comments
500 mg/kg 250 mg/kg 500 mg/kg Note 16 500 mg/kg Note 22
09.3.1 09.3.2 09.3.3 09.3.4
09.4
500 mg/kg
10.1 10.4 11.0 11.1
GMP Notes 3 & 4 100 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 200 mg/kg
11.2 11.4 12.2 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.7
200 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 300 300 500 200 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
12.9 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 14.1.2.1 14.1.2.2 14.1.4 14.2.2 14.2.3.4 14.2.4 14.2.6 15.1 15.2
100 50 50 50
50 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg GMP GMP 100 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 100 mg/kg
143

16.0 Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01 - 15
Max Level
500 mg/kg
Comments
POTASSIUM ACETATES
Potassium Acetates Function: Acidity Regulator INS: 261

02.1 02.2.1.1 13.2 Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Weaning foods for infants and growing children
Max Level
GMP GMP GMP
Comments
Note 52
POTASSIUM ALGINATE
Potassium Alginate Function: Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener INS: 402

01.1.1.2 01.2.1.2 01.4.1 01.4.2 02.1 02.2.1.1 04.1.1.2 04.2.1.2 06.4.2 09.2.1 11.2 13.1 13.2 14.1.2.1 14.2.3 14.2.3.2 Buttermilk (plain) Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Surface-treated fresh fruit Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice Wines Sparkling and semi-sparkling wines
Max Level
6000 5000 100 5000 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP
Comments
Note 52
GMP Note 54 5000 mg/kg 10000 300 5000 2500 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg GMP GMP
POTASSIUM ASCORBATE
Potassium Ascorbate Function: Antioxidant INS: 303

02.1 02.2.1.1 04.1.1 06.2 09.2.1 Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Fresh fruit Flours and starches Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms
Max Level
GMP
Comments
GMP Note 52 GMP 300 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg Note 70
144
POTASSIUM ASCORBATE Function: Antioxidant

09.2.2 13.1 13.2 14.1.3.1 14.2.3 Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar Wines
Max Level
GMP
Comments
50 mg/kg 500 mg/kg Note 70 GMP GMP
POTASSIUM CARBONATE
Potassium Carbonate Function: Acidity Regulator, Stabilizer INS: 501i

01.4.1 01.4.2 06.4.2 09.2.2 13.1 13.2 14.2.3 Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Wines
Max Level
2000 mg/kg 2000 mg/kg
Comments
2600 mg/kg Note 54 GMP Note 41 GMP GMP 5000 mg/kg
POTASSIUM CHLORIDE
Potassium Chloride Function: Stabilizer, Thickener INS: 508

01.4.1 01.4.2 08.1.1 09.2.1 13.1 Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Infant formulae and follow-on formulae
Max Level
2000 mg/kg 2000 mg/kg GMP 30000 mg/kg GMP
Comments
POTASSIUM DIHYDROGEN CITRATE

Potassium Dihydrogen Citrate INS: 332i
Function: Acidity Regulator, Antioxidant, Emulsifier, Sequestrant, Stabilizer

01.1.1.2 01.2.1.2 01.2.2 01.4.1 01.4.2 02.1 02.2.1.1 04.1.1.2 Buttermilk (plain) Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Renneted milk Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Surface-treated fresh fruit
Max Level
GMP GMP GMP 2000 mg/kg 2000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP
Comments
Note 52 Note 16
145
POTASSIUM DIHYDROGEN CITRATE Function: Acidity Regulator, Antioxidant, Emulsifier, Sequestrant, Stabilizer

04.2.1.2 04.2.2.1 08.1.1 08.1.2 09.1 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4 09.2.5 Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Frozen vegetables Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Wines Aromatized wine
Max Level
Comments
Note 16 Note 16
11.2 12.2 13.1 13.2 14.1.5 14.2.3 14.2.3.4
GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP
Note 51
3000 mg/kg Note 109 GMP
POTASSIUM HYDROGEN CARBONATE

Potassium Hydrogen Carbonate INS: 501ii

01.4.1 01.4.2 09.2.2 13.1 13.2 14.2.3 Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Wines
Max Level
2000 mg/kg 2000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP 5000 mg/kg
Comments
Note 41
POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE
Potassium Hydroxide INS: 525
Function: Acidity Regulator, Stabilizer, Thickener

08.1.1 13.2 Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Weaning foods for infants and growing children
Max Level
GMP 6 GMP
Comments
146
POTASSIUM LACTATE
POTASSIUM LACTATE
Potassium Lactate Function: Acidity Regulator, Antioxidant INS: 326 Potassium Lactate (Solution) INS: 326

01.1.1.2 01.2.1.2 01.4.1 01.4.2 02.1 02.2.1.1 08.1 13.2 Buttermilk (plain) Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Fresh meat, poultry, and game Weaning foods for infants and growing children
Max Level
GMP GMP GMP GMP
Comments
GMP GMP Note 52 20000 mg/kg GMP
POWDERED CELLULOSE
Powdered Cellulose INS: 460ii
Function: Anticaking Agent, Bulking Agent,Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener

01.1.1.2 01.2.1.2 01.2.2 01.4.1 01.4.2 04.1.1.2 04.2.1.2 04.2.2.1 08.1.1 08.1.2 09.1 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4 09.2.5 Buttermilk (plain) Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Renneted milk Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Surface-treated fresh fruit Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Frozen vegetables Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit juice Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit nectar
Max Level
GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP
Comments
Note 16 Note 16
11.2 12.2 13.1 13.2 14.1.2.1 14.1.2.3 14.1.3.1 14.1.3.3
Note 51
147
POWDERED CELLULOSE Function: Anticaking Agent, Bulking Agent,Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener

14.1.5 14.2.3 14.2.3.4 Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Wines Aromatized wine
Max Level
GMP GMP GMP
Comments
PROCESSED EUCHEUMA SEAWEED

Processed Eucheuma Seaweed Function: Stabilizer, Thickener INS: 407a

01.2 01.2.1 01.4.1 01.4.2 02.1 02.2.1.1 04.1.1.2 04.2.1.2 06.4.2 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4.1 12.2 13.1 14.2.3 Fermented and renneted milk products (plain), excluding food category 01.1.2 (dairy-based drinks) Fermented milks (plain) Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Surface-treated fresh fruit Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked fish and fish products Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Wines
Max Level
5000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg GMP 5000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP
Comments
Note 52
8330 mg/kg Notes 37 & 54 5000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg GMP 5000 mg/kg GMP Note 51 1000 mg/kg GMP
PROPYLENE GLYCOL
Propylene Glycol INS: 1520
Function: Anticaking Agent, Adjuvant, Antifoaming Agent, Carrier Solvent, Emulsifier, Flour Treatment Agent, Humectant, Stabilizer, Thickener

01.6.1 01.7 03.0 04.1.2.2 04.1.2.7 04.1.2.8 04.1.2.11 04.2.1 04.2.2 05.0 06.4.2 Unripened cheese Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Dried fruit Candied fruit Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk Fruit fillings for pastries Fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Processed vegetables, seaweeds, and nuts and seeds Confectionery Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products
Max Level
6000 mg/kg 25000 mg/kg 25000 50000 50000 200000 200000 50000 50000 240000 20000 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
Comments
mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg Note 79 mg/kg mg/kg
148
PROPYLENE GLYCOL Function: Anticaking Agent, Adjuvant, Antifoaming Agent, Carrier Solvent, Emulsifier, Flour Treatment Agent, Humectant, Stabilizer, Thickener

06.6 07.1 07.2.1 07.2.2 07.2.3 09.2.5 Batters (e.g., for breading ro batters for fish or poultry) Bread and ordinary bakery wares Cakes, cookies and pies (e.g., fruit-filled or custard types) Other fine bakery products (e.g., doughnuts, sweet rolls, scones, and muffins) Mixes for fine bakery wares (e.g., cakes, pancakes) Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Table-top sweeteners, including those containing highintensity sweeteners Salt Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Mustards Ready-to-eat soups and broths, including canned, bottled, and frozen Emulsified sauces (e.g., mayonnaise, salad dressing) Non-emulsified sauces (e.g., ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy) Carbonated drinks Non-carbonated, including punches and ades Concentrates (liquid or solid) for drinks Alcoholic beverages, including alcohol-free and lowalcoholic counterparts Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes) Processed nuts, including covered nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g., dried fruit)
Max Level
Comments
500 mg/kg Note 72 10000 mg/kg 50000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg 20000 mg/kg Note 22
11.4 12.1 12.2 12.4 12.5.1 12.6.1 12.6.2 14.1.4.1 14.1.4.2 14.1.4.3 14.2 15.1 15.2
GMP 350 mg/kg 970000 mg/kg 15000 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 800 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 3000 mg/kg 3000 mg/kg 200000 mg/kg 50000 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 50000 mg/kg
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE

Propylene Glycol Alginate INS: 405
Function: Adjuvant, Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener

01.1.1.2 01.1.2 Buttermilk (plain) Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, wheybased drinks) Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Beverage whiteners Clotted cream Cream analogues Unripened cheese Total ripened cheese, includes rind Rind of ripened cheese Cheese powder (for reconstitution; e.g., for cheese sauces) Whey cheese Processed cheese Cheese analogues Whey protein cheese Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Fats and oils essentially free from water
Max Level
3000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg
Comments
01.2.1.2 01.3.2 01.4.3 01.4.4 01.6.1 01.6.2.1 01.6.2.2 01.6.2.3 01.6.3 01.6.4 01.6.5 01.6.6 01.7 02.1
5000 mg/kg 5000 5000 2500 9000 9000 9000 16000 9000 9000 9000 9000 10000 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
11000 mg/kg
149
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE Function: Adjuvant, Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener
DRAFT GSFA - TABLE ONE

02.2.1 02.2.2 02.3 02.4 03.0 04.1.2.1 04.1.2.5 04.1.2.6 04.1.2.8 04.1.2.9 04.1.2.11 04.2.2.3 04.2.2.4 04.2.2.6 Emulsions containing at least 80% fat Emulsions containing less than 80% fat (e.g., minarine) Fat emulsions other than food category 02.2, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Frozen fruit Jams, jellies and marmelades Fruit-based spreads (e.g., chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts Fruit fillings for pastries Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables Vegetable, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g., vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables, soybean curd) other than food category 04.2.2.5 Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Chewing gum Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) Bakery wares Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings) Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Soups and broths Emulsified sauces (e.g., mayonnaise, salad dressing) Non-emulsified sauces (e.g., ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy) Mixes for sauces and gravies Clear sauces (e.g., soy sauce, fish sauce) Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes, including those for infants and young children Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction Food supplements Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Beer and malt beverages Spirituous beverages
Max Level
3000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg 3000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg 7500 10000 20000 5000 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
Comments
7500 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg 7500 mg/kg 6000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg Note 39 5000 mg/kg
05.1 05.2 05.3 05.3 05.4 06.4.2 06.5 07.0 08.3 08.4 09.4
5000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg 50000 mg/kg 7500 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg 5000 5000 20000 20000 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg Note 40
10.4 11.2 12.2 12.5 12.6.1 12.6.2 12.6.3 12.6.4 13.3 13.4 13.6 14.1.4 14.2.1 14.2.6
10000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 6000 mg/kg GMP 10000 mg/kg 8000 mg/kg 8000 mg/kg 8000 mg/kg 1200 mg/kg 1200 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg 2500 mg/kg 3000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg
150
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE Function: Adjuvant, Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener

15.1 Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes)
Max Level
3000 mg/kg
Comments
PROPYLENE GLYCOL ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS

Propylene Glycol Esters of Fatty Acids Function: Emulsifier, Stabilizer INS: 477

01.1.2 Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, wheybased drinks) Beverage whiteners Cream analogues Milk and cream powder analogues Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Fats and oils essentially free from water Margarine and similar products (e.g., butter-margarine blends) Emulsions containing less than 80% fat (e.g., minarine) Fat emulsions other than food category 02.2, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts Fruit fillings for pastries Vegetable, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g., vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables, soybean curd) other than food category 04.2.2.5 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) Bakery wares Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes, including those for infants and young children Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Beer and malt beverages
Max Level
5000 mg/kg
Comments
01.3.2 01.4.4 01.5.2 01.7 02.1 02.2.1.2 02.2.2 02.3 02.4 02.4 03.0 04.1.2.8 04.1.2.9 04.1.2.11 04.2.2.6
1000 5000 100000 5000
mg/kg mg/kg Note 86 mg/kg mg/kg
10000 mg/kg 20000 mg/kg 20000 mg/kg 30000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg 40000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 40000 mg/kg 40000 mg/kg 40000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg
05.2 05.3 05.4 06.5 07.0 10.4 11.2 13.3 13.4 14.1.4 14.2.1
5000 mg/kg 20000 mg/kg 40000 mg/kg 40000 mg/kg 15000 40000 5000 5000 mg/kg Notes 11 & 72 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg Note 83
5000 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 100000 mg/kg Note 91
151
PROTEASE (A. ORYZAE VAR.)
PROTEASE (A. ORYZAE VAR.)

Protease (Asperigillus oryzae var.) INS: 1101i
Function: Enzyme, Flavour Enhancer, Flour Treatment Agent, Glazing Agent

06.1 06.2 08.1 14.1.2.1 14.1.5 14.2.3 Whole, broken, or flaked grain, including rice Flours and starches Fresh meat, poultry, and game Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Wines
Max Level
Comments
QUINOLINE YELLOW
Quinoline Yellow Function: Colour INS: 104

01.1.2 Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, wheybased drinks) Fermented milks (plain), not heat-treated after fermentation Unripened cheese Rind of ripened cheese Whey cheese Processed cheese Cheese analogues Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Surface-treated fresh fruit Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit Jams, jellies and marmelades Fruit-based spreads (e.g., chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 Candied fruit Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables Vegetable, and nut and seed purees and spreads (e.g., peanut butter) Vegetable, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g., vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables, soybean curd) other than food category 04.2.2.5 Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4
Max Level
150 mg/kg
Comments
01.2.1.1 01.6.1 01.6.2.2 01.6.3 01.6.4 01.6.5 01.7 02.4 03.0 04.1.1.2 04.1.2.4 04.1.2.5 04.1.2.6 04.1.2.7 04.1.2.8 04.1.2.9 04.2.1.2 04.2.2.3 04.2.2.4 04.2.2.5 04.2.2.6
18 mg/kg GMP Note 3 GMP GMP Note 3 200 mg/kg GMP Note 3 150 mg/kg 150 mg/kg 150 500 200 500 500 mg/kg mg/kg Note 16 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
200 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 150 mg/kg 500 mg/kg Note 16 500 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 100 mg/kg 200 mg/kg
05.1 05.2
300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg
152
QUINOLINE YELLOW Function: Colour

05.3 05.4 06.3 06.5 07.2 08.0 09.1.1 09.1.2 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4.1 09.2.4.2 09.2.4.3 09.2.5 Chewing gum Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) Fine bakery wares Meat and meat products, including poultry and game Fresh fish Fresh mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked fish and fish products Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, marinated and/or in jelly Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, pickled and/or in brine Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms (e.g., fish paste), excluding products of food categories 09.3.1 - 09.3.3 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fresh eggs Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Mustards Soups and broths Sauces and like products Protein products Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes, including those for infants and young children Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction Dietetic foods (e.g., supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 Food supplements Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Cider and perry Aromatized wine Fruit wine Spirituous beverages
Max Level
300 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 150 mg/kg 200 500 300 500 500 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
Comments
09.3.1 09.3.2 09.3.3 09.3.4
09.4
500 mg/kg
10.1 10.4 12.2 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.9 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 14.1.4 14.2.2 14.2.3.4 14.2.4 14.2.6
GMP Notes 3 & 4 150 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 300 300 500 100 50 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
153
QUINOLINE YELLOW Function: Colour

15.1 15.2 16.0 Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes) Processed nuts, including covered nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g., dried fruit) Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01 - 15
Max Level
Comments
RED 2G
Red 2G Function: Colour INS: 128

01.2.1.2 01.7 08.1.2 10.1 14.2.6 Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Fresh eggs Spirituous beverages
Max Level
Comments
30 mg/kg Note 12 30 mg/kg Note 12 25 mg/kg GMP Notes 3 & 4 GMP
RIBOFLAVINES
Riboflavin 5'-Phosphate, Sodium Function: Colour INS: 101i Riboflavin 5'-Phosphate INS: 101ii

01.1.2 Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, wheybased drinks) Renneted milk Beverage whiteners Cream (plain) and the like Milk and cream powder analogues Cheese Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Fats and oils, and fat emulsions (type water-in-oil) Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Surface-treated fresh fruit Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit Jams, jellies and marmelades Fruit-based spreads (e.g., chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 Candied fruit Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts Fruit fillings for pastries Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Dried vegetables, seaweeds, and nuts and seeds
Max Level
GMP
Comments
01.2.2 01.3.2 01.4 01.5.2 01.6 01.7 02.0 03.0 04.1.1.2 04.1.2.3 04.1.2.4 04.1.2.5 04.1.2.6 04.1.2.7 04.1.2.8 04.1.2.9 04.1.2.11 04.2.1.2 04.2.2.2
GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP 500 mg/kg GMP Note 16 GMP GMP 200 mg/kg 500 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP Note 16 10 mg/kg
154
RIBOFLAVINES Function: Colour

04.2.2.3 04.2.2.4 04.2.2.6 Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables Vegetable, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g., vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables, soybean curd) other than food category 04.2.2.5 Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Chewing gum Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) Batters (e.g., for breading ro batters for fish or poultry) Bakery wares Meat and meat products, including poultry and game Fresh fish Fresh mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked fish and fish products Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, marinated and/or in jelly Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, pickled and/or in brine Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms (e.g., fish paste), excluding products of food categories 09.3.1 - 09.3.3 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fresh eggs Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) White and semi-white sugar (sucrose or saccharose), fructose, glucose (dextrose), xylose; sugar solutions and syrups, also (partially) inverted sugars, incl. molasses, treacle, and sugar toppings Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Mustards Ready-to-eat soups and broths, including canned, bottled, and frozen
Max Level
500 mg/kg GMP GMP
Comments
05.1 05.2 05.3 05.3 05.4 06.3 06.4.2 06.5 06.6 07.0 08.0 09.1.1 09.1.2 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4.1 09.2.4.2 09.2.4.3 09.2.5
GMP GMP 300 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP 1000 mg/kg GMP Note 50 GMP Note 16 GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP Note 95 Note 16 Note 16
Note 16 Note 22
09.3.1 09.3.2 09.3.3 09.3.4
GMP GMP GMP GMP
Note 16 Note 16
09.4
500 mg/kg
10.1 10.4 11.1
GMP GMP GMP
Notes 3 & 4
11.2 12.2 12.4 12.5.1
GMP GMP GMP 200 mg/kg
155
RIBOFLAVINES Function: Colour

12.5.2 12.6 12.7 Mixes for soups and broths Sauces and like products Salads (e.g., macaroni salad, potato salad) and sandwich spreads excluding cocoa- and nut-based spreads of food categories 04.2.2.5 and 05.1.2 Protein products Foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional uses Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit juice Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar Canned or bottled (pasteurized) vegetable nectar Concentrate (liquid or solid) for vegetable nectar Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Beer and malt beverages Cider and perry Still wine Sparkling and semi-sparkling wines Fortified wine and liquor wine Aromatized wine Fruit wine Spirituous beverages Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes) Processed nuts, including covered nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g., dried fruit) Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01 - 15
Max Level
30 mg/kg GMP GMP
Comments
12.9 13.0 14.1.2.1 14.1.2.3 14.1.3.1 14.1.3.2 14.1.3.4 14.1.4 14.2.1 14.2.2 14.2.3.1 14.2.3.2 14.2.3.3 14.2.3.4 14.2.4 14.2.6 15.1 15.2 16.0
GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP 50 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP 100 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP
SACCHARIN
Saccharin INS: 954 Saccharin (and Sodium, Potassium, Calcium Salts) INS: 954
Function: Flavour Enhancer, Sweetener

01.1.2 Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, wheybased drinks) Fermented milks (plain) Renneted milk Unripened cheese Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit Jams, jellies and marmelades Fruit-based spreads (e.g., chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 Candied fruit Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk
Max Level
400 mg/kg
Comments
01.2.1 01.2.2 01.6.1 01.7 02.4 03.0 04.1.2.3 04.1.2.4 04.1.2.5 04.1.2.6 04.1.2.7 04.1.2.8
200 mg/kg GMP 100 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 100 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 160 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 200 mg/kg
156
SACCHARIN Function: Flavour Enhancer, Sweetener

04.1.2.9 04.2.2.1 04.2.2.2 04.2.2.3 04.2.2.4 04.2.2.5 04.2.2.6 Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts Frozen vegetables Dried vegetables, seaweeds, and nuts and seeds Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables Vegetable, and nut and seed purees and spreads (e.g., peanut butter) Vegetable, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g., vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables, soybean curd) other than food category 04.2.2.5 Fermented vegetable products Cooked or fried vegetables and seaweeds Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) Other ordinary bakery products (e.g., bagels, pita, English muffins) Fine bakery wares Cured (including salted) non-heat treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts Heat-treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts Heat-treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Cooked fish and fish products Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, marinated and/or in jelly Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, pickled and/or in brine Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms (e.g., fish paste), excluding products of food categories 09.3.1 - 09.3.3 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Table-top sweeteners, including those containing highintensity sweeteners Vinegars Mustards Soups and broths Emulsified sauces (e.g., mayonnaise, salad dressing) Non-emulsified sauces (e.g., ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy) Mixes for sauces and gravies
Max Level
100 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 2000 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 500 mg/kg
Comments
04.2.2.7 04.2.2.8 05.1 05.2 05.3 05.4 06.3 06.5 07.1.3 07.2 08.2.1.1 08.2.2 08.3.2 09.2.4.1 09.2.5
500 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 3000 mg/kg 3000 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 100 mg/kg 100 mg/kg 15 mg/kg 2000 mg/kg 2000 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 1200 mg/kg
09.3.1 09.3.2 09.3.3 09.3.4
09.4
200 mg/kg
10.4 11.2 11.4 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6.1 12.6.2 12.6.3
100 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 4545 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 320 mg/kg 110 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 160 mg/kg 300 mg/kg
157
SACCHARIN Function: Flavour Enhancer, Sweetener

12.6.4 12.7 Clear sauces (e.g., soy sauce, fish sauce) Salads (e.g., macaroni salad, potato salad) and sandwich spreads excluding cocoa- and nut-based spreads of food categories 04.2.2.5 and 05.1.2 Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes, including those for infants and young children Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction Dietetic foods (e.g., supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 Food supplements Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit juice Concentrate (liquid or solid) for vegetable juice Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit nectar Concentrate (liquid or solid) for vegetable nectar Carbonated drinks Non-carbonated, including punches and ades Concentrates (liquid or solid) for drinks Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Beer and malt beverages Cider and perry Wines Spirituous beverages containing less than 15% alcohol Ready-to-eat savouries Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01 - 15
Max Level
500 mg/kg 200 mg/kg
Comments
13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 14.1.2.3 14.1.2.4 14.1.3.1 14.1.3.3 14.1.3.4 14.1.4.1 14.1.4.2 14.1.4.3 14.1.5 14.2.1 14.2.2 14.2.3 14.2.6.2 15.0 16.0
300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 1200 300 300 80 300 300 500 500 2000 200 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
80 mg/kg 80 mg/kg 80 80 100 200 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
SALTS OF MYRISTIC, PALMITIC & STEARIC ACIDS (NH4, Ca, K, Na)

SALTS OF MYRISTIC, PALMITIC & STEARIC ACIDS (NH4, Ca, K, Na) INS: 470
Function: Anticaking Agent, Emulsifier, Stabilizer

01.1.1.2 01.2.1.2 01.2.2 02.2.1.1 04.1.1.2 04.2.1.2 04.2.2.1 06.4.2 08.1.1 08.1.2 09.1 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 Buttermilk (plain) Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Renneted milk Butter and concentrated butter Surface-treated fresh fruit Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Frozen vegetables Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms
Max Level
GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP
Comments
Note 52 Notes 16 & 71 Notes 16 & 71 Note 54 Notes 16 & 71 Note 71 Notes 16 & 71 Note 71 Notes 16 & 71 Notes 16 & 71
158
OF MYRISTIC, PALMITIC & STEARIC ACIDS (NH4, Ca, K, Na) Function: Anticaking Agent, Emulsifier, Stabilizer

09.2.4 09.2.5 Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Liquid egg products Frozen egg products Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Salt Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Yeast and like products Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Aromatized wine
Max Level
GMP GMP
Comments
10.2.1 10.2.2 11.2 12.1 12.2 12.8 14.1.5 14.2.3.4
Note 71 Note 51
Note 71
SALTS OF OLEIC ACID (Ca, K, Na)

SALTS OF OLEIC ACID (Ca, K, Na) INS: 470
Function: Anticaking Agent, Emulsifier, Stabilizer

01.1.1.2 01.2.1.2 01.2.2 04.1.1.2 04.2.1.2 08.1.1 08.1.2 09.1 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4 09.2.5 Buttermilk (plain) Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Renneted milk Surface-treated fresh fruit Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Aromatized wine
Max Level
Comments
Note 16 Note 16
11.2 12.2 14.1.5 14.2.3.4
GMP GMP GMP GMP
Note 51
SHELLAC
Shellac INS: 904
Function: Bulking Agent, Glazing Agent, Release Agent
Max Level
Comments
159
SHELLAC Function: Bulking Agent, Glazing Agent, Release Agent

04.1.1.2 04.2.1.2 05.1 05.1 05.2 05.2 05.3 05.4 05.4 07.2 13.6 14.1.5 15.0 Surface-treated fresh fruit Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Fine bakery wares Food supplements Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Ready-to-eat savouries
Max Level
Comments
GMP GMP Note 79 4000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg 4000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg 20000 mg/kg 4000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP Note 3 Note 3 Note 108 Note 3
SILICON DIOXIDE (AMORPHOUS)

Silicon Dioxide (Amorphous) Function: Anticaking Agent, Filler INS: 551

11.2 12.1 12.2 13.1 13.2 14.2.3 Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Salt Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Wines
Max Level
Comments
15000 mg/kg Note 56 20000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg Note 51 10000 mg/kg Note 65 10000 mg/kg Note 65 17 mg/kg
SODIUM ACETATE
Sodium Acetate INS: 262i
Function: Acidity Regulator, Preservative, Sequestrant

02.1 02.2.1.1 04.2.1 06.1 06.2 06.4.2 08.1.1 10.2.1 10.2.2 13.2 Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Whole, broken, or flaked grain, including rice Flours and starches Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Liquid egg products Frozen egg products Weaning foods for infants and growing children
Max Level
Comments
5000 mg/kg GMP Note 52 GMP 6000 mg/kg 6000 mg/kg 6000 mg/kg Note 54 GMP GMP GMP GMP
160
SODIUM ALGINATE
SODIUM ALGINATE
Sodium Alginate INS: 401

01.1.1.2 01.2.1.2 01.4.1 01.4.2 02.1 02.2.1.1 04.1.1.2 04.2.1.2 06.4.2 08.1.1 08.1.2 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.2 11.2 13.1 13.2 14.1.2.1 Buttermilk (plain) Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Surface-treated fresh fruit Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice
Max Level
6000 5000 100 5000 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg GMP GMP GMP
Comments
Note 52
GMP GMP Note 54 15000 mg/kg 8000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg GMP 5000 mg/kg 10000 300 5000 20000 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
SODIUM ALUMINIUM PHOSPHATES

Sodium Aluminium Phosphate-Acidic INS: 541i Sodium Aluminium Phosphate-Basic INS: 541ii
Function: Acidity Regulator, Emulsifier, Raising Agent, Stabilizer, Thickener

01.6.4 01.7 02.4 04.1.2.9 05.1.1 05.2 06.2 06.5 06.6 07.1 07.2.1 07.2.2 07.2.3 09.2.2 10.4 Processed cheese Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts Cocoa mixes (powders and syrups) Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Flours and starches Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) Batters (e.g., for breading ro batters for fish or poultry) Bread and ordinary bakery wares Cakes, cookies and pies (e.g., fruit-filled or custard types) Other fine bakery products (e.g., doughnuts, sweet rolls, scones, and muffins) Mixes for fine bakery wares (e.g., cakes, pancakes) Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard)
Max Level
Comments
35000 mg/kg Note 29 2000 mg/kg Note 6 2000 mg/kg Note 6 2000 mg/kg Note 6 2000 mg/kg Notes 6 & 72 GMP Note 6 45000 mg/kg Note 29 2000 mg/kg Note 6 1600 mg/kg Note 6 2000 mg/kg Note 6 2000 mg/kg Note 6 2000 mg/kg Note 6 15300 mg/kg Note 29 190 mg/kg Notes 6 & 41 2000 mg/kg Note 6
161
SODIUM ALUMINIUM PHOSPHATES Function: Acidity Regulator, Emulsifier, Raising Agent, Stabilizer, Thickener

12.5.1 12.6 14.1.4 16.0 Ready-to-eat soups and broths, including canned, bottled, and frozen Sauces and like products Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01 - 15
Max Level
Comments
SODIUM ALUMINOSILICATE
Sodium Aluminosilicate Function: Anticaking Agent INS: 554

06.1 11.2 12.1 12.2 14.2.3 Whole, broken, or flaked grain, including rice Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Salt Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Wines
Max Level
Comments
GMP 15000 mg/kg Note 56 20000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg Note 51 GMP
SODIUM ASCORBATE
Sodium Ascorbate Function: Antioxidant, Colour Retention Agent INS: 301

02.1 02.2.1.1 04.1.1 04.2.1.3 04.2.2.1 06.2 08.1.1 08.1.2 09.1 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.4 12.8 13.1 13.2 14.1.2.1 14.1.2.3 14.1.3.1 14.1.3.3 14.2.3 Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Fresh fruit Peeled, cut or shredded vegetables, and nuts and seeds Frozen vegetables Flours and starches Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Yeast and like products Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit juice Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit nectar Wines
Max Level
Comments
200 mg/kg GMP Note 52 GMP GMP GMP 300 mg/kg 500 mg/kg GMP 200 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg Note 70 GMP 200 mg/kg 200 50 3000 200 300 200 300 200 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
162
SODIUM CARBONATE
SODIUM CARBONATE
Sodium Carbonate INS: 500i
Function: Anticaking Agent, Acidity Regulator, Raising Agent, Stabilizer

01.4.1 01.4.2 02.1 02.1.3 02.2.1.1 06.4.2 08.1.1 09.2.2 13.1 13.2 14.1.5 Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Fats and oils essentially free from water Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats Butter and concentrated butter Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa
Max Level
2000 mg/kg 2000 mg/kg
Comments
GMP GMP 2000 mg/kg Note 52 2600 mg/kg Note 54 GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP Note 41
SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYL CELLULOSE

Sodium Carboxymethyl Cellulose INS: 466
Function: Bulking Agent, Emulsifier ,Stabilizer, Thickener

01.1.1.2 01.2.1.2 01.2.2 01.4.1 01.4.2 02.2.1.1 04.1.1.2 04.2.1.2 06.4.2 08.1.1 08.1.2 09.1 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4 09.2.5 Buttermilk (plain) Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Renneted milk Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Butter and concentrated butter Surface-treated fresh fruit Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar
Max Level
2000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg GMP 5000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 2000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP 15000 mg/kg GMP GMP
Comments
Note 16
5000 mg/kg Note 61 GMP GMP GMP GMP Note 41 Note 16
11.2 12.2 14.1.2.1 14.1.3.1
5000 mg/kg GMP Note 51 5000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg
163
SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYL CELLULOSE Function: Bulking Agent, Emulsifier ,Stabilizer, Thickener

Max Level
GMP 5000 mg/kg
Comments
SODIUM DIACETATE
Sodium Diacetate INS: 262ii
Function: Acidity Regulator, Preservative, Sequestrant

02.0 02.1 04.1.2.3 04.1.2.4 04.2.2.3 04.2.2.4 05.2 05.2 06.4.2 07.0 08.2 08.3 09.2.4.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 12.5 12.6 12.7 Fats and oils, and fat emulsions (type water-in-oil) Fats and oils essentially free from water Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Bakery wares Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Cooked fish and fish products Egg products Preserved eggs, including alkaline, salted, and canned eggs Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) Soups and broths Sauces and like products Salads (e.g., macaroni salad, potato salad) and sandwich spreads excluding cocoa- and nut-based spreads of food categories 04.2.2.5 and 05.1.2 Weaning foods for infants and growing children Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes) Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01 - 15
Max Level
GMP 1000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP 1000 mg/kg 3000 mg/kg 3000 mg/kg 4000 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg 1000 3000 1000 1000 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
Comments
13.2 14.1.4 15.1 16.0
SODIUM DIHYDROGEN CITRATE

Sodium Dihydrogen Citrate INS: 331i

Max Level
GMP GMP GMP
Comments
164
SODIUM DIHYDROGEN CITRATE Function: Acidity Regulator, Antioxidant, Emulsifier, Sequestrant, Stabilizer

01.4.1 01.4.2 02.1 02.2.1.1 04.1.1.2 04.2.1 04.2.2.1 08.1.1 08.1.2 09.1 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4 09.2.5 Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Surface-treated fresh fruit Fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Frozen vegetables Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Liquid egg products Frozen egg products Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Aromatized wine
Max Level
2000 mg/kg 2000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP
Comments
Note 52 Note 16
Note 16
Note 16 Note 16
10.2.1 10.2.2 11.2 12.2 13.1 13.2 14.1.5 14.2.3.4
Note 51
SODIUM ERYTHORBATE
Sodium Isoascorbate Function: Antioxidant, Colour Retention Agent INS: 316

02.1 02.2.1.1 04.1.1.3 04.2.1.3 04.2.2.1 09.1 09.2.1 14.1.2.1 14.1.3.1 14.1.5 14.2.3 Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Peeled or cut fresh fruit Peeled, cut or shredded vegetables, and nuts and seeds Frozen vegetables Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Wines
Max Level
100 mg/kg
Comments
100 mg/kg Note 52 GMP GMP GMP GMP 1500 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP
165
SODIUM HYDROGEN CARBONATE
SODIUM HYDROGEN CARBONATE

Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate INS: 500ii
Function: Acidity Regulator, Anticaking Agent, Raising Agent, Stabilizer

01.4.1 01.4.2 02.1 02.1.3 02.2.1.1 06.2 08.1.1 09.2.2 13.1 13.2 14.1.5 Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Fats and oils essentially free from water Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats Butter and concentrated butter Flours and starches Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa
Max Level
2000 mg/kg 2000 mg/kg
Comments
GMP 1000 mg/kg 2000 mg/kg Notes 34 & 52 45000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP Note 41
SODIUM HYDROXIDE
Sodium Hydroxide Function: Acidity Regulator INS: 524

02.1.3 02.2.1.1 06.2 08.1.1 13.1 13.2 Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats Butter and concentrated butter Flours and starches Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children
Max Level
Comments
GMP 2000 mg/kg Notes 34 & 52 GMP GMP GMP GMP
SODIUM LACTATE
Sodium Lactate INS: 325
Function: Acidity Regulator, Antioxidant, Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Humectant, Stabilizer, Thickener

01.1.1.2 01.2.1.2 01.4.1 01.4.2 02.1 02.2.1.1 04.2.1 08.1 10.2.1 10.2.2 13.2 Buttermilk (plain) Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Fresh meat, poultry, and game Liquid egg products Frozen egg products Weaning foods for infants and growing children
Max Level
GMP GMP GMP GMP
Comments
GMP GMP Note 52 GMP 20000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP
166
SODIUM SESQUICARBONATE
SODIUM SESQUICARBONATE
Sodium Sesquicarbonate INS: 500iii Max Level GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP Comments Function: Acidity Regulator, Anticaking Agent, Raising Agent Food Cat. No. Food Category 01.4.1 Pasteurized cream 01.4.2 Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams 02.1 Fats and oils essentially free from water 02.2.1.1 Butter and concentrated butter 08.1.1 09.2.2 Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms
Note 52 Note 41
SORBATES
SorbicAcid INS: 200 Potassium Sorbate INS: 202 Function: Antioxidant, Preservative, Stabilizer Food Cat. No. 01.1.1 01.1.2 Food Category Milk and buttermilk Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, whey based drinks) Fermented milks (plain) Renneted milk Beverage whiteners Cheese Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Butter oil, anhydrous milkfat, ghee Emulsions containing at least 80% fat Emulsions containing less than 80% fat (e.g., minarine) Fat emulsions other than food category 02.2, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert of food category 01.7 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Fresh fruit Frozen fruit Dried fruit Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit Jams, jellies and mannelades Fruit-based spreads (e.g., chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 Candied fruit Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured waterb d desserts Fermented fruit products Fruit fillings for pastries Cooked or fried fruit Sodium Sorbate Calcium Sorbate Max Level 1000 mg/kg 300 mg/kg Comments Note 42 Note 42 INS: 201 INS: 203
01.2.1 01.2.2 01.3.2 01.6 01.7 02.1.1 02.2.1 02.2.2 02.3 02.4 03.0 04.1.1 04.1.2.1 04.1.2.2 04.1.2.3 04.1.2.4 04.1.2.5 04.1.2.6 04.1.2.7 04.1.2.8 04.1.2.9 04.1.2.10 04.1.2.11 04.1.2.12
300 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 3000 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg 2000 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg 2000 mg/kg 2000 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg
Note 42 Note 42 Note 42 Note 42 Note 42 Note 42 Note 42 Note 42 Note 42 Note 42 Note 42 Note 42 Note 42 Note 42 Note 42 Note 42
1500 mg/kg Note 42 1000 mg/kg Note 42 1000 mg/kg 1500 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg 1200 mg/kg Note 42 Note 42 Note 42 Note 42 Note 42 Note 42
167
SORBATES Function: Antioxidant, Preservative, Stabilizer

04.2.2.3 04.2.2.4 04.2.2.5 04.2.2.6 Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables Vegetable, and nut and seed purees and spreads (e.g., peanut butter) Vegetable, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g., vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables, soybean curd) other than food category 04.2.2.5 Fermented vegetable products Cooked or fried vegetables and seaweeds Cocoa mixes (powders and syrups) Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings Cocoa and chocolate products (e.g., milk chocolate bar, chocolate flakes, white chocolate) other than food categories 05.1.1, 05.1.2 and 05.1.4 Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitue products Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Flours and starches Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) Batters (e.g., for breading ro batters for fish or poultry) Bakery wares Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings) Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked fish and fish products Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Liquid egg products Frozen egg products Dried and/or heat coagulated egg products Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) White and semi-white sugar (sucrose or saccharose), fructose, glucose (dextrose), xylose; sugar solutions and syrups, also (partially) inverted sugars, incl. molasses, treacle, and sugar toppings Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Table-top sweeteners, including those containing highintensity sweeteners Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Vinegars
Max Level
Comments
04.2.2.7 04.2.2.8 05.1.1 05.1.2 05.1.3
1000 2000 1500 1500 1000
05.1.4 05.2 05.3 05.4 06.2 06.4.2 06.5 06.6 07.0 08.2 08.3 08.4 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4.1 09.2.4.2 09.2.5
1500 mg/kg Note 42 2000 mg/kg Note 42 1500 mg/kg Note 42 1500 mg/kg Note 42 1000 mg/kg Note 42 2000 mg/kg Note 42 1000 mg/kg Note 42 2000 mg/kg Note 42 2000 mg/kg Note 42 2000 mg/kg Note 42 2000 mg/kg Note 42 GMP Note 42 2000 mg/kg Note 42 2000 mg/kg Note 42 2000 mg/kg Note 42 2000 mg/kg Note 42 2000 mg/kg Notes 42 & 82 2000 mg/kg Note 42
09.3 10.2.1 10.2.2 10.2.3 10.4 11.1
2000 mg/kg Note 42 5000 1000 1000 1000 1000 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg Note 42 Note 42 Note 42 Note 42 Note 42
11.2 11.4 12.2 12.3
168
SORBATES Function: Antioxidant, Preservative, Stabilizer

12.4 12.5 12.6 12.6.1 12.7 Mustards Soups and broths Sauces and like products Emulsified sauces (e.g., mayonnaise, salad dressing) Salads (e.g., macaroni salad, potato salad) and sandwich spreads excluding cocoa- and nut-based spreads of food categories 04.2.2.5 and 05.1.2 Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes, including those for infants and young children Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction Dietetic foods (e.g., supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 Food supplements Table waters and soda waters Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice Canned or bottled (pasteurized) vegetable juice Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit juice Concentrate (liquid or solid) for vegetable juice Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar Canned or bottled (pasteurized) vegetable nectar Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit nectar Concentrate (liquid or solid) for vegetable nectar Carbonated drinks Non-carbonated, including punches and ades Concentrates (liquid or solid) for drinks Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Beer and malt beverages Cider and perry Wines Fruit wine Mead Spirituous beverages Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes) Processed nuts, including covered nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g., dried fruit) Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01 - 15
Max Level
Comments
1500 mg/kg Note 42
13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 14.1.1.2 14.1.2.1 14.1.2.2 14.1.2.3 14.1.2.4 14.1.3.1 14.1.3.2 14.1.3.3 14.1.3.4 14.1.4.1 14.1.4.2 14.1.4.3 14.1.5 14.2.1 14.2.2 14.2.3 14.2.4 14.2.5 14.2.6 15.1 15.2 16.0
1500 mg/kg Note 42 1500 mg/kg Note 42 2000 mg/kg Note 42 2000 mg/kg Note 42 200 2100 1000 1000 1000 2000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1500 1000 500 1000 2000 1000 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg Note 42 Note 42 Note 42 Note 42 Note 42 Note 42 Note 42 Note 42 Note 42 Note 42 Note 42 Note 42 Note 42 Note 42 Note 42 Note 42 Note 42
SORBITAN ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS

Sorbitan Monostearate Sorbitan Monolaurate Sorbitan Monopalmitate Function: Emulsifier, Stabilizer INS: 491 INS: 493 INS: 495 Sorbitan Tristearate Sorbitan Monooleate INS: 492 INS: 494

01.1.2 Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, wheybased drinks) Beverage whiteners Cream analogues
Max Level
5000 mg/kg
Comments
01.3.2 01.4.4
5000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg
169
SORBITAN ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS Function: Emulsifier, Stabilizer

01.5.2 01.7 02.0 03.0 04.1.1.2 04.1.2.5 04.1.2.8 04.1.2.9 04.1.2.11 04.2.2.2 04.2.2.6 Milk and cream powder analogues Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Fats and oils, and fat emulsions (type water-in-oil) Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Surface-treated fresh fruit Jams, jellies and marmelades Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts Fruit fillings for pastries Dried vegetables, seaweeds, and nuts and seeds Vegetable, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g., vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables, soybean curd) other than food category 04.2.2.5 Confectionery Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) Breads and rolls Crackers, excluding sweet crackers Other ordinary bakery products (e.g., bagels, pita, English muffins) Bread-type products, including bread stuffing and bread crumbs Steamed breads and buns Fine bakery wares Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings) Egg products Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) Ready-to-eat soups and broths, including canned, bottled, and frozen Mixes for soups and broths Emulsified sauces (e.g., mayonnaise, salad dressing) Emulsified sauces (e.g., mayonnaise, salad dressing) Non-emulsified sauces (e.g., ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy) Mixes for sauces and gravies Yeast and like products Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes, including those for infants and young children Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction Dietetic foods (e.g., supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 Food supplements Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Wines
Max Level
4000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 30000 mg/kg
Comments
1200 mg/kg GMP Note 16 25 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg
05.0 06.5 07.1.1 07.1.2 07.1.3 07.1.4 07.1.5 07.2 08.4 10.2 10.4 12.5.1 12.5.2 12.6.1 12.6.1 12.6.2 12.6.3 12.8 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 14.1.4 14.1.4 14.1.5 14.1.5 14.2.3
20000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg Note 11 10000 mg/kg Note 11 5000 mg/kg Note 11 5000 10000 3500 500 5000 250 mg/kg Note 11 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
250 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg 4000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 15000 mg/kg Note 104 5000 mg/kg Note 83 5000 mg/kg GMP GMP 500 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 800 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg GMP
170
SORBITOL (INCLUDING SORBITOL SYRUP)
SORBITOL (INCLUDING SORBITOL SYRUP)

Sorbitol and Sorbitol Syrup INS: 420
Function: Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Humectant, Sequestrant, Stabilizer, Sweetener, Thickener

01.2.1.2 01.2.2 02.2.1.1 04.1.1.2 04.2.1.2 06.4.2 08.1.1 08.1.2 08.1.2 09.1 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4.1 09.2.4.2 09.2.4.3 09.2.5 Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Renneted milk Butter and concentrated butter Surface-treated fresh fruit Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked fish and fish products Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen egg products Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children
Max Level
Comments
5000 mg/kg GMP Note 16 GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP 35000 mg/kg Note 16 Note 16 Note 16
10.2.2 11.2 12.2 13.1 13.2
GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP
Note 51
STARCH ACETATE
Starch Acetate Esterified with Acetic Anhydride INS: 1420 Starch Acetate Esterified with Vinyl Acetate INS: 1421

01.2.1.2 01.4.1 01.4.2 02.1 02.2.1.1 09.2.2 13.2 Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Weaning foods for infants and growing children
Max Level
10000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP 50000 mg/kg
Comments
Note 52 Note 41
171
STARCH SODIUM OCTENYL SUCCINATE
STARCH SODIUM OCTENYL SUCCINATE

Starch Sodium Octenyl Succinate Function: Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener INS: 1450

01.4.1 01.4.2 02.1 02.2.1.1 13.2 Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Weaning foods for infants and growing children
Max Level
GMP GMP
Comments
GMP GMP Note 52 50000 mg/kg
STEAROYL-2-LACTYLATES
Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate Function: Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener INS: 481i Calcium Stearoyl Lactylate INS: 482i

01.1.2 Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, wheybased drinks) Beverage whiteners Cream analogues Milk powder and cream powder (plain) Cheese analogues Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Fats and oils essentially free from water Fat emulsions mainly of type water-in-oil Fat emulsions other than food category 02.2, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Candied fruit Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts Fruit fillings for pastries Dried vegetables, seaweeds, and nuts and seeds Vegetable, and nut and seed purees and spreads (e.g., peanut butter) Cocoa mixes (powders and syrups) Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Whole, broken, or flaked grain, including rice Flours and starches Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding)
Max Level
5000 mg/kg
Comments
01.3.2 01.4.4 01.5.1 01.6.5 01.7 02.1 02.2 02.3 02.4 03.0 04.1.2.7 04.1.2.8 04.1.2.9 04.1.2.11 04.2.2.2 04.2.2.5 05.1.1 05.1.2 05.2 05.3 05.4 06.1 06.2 06.3 06.4.2 06.5
5000 mg/kg 10000 2000 2000 10000 mg/kg Note 2 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
3000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg 20000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg Note 15 2000 mg/kg 187 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg Note 76 5000 mg/kg Note 2 2000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg Note 2 5000 mg/kg 20000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg 4000 mg/kg 5000 5000 4500 6000 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
172
STEAROYL-2-LACTYLATES Function: Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener

06.6 07.0 08.2.2 08.3.2 10.2 10.2.3 10.4 12.4 12.6 12.6.1 13.3 13.4 14.1.4 14.1.5 14.2.6 15.1 16.0 Batters (e.g., for breading ro batters for fish or poultry) Bakery wares Heat-treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts Heat-treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Egg products Dried and/or heat coagulated egg products Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) Mustards Sauces and like products Emulsified sauces (e.g., mayonnaise, salad dressing) Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes, including those for infants and young children Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Spirituous beverages Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes) Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01 - 15 Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01 - 15
Max Level
Comments
7500 mg/kg Note 2 10000 mg/kg 4000 mg/kg 4000 mg/kg 500 5000 10000 2500 2500 10000 2000 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
2000 mg/kg 2000 mg/kg 2000 mg/kg Note 2 8000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 2500 mg/kg
16.0
5000 mg/kg
STEARYL TARTRATE
Stearyl Tartrate Function: Emulsifier, Flour Treatment Agent INS: 483

01.7 02.4 04.1.2.9 04.2.2.6 Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts Vegetable, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g., vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables, soybean curd) other than food category 04.2.2.5 Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) Bakery wares Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard)
Max Level
Comments
06.5 07.0 10.4
5000 mg/kg 4000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg
SUCRALOSE
Sucralose INS: 955
173
SUCRALOSE Function: Sweetener

01.1.2 Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, wheybased drinks) Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Frozen fruit Dried fruit Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit Jams, jellies and marmelades Fruit-based spreads (e.g., chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 Candied fruit Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts Fermented fruit products Fruit fillings for pastries Cooked or fried fruit Frozen vegetables Dried vegetables, seaweeds, and nuts and seeds Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables Vegetable, and nut and seed purees and spreads (e.g., peanut butter) Vegetable, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g., vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables, soybean curd) other than food category 04.2.2.5 Fermented vegetable products Cooked or fried vegetables and seaweeds Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Whole, broken, or flaked grain, including rice Flours and starches Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) Batters (e.g., for breading ro batters for fish or poultry) Rice cakes (Oriental type only) Bread and ordinary bakery wares Cakes, cookies and pies (e.g., fruit-filled or custard types) Other fine bakery products (e.g., doughnuts, sweet rolls, scones, and muffins) Mixes for fine bakery wares (e.g., cakes, pancakes)
Max Level
300 mg/kg
Comments
01.2.1.2 01.7 02.4 03.0 04.1.2.1 04.1.2.2 04.1.2.3 04.1.2.4 04.1.2.5 04.1.2.6 04.1.2.7 04.1.2.8 04.1.2.9 04.1.2.10 04.1.2.11 04.1.2.12 04.2.2.1 04.2.2.2 04.2.2.3 04.2.2.4 04.2.2.5 04.2.2.6
250 mg/kg 400 mg/kg 250 mg/kg 400 150 150 150 450 450 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
04.2.2.7 04.2.2.8 05.1 05.2 05.3 05.4 06.1 06.2 06.3 06.4.2 06.5 06.6 06.7 07.1 07.2.1 07.2.2 07.2.3
150 mg/kg 150 mg/kg 1500 mg/kg 1500 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg 600 600 1000 600 1250 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
600 mg/kg 600 mg/kg 750 mg/kg 750 mg/kg 800 mg/kg 750 mg/k
174
SUCRALOSE Function: Sweetener

09.3.1 09.3.2 10.4 11.1 Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, marinated and/or in jelly Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, pickled and/or in brine Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) White and semi-white sugar (sucrose or saccharose), fructose, glucose (dextrose), xylose; sugar solutions and syrups, also (partially) inverted sugars, incl. molasses, treacle, and sugar toppings Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Table-top sweeteners, including those containing highintensity sweeteners Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Mustards Soups and broths Emulsified sauces (e.g., mayonnaise, salad dressing) Non-emulsified sauces (e.g., ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy) Mixes for sauces and gravies Clear sauces (e.g., soy sauce, fish sauce) Salads (e.g., macaroni salad, potato salad) and sandwich spreads excluding cocoa- and nut-based spreads of food categories 04.2.2.5 and 05.1.2 Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes, including those for infants and young children Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction Dietetic foods (e.g., supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice Canned or bottled (pasteurized) vegetable juice Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit juice Concentrate (liquid or solid) for vegetable juice Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit nectar Concentrate (liquid or solid) for vegetable nectar Carbonated drinks Non-carbonated, including punches and ades Concentrates (liquid or solid) for drinks Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Alcoholic beverages, including alcohol-free and lowalcoholic counterparts Ready-to-eat savouries
Max Level
Comments
11.2 11.4 12.2 12.4 12.5 12.6.1 12.6.2 12.6.3 12.6.4 12.7
1500 mg/kg GMP 700 mg/kg 400 1250 1250 1250 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
13.3 13.4 13.5 14.1.2.1 14.1.2.2 14.1.2.3 14.1.2.4 14.1.3.1 14.1.3.3 14.1.3.4 14.1.4.1 14.1.4.2 14.1.4.3 14.1.5 14.2 15.0
400 mg/kg 1250 mg/kg 800 mg/kg 250 250 1250 1250 250 1250 1250 600 600 1250 250 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
700 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg
SUCROGLYCERIDES
Sucroglycerides Function: Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener INS: 474

01.1.2 Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, wheybased drinks) Beverage whiteners
Max Level
5000 mg/kg
Comments
01.3.2
20000 mg/kg
175
SUCROGLYCERIDES Function: Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener

01.5.1 01.7 02.2 02.3 02.4 03.0 04.1.1.2 04.1.2.9 04.2.2.6 Milk powder and cream powder (plain) Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Fat emulsions mainly of type water-in-oil Fat emulsions other than food category 02.2, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Surface-treated fresh fruit Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts Vegetable, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g., vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables, soybean curd) other than food category 04.2.2.5 Cocoa mixes (powders and syrups) Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) Fine bakery wares Heat-treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts Heat-treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) Soups and broths Sauces and like products Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes, including those for infants and young children Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction Food supplements Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Cider and perry Fruit wine Mead Spirituous beverages
Max Level
10000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg GMP 5000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg
Comments
05.1.1 05.2 05.3 06.5 07.2 08.2.2 08.3.2 10.4 12.5 12.6 13.3 13.4 13.6 14.1.4 14.1.5 14.2.2 14.2.4 14.2.5 14.2.6
10000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 15000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg Note 15 5000 mg/kg Note 15 5000 2000 10000 5000 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
5000 mg/kg GMP 5000 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg 5000 5000 5000 5000 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS

Sucrose Esters of Fatty Acids INS: 473
Function: Adjuvant, Emulsifiers, Stabilizer, Thickener

01.1.2 Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, wheybased drinks) Beverage whiteners Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Cream analogues
Max Level
5000 mg/kg
Comments
01.3.2 01.4.2 01.4.4
20000 mg/kg GMP GMP
176
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS Function: Adjuvant, Emulsifiers, Stabilizer, Thickener

01.5.1 01.5.2 01.6.4 01.6.5 01.7 02.1.2 02.1.2 02.2 02.3 02.4 03.0 04.1.1.2 04.1.2.8 04.1.2.9 04.2.1.3 04.2.2.6 Milk powder and cream powder (plain) Milk and cream powder analogues Processed cheese Cheese analogues Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Vegetable oils and fats Vegetable oils and fats Fat emulsions mainly of type water-in-oil Fat emulsions other than food category 02.2, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Surface-treated fresh fruit Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts Peeled, cut or shredded vegetables, and nuts and seeds Vegetable, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g., vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables, soybean curd) other than food category 04.2.2.5 Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Cereals and cereal products, including flours and starches from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, excluding bakery wares of food category 07.0 Bread and ordinary bakery wares Fine bakery wares Heat-treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts Heat-treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings) Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) White and semi-white sugar (sucrose or saccharose), fructose, glucose (dextrose), xylose; sugar solutions and syrups, also (partially) inverted sugars, incl. molasses, treacle, and sugar toppings Soups and broths Sauces and like products
Max Level
Comments
10000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg GMP 1500 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 3000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg
05.1 05.2 05.2 05.3 05.4 06.0
10000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg 20000 mg/kg 15000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg
07.1 07.2 08.2.2 08.3.2 08.4 09.2.1 09.2.4 09.2.5
GMP 10000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg Note 15 5000 mg/kg Note 15 5000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg
09.4
GMP
10.4 11.1
5000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg
12.5 12.6
5000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg
177
SUCROSE ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS Function: Adjuvant, Emulsifiers, Stabilizer, Thickener

13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.6 14.1.4.1 14.1.4.2 14.1.4.3 14.1.5 14.2.2 14.2.4 14.2.5 14.2.6 15.1 16.0 Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes, including those for infants and young children Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction Food supplements Carbonated drinks Non-carbonated, including punches and ades Concentrates (liquid or solid) for drinks Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Cider and perry Fruit wine Mead Spirituous beverages Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes) Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01 - 15
Max Level
5000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg GMP mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
Comments
1000 5000 10000 5000
10000 mg/kg
SULPHITES
Sulphur Dioxide Sodium Hydrogen Sulphite Potassium Metabisuphite Calcium Hydrogen Sulphite Sodium Thiosulphate INS: 220 INS: 222 INS: 224 INS: 227 INS: 539 Sodium Sulphite Sodium Metabisulphite Potassium Sulphite Potassium Bisulphite INS: 221 INS: 223 INS: 225 INS: 228
Function: Acidity Regulator, Adjuvant, Antioxidant, Bleaching Agent (Not for Flour), Flour Treatment Agent, Firming Agent, Preservative, Sequestrant, Stabilizer

01.2.1.2 01.6.4.1 01.7 03.0 04.1.1.2 04.1.2.1 04.1.2.2 04.1.2.3 04.1.2.4 04.1.2.5 04.1.2.6 04.1.2.7 04.1.2.8 04.1.2.9 04.1.2.10 04.1.2.11 04.1.2.12 04.2.1.3 Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Plain processed cheese Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Surface-treated fresh fruit Frozen fruit Dried fruit Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit Jams, jellies and marmelades Fruit-based spreads (e.g., chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 Candied fruit Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts Fermented fruit products Fruit fillings for pastries Cooked or fried fruit Peeled, cut or shredded vegetables, and nuts and seeds
Max Level
Comments
50 mg/kg Notes 12 & 44 300 mg/kg Note 44 100 mg/kg Note 44 100 mg/kg Note 44 30 mg/kg Note 44 500 mg/kg Note 44 3000 350 350 3000 500 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg Note 44 Note 44 Note 44 Note 44 Note 44
350 mg/kg Note 44 3000 mg/kg Note 44 750 mg/kg Note 44 350 mg/kg Note 44 350 mg/kg Note 44 GMP Note 44 500 mg/kg Note 44
178
SULPHITES Function: Acidity Regulator, Adjuvant, Antioxidant, Bleaching Agent (Not for Flour), Flour Treatment Agent, Firming Agent, Preservative, Sequestrant, Stabilizer

04.2.2.1 04.2.2.2 04.2.2.3 04.2.2.4 04.2.2.5 04.2.2.6 Frozen vegetables Dried vegetables, seaweeds, and nuts and seeds Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables Vegetable, and nut and seed purees and spreads (e.g., peanut butter) Vegetable, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g., vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables, soybean curd) other than food category 04.2.2.5 Fermented vegetable products Cooked or fried vegetables and seaweeds Cocoa mixes (powders and syrups) Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings Cocoa and chocolate products (e.g., milk chocolate bar, chocolate flakes, white chocolate) other than food categories 05.1.1, 05.1.2 and 05.1.4 Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitue products Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Whole, broken, or flaked grain, including rice Flours and starches Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Breads and rolls Other ordinary bakery products (e.g., bagels, pita, English muffins) Bread-type products, including bread stuffing and bread crumbs Fine bakery wares Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings) Fresh mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms White and semi-white sugar (sucrose or saccharose), fructose, glucose (dextrose), xylose; sugar solutions and syrups, also (partially) inverted sugars, incl. molasses, treacle, and sugar toppings Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Salt Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Vinegars Mustards Soups and broths Sauces and like products
Max Level
Comments
750 mg/kg Note 44 2500 mg/kg Notes 44 & 105 750 mg/kg Note 44 750 mg/kg Note 44 2000 mg/kg Note 44 800 mg/kg Note 44
04.2.2.7 04.2.2.8 05.1.1 05.1.2 05.1.3
05.1.4 05.2 05.3 05.4 06.1 06.2 06.4.2 07.1.1 07.1.3 07.1.4 07.2 08.1.2 08.3 08.4 09.1.2 09.2.1 09.2.4.2 09.2.5
2000 mg/kg Note 44 2000 mg/kg Note 44 2000 mg/kg Note 44 150 mg/kg Note 44 400 900 20 100 50 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg Note 44 Note 44 Note 44 Note 29 Note 44
500 mg/kg Note 44 300 mg/kg Note 44 450 500 500 200 300 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg Note 44 Note 44 Note 44 Note 44 Note 44
09.4
300 mg/kg Note 44
11.1
500 mg/kg Note 44
11.2 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6
40 mg/kg Note 44 1000 mg/kg Note 29 500 mg/kg Note 44 200 250 1000 300 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg Note 44 Notes 44 & 106 Note 44 Note 44
179
SULPHITES Function: Acidity Regulator, Adjuvant, Antioxidant, Bleaching Agent (Not for Flour), Flour Treatment Agent, Firming Agent, Preservative, Sequestrant, Stabilizer

12.9 14.1.2.1 14.1.2.2 14.1.2.3 14.1.2.4 14.1.3 14.1.3.3 14.1.3.4 14.1.4.1 14.1.4.2 14.1.4.3 14.2 15.1 15.2 16.0 Protein products Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice Canned or bottled (pasteurized) vegetable juice Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit juice Concentrate (liquid or solid) for vegetable juice Fruit and vegetable nectars Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit nectar Concentrate (liquid or solid) for vegetable nectar Carbonated drinks Non-carbonated, including punches and ades Concentrates (liquid or solid) for drinks Alcoholic beverages, including alcohol-free and lowalcoholic counterparts Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes) Processed nuts, including covered nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g., dried fruit) Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01 - 15
Max Level
Comments
500 mg/kg Note 44 600 mg/kg Note 44 500 mg/kg Note 44 500 70 50 70 70 115 250 350 350 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg Notes 44 & 107 Note 44 Note 44 Note 44 Note 44 Note 44 Note 44 Note 44 Notes 44 & 103
SUNSET YELLOW FCF

Sunset Yellow FCF Function: Colour INS: 110

01.1.2 Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, wheybased drinks) Fermented milks (plain) Unripened cheese Rind of ripened cheese Whey cheese Processed cheese Cheese analogues Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats Butter and concentrated butter Margarine and similar products (e.g., butter-margarine blends) Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Surface-treated fresh fruit Dried fruit Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit Jams, jellies and marmelades Fruit-based spreads (e.g., chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 Candied fruit Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk
Max Level
300 mg/kg
Comments
01.2.1 01.6.1 01.6.2.2 01.6.3 01.6.4 01.6.5 01.7 02.1.3 02.2.1.1 02.2.1.2 02.4 03.0 04.1.1.2 04.1.2.2 04.1.2.4 04.1.2.5 04.1.2.6 04.1.2.7 04.1.2.8
12 mg/kg GMP 100 mg/kg GMP 200 mg/kg GMP 300 mg/kg GMP 300 mg/kg GMP 300 mg/kg 300 500 50 200 500
mg/kg mg/kg Note 16 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
180
SUNSET YELLOW FCF Function: Colour

04.1.2.9 04.1.2.11 04.2.1.2 04.2.2.2 04.2.2.3 04.2.2.4 04.2.2.5 04.2.2.6 Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts Fruit fillings for pastries Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Dried vegetables, seaweeds, and nuts and seeds Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables Vegetable, and nut and seed purees and spreads (e.g., peanut butter) Vegetable, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g., vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables, soybean curd) other than food category 04.2.2.5 Fermented vegetable products Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) Bakery wares Fresh meat, poultry, and game Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts Cured (including salted) non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Cured (including salted) and dried non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Fermented non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Heat-treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Frozen processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings) Fresh fish Fresh mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked fish and fish products Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, marinated and/or in jelly Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, pickled and/or in brine
Max Level
300 mg/kg
Comments
369 mg/kg 500 mg/kg Note 16 300 mg/kg Note 76 500 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 100 mg/kg 200 mg/kg
04.2.2.7 05.1 05.2 05.3 05.4 06.3 06.4.2 06.5 07.0 08.1 08.2 08.3.1.1 08.3.1.2 08.3.1.3 08.3.2 08.3.3 08.4 09.1.1 09.1.2 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4.1 09.2.4.2 09.2.4.3 09.2.5
200 mg/kg 400 mg/kg 400 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 350 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 500 mg/kg Note 16 500 mg/kg Note 16 500 mg/kg Note 16 135 mg/kg 500 mg/kg Note 16 500 mg/kg Note 16 500 mg/kg Note 16 500 300 500 500 mg/kg Note 16 mg/kg Note 50 mg/kg Note 16 mg/kg
09.3.1 09.3.2
181
T YELLOW FCF Function: Colour

09.3.3 09.3.4 Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms (e.g., fish paste), excluding products of food categories 09.3.1 - 09.3.3 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fresh eggs Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) White and semi-white sugar (sucrose or saccharose), fructose, glucose (dextrose), xylose; sugar solutions and syrups, also (partially) inverted sugars, incl. molasses, treacle, and sugar toppings Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Table-top sweeteners, including those containing highintensity sweeteners Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Mustards Soups and broths Sauces and like products Protein products Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes, including those for infants and young children Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction Dietetic foods (e.g., supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 Food supplements Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice Canned or bottled (pasteurized) vegetable juice Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit juice Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Cider and perry Aromatized wine Fruit wine Spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol Spirituous beverages containing less than 15% alcohol Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes) Processed nuts, including covered nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g., dried fruit) Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01 - 15
Max Level
500 mg/kg 500 mg/kg
Comments
09.4
500 mg/kg
10.1 10.4 11.1
11.2 11.4 12.2 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.9 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 14.1.2.1 14.1.2.2 14.1.2.3 14.1.4 14.2.2 14.2.3.4 14.2.4 14.2.6.1 14.2.6.2 15.1 15.2 16.0
300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 300 300 500 200 50 50 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
50 mg/kg 50 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg GMP GMP 300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 200 200 200 300 200 300 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
100 mg/kg 500 mg/kg
TALC
Talc Function: Anticaking Agent INS: 553iii

06.1 Whole, broken, or flaked grain, including rice
Max Level
GMP
Comments
182
TALC Function: Anticaking Agent

12.1 12.2 Salt Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles)
Max Level
Comments
20000 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg Note 51
TANNIC ACID (TANNINS, FOOD GRADE)

Tannic Acid (Tannins, Food Grade) Function: Colour INS: 181

01.7 02.1.3 02.4 04.1.2.9 04.1.2.11 05.1.2 05.2 05.3 07.0 08.2 08.3 14.1.4 14.2.1 14.2.2 14.2.3 14.2.3 14.2.4 14.2.4 14.2.5 14.2.5 14.2.6 14.2.6 Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts Fruit fillings for pastries Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Bakery wares Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Beer and malt beverages Cider and perry Wines Wines Fruit wine Fruit wine Mead Mead Spirituous beverages Spirituous beverages
Max Level
400 mg/kg
Comments
GMP 50 mg/kg Note 7 50 mg/kg 50 mg/kg 50 mg/kg 400 mg/kg GMP 100 mg/kg 10 mg/kg 10 mg/kg 50 mg/kg 150 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 3000 mg/kg GMP 150 mg/kg GMP 150 mg/kg GMP 150 mg/kg
TARA GUM
Tara Gum Function: Thickener, Stabilizer INS: 417

01.1.1 01.2.1.2 01.2.2 01.4.1 01.4.2 02.1 02.2.1.1 Milk and buttermilk Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Renneted milk Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter
Max Level
Comments
Note 52
183
TARA GUM Function: Thickener, Stabilizer

04.1.1.2 04.1.1.3 04.2.1.2 04.2.1.3 04.2.2.1 06.1 06.4.2 08.1.1 08.1.2 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4 09.2.5 Surface-treated fresh fruit Peeled or cut fresh fruit Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Peeled, cut or shredded vegetables, and nuts and seeds Frozen vegetables Whole, broken, or flaked grain, including rice Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Liquid egg products Frozen egg products Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit juice Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit nectar Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Wines
Max Level
GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP
Comments
Note 52
Note 73 Note 73
10.2.1 10.2.2 11.2 12.2 13.1 13.2 14.1.2.1 14.1.2.3 14.1.3.1 14.1.3.3 14.1.5 14.2.3
GMP GMP GMP GMP 1000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP Note 51
TARTARIC, ACETIC & FATTY ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL (MIXED)

Tartaric, Acetic & Fatty Acid Esters of Glycerol (Mixed) INS: 472f
Function: Emulsifier, Sequestrant, Stabilizer, Thickener

01.1.1.2 01.2.1.2 01.2.2 02.2.1.1 04.1.1.2 04.2.1.2 08.1.1 08.1.2 09.1 09.2.1 Buttermilk (plain) Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Renneted milk Butter and concentrated butter Surface-treated fresh fruit Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms
Max Level
GMP GMP GMP 10000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP
Comments
184
TARTARIC, ACETIC & FATTY ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL (MIXED) Function: Emulsifier, Sequestrant, Stabilizer, Thickener

09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4 09.2.5 Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Aromatized wine
Max Level
GMP GMP GMP GMP
Comments
Note 16 Note 16
11.2 12.2 14.1.5 14.2.3.4
GMP GMP GMP GMP
Note 51
TARTRATES
Tartaric Acid (L(+)-) Disodium Tartrate Dipotassium Tartrate INS: 334 INS: 335ii INS: 336ii Monosodium Tartrate Monopotassium Tartrate Potassium Sodium Tartrate INS: 335i INS: 336i INS: 337
Function: Anticaking Agent, Acidity Regulator, Adjuvant, Antioxidant, Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Flour Treatment Agent, Humectant, Preservative, Raising Agent, Sequestrant, Stabilizer, Thickener

01.2.1 01.6.1 01.6.2 01.6.3 01.6.4 01.6.5 01.6.6 01.7 02.0 02.1 02.2.1.1 02.2.1.2 02.2.2 02.4 03.0 04.1.1 04.1.2.1 04.1.2.2 04.1.2.3 04.1.2.4 04.1.2.5 04.1.2.6 04.1.2.7 04.1.2.8 04.1.2.9 Fermented milks (plain) Unripened cheese Ripened cheese Whey cheese Processed cheese Cheese analogues Whey protein cheese Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Fats and oils, and fat emulsions (type water-in-oil) Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Margarine and similar products (e.g., butter-margarine blends) Emulsions containing less than 80% fat (e.g., minarine) Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Fresh fruit Frozen fruit Dried fruit Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit Jams, jellies and marmelades Fruit-based spreads (e.g., chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 Candied fruit Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts
Max Level
GMP 26170 mg/kg GMP GMP 34900 mg/kg GMP
Comments
Note 45 Notes 5 & 45 Note 45 Note 45 Note 45 Note 45
GMP Note 45 2000 mg/kg Note 45 GMP GMP GMP 100 mg/kg GMP GMP 2000 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300 3000 3000 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg Note 45 Note 45 Note 45 Note 45 Note 45 Notes 2 & 45 Note 45 Note 45 Note 45 Note 45 Note 45 Note 45 Note 45 Note 45
185
TARTRATES Function: Anticaking Agent, Acidity Regulator, Adjuvant, Antioxidant, Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Flour Treatment Agent, Humectant, Preservative, Raising Agent, Sequestrant, Stabilizer, Thickener

04.1.2.10 04.1.2.11 04.1.2.12 04.2.1 04.2.2.1 04.2.2.2 04.2.2.3 04.2.2.4 04.2.2.5 04.2.2.6 Fermented fruit products Fruit fillings for pastries Cooked or fried fruit Fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Frozen vegetables Dried vegetables, seaweeds, and nuts and seeds Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables Vegetable, and nut and seed purees and spreads (e.g., peanut butter) Vegetable, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g., vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables, soybean curd) other than food category 04.2.2.5 Fermented vegetable products Cooked or fried vegetables and seaweeds Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Flours and starches Fresh pastas and noodles and like products Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) Bakery wares Meat and meat products, including poultry and game Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) Table-top sweeteners, including those containing highintensity sweeteners Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Mustards Soups and broths Emulsified sauces (e.g., mayonnaise, salad dressing) Non-emulsified sauces (e.g., ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy) Non-emulsified sauces (e.g., ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy) Mixes for sauces and gravies Clear sauces (e.g., soy sauce, fish sauce) Weaning foods for infants and growing children Fruit and vegetable juices Fruit and vegetable nectars Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit nectar Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Beer and malt beverages Cider and perry Still wine Sparkling and semi-sparkling wines Fortified wine and liquor wine Aromatized wine
Max Level
Comments
1300 mg/kg Note 45 10000 mg/kg Note 45 1300 mg/kg Note 45 1300 1300 1300 15000 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg Note 45 Note 45 Note 45 Note 45
04.2.2.7 04.2.2.8 05.1 05.2 05.3 05.4 06.2 06.4.1 06.5 07.0 08.0 10.4 11.4 12.2 12.4 12.5 12.6.1 12.6.2 12.6.2 12.6.3 12.6.4 13.2 14.1.2 14.1.3 14.1.3.1 14.1.3.3 14.1.4 14.2.1 14.2.2 14.2.3.1 14.2.3.2 14.2.3.3 14.2.3.4
1300 mg/kg Note 45 1300 mg/kg Note 45 10000 mg/kg Note 45 20000 mg/kg Note 45 30000 mg/kg Note 45 8000 mg/kg Note 45 GMP Note 45 GMP Note 45 2860 mg/kg Note 45 10000 mg/kg GMP 2000 mg/kg GMP Note 45 Note 45 Note 45 Note 45
7500 mg/kg Note 45 5000 5000 5000 3000 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg Note 45 Note 45 Note 45 Note 45
5000 mg/kg Note 45 GMP 5000 4000 1600 3000 3000 3000 GMP mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg Note 45 Note 45 Note 45 Note 45 Note 45 Note 45 Note 45 Note 45
2000 mg/kg Note 45 2000 9000 2560 2560 2560 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg Note 45 Note 45 Note 45 Note 45 Note 45
186
TARTRATES Function: Anticaking Agent, Acidity Regulator, Adjuvant, Antioxidant, Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Flour Treatment Agent, Humectant, Preservative, Raising Agent, Sequestrant, Stabilizer, Thickener

14.2.4 14.2.5 14.2.6 16.0 Fruit wine Mead Spirituous beverages Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01 - 15
Max Level
Comments
GMP Note 45 GMP Note 45 3000 mg/kg Note 45 600 mg/kg Notes 2 & 45
TARTRAZINE
Tartrazine Function: Colour INS: 102

01.1.2 Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, wheybased drinks) Fermented milks (plain) Beverage whiteners Unripened cheese Rind of ripened cheese Whey cheese Processed cheese Cheese analogues Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats Butter and concentrated butter Margarine and similar products (e.g., butter-margarine blends) Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Surface-treated fresh fruit Dried fruit Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit Jams, jellies and marmelades Fruit-based spreads (e.g., chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 Candied fruit Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts Fruit fillings for pastries Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Dried vegetables, seaweeds, and nuts and seeds Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables Vegetable, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g., vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables, soybean curd) other than food category 04.2.2.5 Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes
Max Level
300 mg/kg
Comments
01.2.1 01.3.2 01.6.1 01.6.2.2 01.6.3 01.6.4 01.6.5 01.7 02.1.3 02.2.1.1 02.2.1.2 02.4 03.0 04.1.1.2 04.1.2.2 04.1.2.4 04.1.2.5 04.1.2.6 04.1.2.7 04.1.2.8 04.1.2.9 04.1.2.11 04.2.1.2 04.2.2.2 04.2.2.3 04.2.2.4 04.2.2.6
18 mg/kg Note 12 300 mg/kg GMP Note 3 100 mg/kg GMP Note 3 200 mg/kg GMP Note 3 300 mg/kg GMP 300 mg/kg GMP 300 mg/kg 300 500 200 200 500 500 mg/kg mg/kg Note 16 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
300 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 300 500 300 500 mg/kg mg/kg Note 16 mg/kg mg/kg
200 mg/kg 200 mg/kg
05.1
300 mg/kg
187
TARTRAZINE Function: Colour

05.2 05.3 05.4 06.3 06.4.2 06.5 07.0 08.0 09.1.1 09.1.2 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4.1 09.2.4.2 09.2.4.3 09.2.5 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) Bakery wares Meat and meat products, including poultry and game Fresh fish Fresh mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked fish and fish products Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, marinated and/or in jelly Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, pickled and/or in brine Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms (e.g., fish paste), excluding products of food categories 09.3.1 - 09.3.3 Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fresh eggs Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) White and semi-white sugar (sucrose or saccharose), fructose, glucose (dextrose), xylose; sugar solutions and syrups, also (partially) inverted sugars, incl. molasses, treacle, and sugar toppings Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Table-top sweeteners, including those containing highintensity sweeteners Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Mustards Soups and broths Sauces and like products Protein products Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes, including those for infants and young children Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction
Max Level
Comments
500 mg/kg 500 mg/kg Note 16 500 mg/kg Note 16 500 mg/kg 250 mg/kg 500 mg/kg Note 16 500 mg/kg Note 22
09.3.1 09.3.2 09.3.3 09.3.4
09.4
500 mg/kg
10.1 10.4 11.1
11.2 11.4 12.2 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.9 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4
300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 300 300 500 100 50 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
188
TARTRAZINE Function: Colour

13.5 13.6 14.1.2.1 14.1.2.2 14.1.2.3 14.1.3.3 14.1.4 14.2.1 14.2.2 14.2.3.4 14.2.4 14.2.6.1 14.2.6.2 15.1 15.2 16.0 Dietetic foods (e.g., supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 Food supplements Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice Canned or bottled (pasteurized) vegetable juice Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit juice Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit nectar Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Beer and malt beverages Cider and perry Aromatized wine Fruit wine Spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol Spirituous beverages containing less than 15% alcohol Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes) Processed nuts, including covered nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g., dried fruit) Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01 - 15
Max Level
300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg GMP GMP 300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg GMP 200 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 100 mg/kg 500 mg/kg
Comments
TBHQ
Tertiary Butylhydroquinone Function: Antioxidant INS: 319

01.3.1 01.7 02.0 02.1 02.2 03.0 04.1.2.2 04.2.2.5 05.1 05.2 05.3 05.4 07.1.1 07.1.2 07.1.3 07.1.4 08.1 08.2 08.3 Condensed milk (plain) Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Fats and oils, and fat emulsions (type water-in-oil) Fats and oils essentially free from water Fat emulsions mainly of type water-in-oil Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Dried fruit Vegetable, and nut and seed purees and spreads (e.g., peanut butter) Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Breads and rolls Crackers, excluding sweet crackers Other ordinary bakery products (e.g., bagels, pita, English muffins) Bread-type products, including bread stuffing and bread crumbs Fresh meat, poultry, and game Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products
Max Level
Comments
200 mg/kg Note 88 200 mg/kg 200 200 200 200 200 200 mg/kg Note 15 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg Note 15 mg/kg mg/kg Note 15
200 mg/kg Note 15 200 mg/kg Note 15 750 mg/kg 200 mg/kg Note 15 200 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 100 mg/kg Note 15 100 mg/kg Note 15 100 mg/kg Note 15
189
TBHQ Function: Antioxidant

09.2.1 09.2.5 Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Mustards Soups and broths Sauces and like products Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Ready-to-eat savouries
Max Level
1000 mg/kg 200 mg/kg
Comments
12.2 12.4 12.5 12.6 14.1.4 15.0
200 mg/kg Note 15 200 200 200 1000 mg/kg mg/kg Note 15 mg/kg Note 15 mg/kg Note 15
200 mg/kg Note 15
THAUMATIN
Thaumatin Function: Sweetener, Flavour Enhancer INS: 957

11.2 12.2 Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles)
Max Level
Comments
500 mg/kg 400 mg/kg Note 51
TITANIUM DIOXIDE
Titanium Dioxide Function: Colour INS: 171

01.2.2 01.4.1 01.4.2 04.1.1.2 04.2.1.2 08.1.1 08.1.2 09.1.1 09.1.2 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4.1 09.2.4.2 09.2.4.3 09.2.5 Renneted milk Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Surface-treated fresh fruit Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Fresh fish Fresh mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked fish and fish products Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fresh eggs
Max Level
GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP 1000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP
Comments
Note 16 Note 16 Note 16 Note 94 Note 50 Note 16 Note 95 Note 16 Note 16
Note 16 Note 22
10.1
GMP
Notes 3 & 4
190
TITANIUM DIOXIDE Function: Colour

13.1 13.2 14.2.3.2 14.2.3.4 Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Sparkling and semi-sparkling wines Aromatized wine
Max Level
GMP GMP GMP GMP
Comments
TOCOPHEROLS
Mixed Tocopherols Concentrate Function: Antioxidant INS: 306 Alpha-Tocopherol INS: 307

01.1 01.2 01.3 01.4 01.5.1 01.5.2 01.5.3 01.6 01.7 01.7 01.8 02.1.1 02.1.2 02.1.3 02.2.1.1 02.2.1.2 02.2.2 02.3 02.4 03.0 04.1.2.2 04.1.2.8 04.1.2.9 04.1.2.11 04.2.2.2 04.2.2.5 04.2.2.8 05.1 05.1.3 Milk and dairy-based drinks Fermented and renneted milk products (plain), excluding food category 01.1.2 (dairy-based drinks) Condensed milk and analogues Cream (plain) and the like Milk powder and cream powder (plain) Milk and cream powder analogues Milk and cream (blend) powder (plain and flavoured) Cheese Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) Whey and whey products, excluding whey cheeses Butter oil, anhydrous milkfat, ghee Vegetable oils and fats Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats Butter and concentrated butter Margarine and similar products (e.g., butter-margarine blends) Emulsions containing less than 80% fat (e.g., minarine) Fat emulsions other than food category 02.2, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet Dried fruit Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts Fruit fillings for pastries Dried vegetables, seaweeds, and nuts and seeds Vegetable, and nut and seed purees and spreads (e.g., peanut butter) Cooked or fried vegetables and seaweeds Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes Cocoa and chocolate products (e.g., milk chocolate bar, chocolate flakes, white chocolate) other than food categories 05.1.1, 05.1.2 and 05.1.4 Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4 Chewing gum
Max Level
200 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 200 200 5000 200 200 200 200 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
Comments
500 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg GMP 500 mg/kg 500 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 500 mg/kg Note 15 200 mg/kg 150 mg/kg 150 mg/kg 150 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 25 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 500 mg/kg Note 15 750 mg/kg Note 15 200 500 300 300
05.2 05.3
191
TOCOPHEROLS Function: Antioxidant

05.4 06.2 06.3 06.4.2 06.5 06.6 07.0 08.1.2 08.2 08.3 08.4 09.2.2 10.4 12.2 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.6.1 12.6.2 12.6.3 12.6.4 12.7 Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (nonfruit) and sweet sauces Flours and starches Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding) Batters (e.g., for breading ro batters for fish or poultry) Bakery wares Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings) Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Mustards Soups and broths Sauces and like products Emulsified sauces (e.g., mayonnaise, salad dressing) Non-emulsified sauces (e.g., ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy) Mixes for sauces and gravies Clear sauces (e.g., soy sauce, fish sauce) Salads (e.g., macaroni salad, potato salad) and sandwich spreads excluding cocoa- and nut-based spreads of food categories 04.2.2.5 and 05.1.2 Yeast and like products Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes, including those for infants and young children Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport" or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks Beer and malt beverages Wines Spirituous beverages containing less than 15% alcohol Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes) Processed nuts, including covered nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g., dried fruit)
Max Level
Comments
500 mg/kg Note 15 600 mg/kg 85 mg/kg GMP 150 mg/kg 5 200 300 3000 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg Note 15 mg/kg
3000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg GMP Note 15 150 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg 200 200 300 600 mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg mg/kg
12.8 13.1 13.1 13.2 13.3 14.1.4 14.2.1 14.2.3 14.2.6.2 15.1 15.2
200 mg/kg 30 mg/kg 10000 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg Note 15 150 150 150 200 mg/kg Note 96 mg/kg Note 96 mg/kg Note 96 mg/kg
1500 mg/kg
TRAGACANTH GUM
Tragacanth Gum INS: 413

Max Level
GMP GMP GMP
Comments
192
TRAGACANTH GUM Function: Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener Food Cat. No. Food Category 01.4.1 Pasteurized cream 01.4.2 Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams 02.1 Fats and oils essentially free from water 02.2.1.1 Butter and concentrated butter 04.1.1.2 Surface-treated fresh fruit 04.1.1.3 Peeled or cut fresh fruit 04.2.1.2 Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds 04.2.1.3 Peeled, cut or shredded vegetables, and nuts and seeds 04.2.2.1 Frozen vegetables 06.4.2 Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products 08.1.1 Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts 08.1.2 Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted 09.1 Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 09.2.1 Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 09.2.2 Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 09.2.3 Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 09.2.4 Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 09.2.5 Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms 11.2 Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) 12.2 Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) 14.1.2.1 Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice 14.1.2.3 Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit juice 14.1.3.1 Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar 14.1.3.3 Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit nectar 14.1.5 Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa 14.2.3 Wines
Max Level GMP GMP 13000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP 2000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP 500 mg/kg
Comments
Note 16 Note 16
Note 51
TRIPOTASSIUM CITRATE
Tripotassium Citrate I NS: 332ii Max Level GMP GMP GMP Comments Function:: Acidity Regulator, Antioxidant, Emulsifier, Sequestrant, Stabilizer Food Cat. No. Food Category 01.1.1.2 Buttermilk (plain) 01.2.1.2 Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation 01.2.2 Renneted milk
193
TRIPOTASSIUM CITRATE Function: Acidity Regulator, Antioxidant, Emulsifier, Sequestrant, Stabilizer

01.4.1 01.4.2 02.1 02.2.1.1 04.1.1.2 04.2.1.2 04.2.2.1 08.1.1 08.1.2 09.1 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4 09.2.5 Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Surface-treated fresh fruit Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Frozen vegetables Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Wines Aromatized wine
Max Level
2000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP
Comments
Note 16 Note 16
11.2 12.2 13.1 13.2 14.1.5 14.2.3 14.2.3.4
GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP 3000 mg/kg Note 109 GMP Note 51
TRISODIUM CITRATE
Trisodium Citrate INS: 331iii

01.1.1 01.2.1 01.2.2 01.4.1 01.4.2 02.1 02.2.1.1 04.1.1 04.2.1 04.2.2.1 08.1.1 08.1.2 09.1 Milk and buttermilk Fermented milks (plain) Renneted milk Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Fresh fruit Fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Frozen vegetables Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms
Max Level
Comments
GMP 1500 mg/kg Note 63 GMP 2000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg GMP GMP Note 52 2000 mg/kg 2000 mg/kg GMP 5000 mg/kg GMP GMP
194
TRISODIUM CITRATE Function: Acidity Regulator, Antioxidant, Emulsifier, Sequestrant, Stabilizer

09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4 09.2.5 Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Liquid egg products Frozen egg products Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Aromatized wine
Max Level
GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP
Comments
Note 16 Note 16
10.2.1 10.2.2 11.2 12.2 13.1 13.2 14.1.5 14.2.3.4
GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP 5000 mg/kg GMP GMP Note 51
XANTHAN GUM
Xanthan Gum Function: Thickener, Stabilizer INS: 415

01.1.1.1 01.1.1.2 01.2.1.1 01.2.1.2 01.4.1 01.4.2 02.1 02.2.1.1 04.1.1.2 04.1.1.3 04.2.1.2 04.2.1.3 04.2.2.1 06.4.2 08.1 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4 09.2.5 Milk, including sterilized and UHT goats milk Buttermilk (plain) Fermented milks (plain), not heat-treated after fermentation Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Pasteurized cream Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams Fats and oils essentially free from water Butter and concentrated butter Surface-treated fresh fruit Peeled or cut fresh fruit Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Peeled, cut or shredded vegetables, and nuts and seeds Frozen vegetables Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Fresh meat, poultry, and game Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Liquid egg products
Max Level
GMP 3000 mg/kg GMP 5000 mg/kg GMP 5000 mg/kg
Comments
GMP 5000 mg/kg Note 52 GMP GMP GMP GMP GMP 4000 mg/kg Note 54 GMP 5000 mg/kg Note 61 GMP GMP GMP GMP Note 41
10.2.1
GMP
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XANTHAN GUM Function: Thickener, Stabilizer

10.2.2 11.2 12.2 13.1 13.2 14.1.2.1 14.1.2.3 14.1.3.1 14.1.3.3 14.1.5 14.2.3 Frozen egg products Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit juice Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit nectar Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa Wines
Max Level
Comments
GMP 5000 mg/kg GMP Note 51 GMP 20000 mg/kg 5000 mg/kg GMP 3000 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP
XYLITOL
Xylitol INS: 967
Function: Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Humectant, Stabilizer, Sweetener, Thickener

01.2.1.2 01.2.2 04.1.1.2 04.2.1.2 06.4.2 08.1.1 08.1.2 09.1 09.2.1 09.2.2 09.2.3 09.2.4.1 09.2.4.2 09.2.4.3 09.2.5 Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation Renneted milk Surface-treated fresh fruit Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Cooked fish and fish products Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup) Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles) Infant formulae and follow-on formulae Weaning foods for infants and growing children
Max Level
Comments
Note 16 Note 16
Note 16
11.2 12.2 13.1 13.2
GMP GMP GMP GMP
Note 51
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TABLE 4 LISTS OF FOOD ADDITIVES APPROVED ONLY FOR LIMITED

NUMBER OF FOOD CATEGORIES
ACETONE PEROXIDE
Function: Food Cat. No. 06.0
flour treatment Food Category Cereal flours Max. Use level GMP
AMMONIUM PERSULPHATE
Flour treatment Food Category Flour Max. Use level 250 PPM
AMMONIUM SALT OF PHOSPHATIDIC
Emulsifier Food Category Max. Use level Cocoa powder & mixture 50 PPM
AMMONIUM SULFATE
Dough conditioner Food Category Flour Max. Use level GMP
197
ALUMINUM SULFATE (AS SODIUM ALUMINUM SULFATE)
Flour treatment Food Category Flour Max. Use level GMP
BROMINATED VEGETABLE OIL
Emulsifiers Food Category Beverages Max. Use level 15 PPM
BUTADIENE STYRENE RUBBER Function: Food Cat. No. 05.3 Misc. food additives Food Category Chewing gum base Max. Use level GMP
CALCIUM BROMATE
Flour treatment Food Category Flour Max. Use level 75 PPM
CALCIUM CASEINATE
Function: Food Cat. No. 04.1.2
Stabilizers & Thickeners Food Category Frozen Desserts Max. Use level GMP
198
CALCIUM IODATE
Flour Treatment Food Category Flour Max. Use level 45 PPM
CALCIUM LACTOBIONATE
Firming Agents Food Category Dry Pudding mixes Max. Use level GMP
223
CALCIUM PEROXIDE Function: Food Cat. No. 06.2 Flour treatment Food Category Flour Max. Use level 100 PPM
CHLORINE / CHLORINE DIOXIDE
Flour Treatment Food Category Cereals Flour Max. Use level GMP
CITRUS RED 2
Food colors Food Category Orange peel Max. Use level 2 PPM
199
DILAURYL THIODIPROPIONATE
Antioxidants Food Category Fats and Oils Max. Use level 0.02 %
ETHOXYLATED MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES
Emulsifiers Food Category In flour used Max. Use level 0.2 - 0.5 %
224 ETHOXYNQUIN
Antioxidants Food Category Max. Use level Chili powder & Paprika 100 PPM
FURCELLERAN & ITS AMMONIUM, CALCIUM, POTASSIUM
Stabilizers & Thickeners Food Category Ice Cream Max. Use level GMP
200
GIBBERELLIC ACID (& ITS POTASSIUM SALT
Function: Food Cat. No. 14.2.1 12.3
Misc. food Additives Food Category Malt Beverages And Vinegar Max. Use level GMP
GLYCERYL (GLYCOL) MONOSTEARATE
Emulsifier Food Category Macaroni Products Max. Use level 2%
ISOBUTYLENE - ISOPRENE COPOLYMER
Misc. food additives Food Category Chewing gum base Max. Use level GMP
LACTOSE
Nutritive Sweeteners Food Category Max. Use level Cheeses, Vanilla Powder GMP
LACTYLIC STEARATE
201
LANOLIN Function: Food Cat. No. 05.3 Misc. food Additives Food Category Max. Use level As comp. of chewing gum base GMP
LARCH GUM (ARABINOGALACTAN
Stabilizers & Thickeners Food Category Max. Use level Dressings & Pudding Mixes GMP
MALTOSE
Nutritive Sweeteners Food Category Cheeses Max. Use level GMP
NATURAL MASTICATORY
Misc. food Additives Food Category Max. Use level As comp. of chewing gum base GMP
NEOTAME
Sweetener, Flavor Enhancer Food Category Max. Use level Water-based flavoured drinks GMP
202
ORANGE B
Food Colors Food Category Sausage Casing Max. Use level 150 PPM
PETROLATUM
Surface - Finishing Agent Food Category Bakery Products Max. Use level 0.15 %
POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL
Surface - Finishing Agent Food Category Fresh fruits Max. Use level GMP
POLYISOBUTYLENE
Misc. food Additives Food Category chewing gum base Max. Use level GMP
POLYVINYL ACETATE
POTASSIUM PERSULPHATE
203
PURIFIED OXGALL OR SODIUM CHOEATE
Emulsifiers Food Category Cheese Max. Use level 0.02 %
RICE BRAN WAX
Surface - Finishing Agent Food Category Chewing gum Max. Use level 2.50 %
SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE
Leavening Food Category Cereal Flours Max. Use level GMP
SODIUM CASEINATE
Stabilizers & Thickeners Food Category Frozen Desserts Max. Use level GMP
STANNOUS CHLORIDE
204
Antioxidants Food Category Packed Asparagus Max. Use level 25 PPM
STEARYL CITRATE
Function: Food Cat. No. 02.2.1.2
Sequestrants Food Category Margarine Max. Use level 0.15 %
SUCCINYLATED MONOGLYCERIDES
SUCCISTEARIN (STEAROYL PROPYLENE GLYCOL HYDROGEN
Emulsifiers Food Category Max. Use level Shortenings & edible oils GMP
SULFURIC ACID
Function: Food Cat. No. 14.2 01.6
PH - Control Agents Food Category Alcoholic Beverages & Cheeses Max. Use level 0.014 % & 0.0003 %
SUCROSE ACETATE ISOBUTYRATE (SAIB)
205
Cloudifier, stabilizer Food Category Beverage Max. Use level 300 ppm Finished Beverage
TERPINE RESIN
THIDIPROPIONIC ACID
Antioxidants Food Category Fat and Oils Max. Use level 0.02 %
TRANSGLUTAMINASE
Function:
Flavoring Substances/ Enhancer
Food Cat. No.
Food Category Max. Use level Monosodium Glutamate GMP
TRICALCIUM SILICATE
Anti - Caking Agents Food Category Salt Max. Use level 2%
TRIETHYL CITRATE (ALSO AS ETHYL CITRATE)
206
Function: Food Cat. No. 10.2.3 05.0 04.0
Sequestrants Food Category Dried Egg White Confectionery Fruits & Vegetables Max. Use level 0.25 % 0.20 % 0.02 %
207
TABLE 5 LISTS OF FOOD ADDITIVES APPROVED ONLY FOR USE AS

FOOD PROCESSING
_____________________________________________________________________________ ACETONE
Function: Food Cat. No.
Processing Aid Food Category Max. Use level Solvent for Spice Oleoresins 30 PPM
ACETYLATED MONOGLYCERIDES
Processing Aid Food Category Max. Use level Used in food processing GMP
ACRYLATE-ACRLAMIDE RESIN
Processing Aid Food Category Max. Use level In beet or Cane sugar 5 ppm of juice; 100 ppm of production liquior
BENTONITE
Processing Aid Food Category Max. Use level GMP
208
BUTANE
Processing Aid Food Category Max. Use level GMP
CHLOROPENTAFLOUROETHANE
Processing Aid Food Category Max. Use level As propellant & aerating GMP Agent in food
224 DIATOMACEOUS EARTH
Processing Aid Food Category Animal feed Max. Use level 2%
DICHLORODIFLOUROMETHANE
Processing Aid Food Category Max. Use level As fumigant for ground spices GMP
ETHYLENE DICHLORIDE
Processing Aid Food Category In production of Max. Use level 30 PPM
209
spice oleoresins
HEXANE
Processing Aid Food Category In spice & natural Extract Max. Use level 25 PPM
HYDROGENATED SPERM OIL
Processing Aid Food Category Baked products Max. Use level GMP
ION-EXCHANGE MEMBRANES
Processing Aid Food Category In production of Grape fruit juice Max. Use level
ION-EXCHANGE RESINS
Processing Aid Food Category Max. Use level For purification of food And water
METHYL ALCOHOL
Processing Aid Food Category Max. Use level
210
12.0
In spice & natural extract
50 PPM
METHYLENE CHLORIDE
Processing Aid Food Category Max. Use level In spice & natural extract 30 PPM
OCTAFLOUROCYCLOBUTANE
Processing Aid Food Category Propellent for foods production Max. Use level GMP
PETROLATUM
Processing Aid Food Category In animal feeds Max. Use level 3.00 %
POLYVINYLPOLYRROLIDONE
Function: Food Cat. No. 14.2 12.3
Processing Aid Food Category Max. Use level Beverages (beer,wine) 10PPM, 60PPM & vinegar 40 PPM
211
PROPANE Function: Food Cat. No. Processing Aid Food Category Max. Use level Combustion product gas GMP
TRICHLOROETHYLENE Function: Food Cat. No. 14.1.5 Processing Aid Food Category Decaffeinated ground coffee Max. Use level 25 PPM
TRIFLOUROMETHANE SULFONIC ACID
Processing Aid Food Category Max. Use level Cocoa butter substitute 0.2 PPM
VEGETABLE CARBON ACTIVATED
Processing Aid Food Category Max. Use level Food & water purification
212
TABLE 6 LISTS OF MINERAL SALTS, AMINO ACIDS AND VITAMIN COMPOUNDS FOR USE IN FOODS
Salts
Purity Requirements
Food Category
1. Source of Calcium (Ca) 1.1 Calcium carbonate 1.2 Calcium chloride 1.3 Calcium citrate 1.4 Calcium gluconate 1.5 Calcium glycerophosphate 1.6 Calcium lactate 1.7 Calcium phosphate, Monobasic 1.8 Calcium phosphate, dibasic 1.9 Calcium phosphate, tribasic 1.10 Calcium oxide 1.11 Calcium Sulphate FCC, FAO/WHO FCC, FAO/WHO FCC, FAO/WHO FCC, FAO/WHO FCC FCC, FAO/WHO FCC, FAO/WHO FCC FCC, FAO/WHO FCC, FAO/WHO FCC, FAO/WHO Electrolyte mixture supplement Milk substitute and low sodium Formulae Milk substitute and protein hydrolysate formulae Milk substitute, protein hydrolysate and premature formulae; infant cereals Protein supplement formulae Infant Cereals Milk substitute formulae; Infant cereals Milk-based and milk substitute formulae Milk-based, milk substitute, protein hydrolysate and meat-based formulae Protein hydrolysate formulae
2. Source of Phosphorus (P) 2.1 Calcium phosphate, monobasic 2.2 Calcium phosphate, dibasic 2.3 Calcium phosphate, tribasic FCC, FAO/WHO FCC FCC, FAO/WHO Milk substitute and low sodium formulae Milk substitute and protein hydrolysate formulae Milk substitute, protein hydrolysate and premature formulae; infant cereals
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Salts
Purity Requirements FCC
Food Category Milk substitute and lactose-free formulae
2.4 Magnesium phosphate, dibasic 2.5 Magnesium phosphate, Tribasic 2.6 Potassium phosphate, monobasic 2.7 Potassium phosphate, dibasic 2.8 Sodium phosphate, dibasic 2.9 Phosphoric acid FCC, FAO/WHO FCC, FAO/WHO FCC, FAO/WHO FCC, FAO/WHO FCC, FAO/WHO Protein hydrolysate formulae Milk-based, milk substitute and protein hydrolysate formulae Electrolyte mixture supplement All infant and follow-up formulae; (13.1) cereal-based foods for infants and children
3. Source of Chloride (Cl) 3.1 Calcium chloride
FCC, FAO/WHO
Milk-based, milk substitute and protein supplement formulae; electrolyte mixture Supplement Milk-based, milk substitute and protein hydrolysate formulae Milk-based, milk substitute and lactose-free formulae Milk-based formulae
3.2 Choline chloride 3.3 Magnesium chloride 3.4 Manganese chloride 3.5 Potassium chloride 3.6 Sodium chloride 3.7 Sodium chloride, iodized 3.8 Hydrochloric acid 4. Iron (Fe) 4.1 Ferrous carbonate, stabilized 4.2 Ferrous citrate 4.3 Ferrous fumarate 4.4 Ferrous gluconate
FCC, FAO/WHO FCC, FAO/WHO FCC FCC, FAO/WHO FCC, FAO/WHO FCC FCC, FAO/WHO
Milk-substitute formulae, baby foods and electrolyte mixture supplement Milk substitute formulae All infant and follow-up formulae; (13.1) cereal-based foods for infants and children
MI MI FCC FCC, FAO/WHO Milk and soy-based liquid infant formulae Vitamins, iron supplement
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4.5 Ferrous lactate 4.6 Ferrous succinate 4.7 Ferrous sulphate 4.8 Ferric ammonium citrate 4.9 Ferric citrate
MI MI FCC FAO/WHO MI
Milk and soy-based liquid infant formulae Milk-based, milk substitute and protein hydrolysate formulae Milk and soy-based liquid infant formulae, not allowed in powdered formulae, cereals or canned baby foods
4.10 Ferric gluconate 4.11Sodium ferric pyrophosphate 4.12 Hydrogen reduced iron 4.13 Electrolytic iron 4.14 Carbonyl iron 4.15 Ferric pyrophosphate 4.16 Iron Elemental 4.17 Iron Choline Citrate Complex
MI MI FCC FCC MI FCC Milk-based formulae Infant cereals; protein supplement formulae Infant cereals
5. Source of Magnesium (Mg) 5.1 Magnesium carbonate 5.2 Magnesium chloride 5.3 Magnesium Lactate 5.4 Magnesium oxide 5.5 Magnesium phosphate, dibasic FCC, FAO/WHO FCC, FAO/WHO FCC FCC, FAO/WHO FCC Milk substitute, protein hydrolysate and premature formulae Milk substitute, lactose-free formulae Baked products Milk-based, milk substitute and lactosefree formulae
__________________________
5.6 Magnesium phosphate, Tribasic 5.7 Magnesium sulphate
_______________ _______________________________
FCC, FAO/WHO FCC Electrolyte mixture supplement
215
6. Source of Sodium (Na) 6.1 Sodium bicarbonate 6.2 Sodium carbonate 6.3 Sodium chloride 6.4 Sodium chloride, iodized 6.5 Sodium citrate FCC, FAO/WHO FCC, FAO/WHO FCC, FAO/WHO FCC FCC, FAO/WHO Milk-based formulae, gazed products Protein hydrolysate formulae Milk substitute formulae, baby foods, electrolyte mixture supplement Milk substitute formulae Milk-based, milk substitute and protein hydrolysate formulae, electrolyte mixture Supplement
6.6 Sodium gluconate 6.7 Sodium lactate 6.8 Sodium Pantothenate
FCC FAO/WHO
FCC, FAO/WHO 6.9 Sodium phosphate, monobasic 6.10 Sodium phosphate, dibasic 6.11 Sodium phosphate, tribasic 6.12 Sodium sulphate 6.13 Sodium tartrate FCC, FAO/WHO FCC, FAO/WHO FCC FCC, FAO/WHO
Milk substitute formulae Electrolyte mixture supplement
7. Source of Potassium (K) 7.1 Potassium bicarbonate 7.2 Potassium carbonate 7.3 Potassium chloride 7.4 Potassium citrate 7.5 Potassium glycerophosphate 7.6 Potassium gluconate 7.7 Potassium phosphate, monobasic 7.8 Potassium phosphate, dibasic FCC, FAO/WHO FCC, FAO/WHO FCC, FAO/WHO FCC, FAO/WHO FCC MI FCC, FAO/WHO FCC, FAO/WHO Protein hydrolysate formulae Milk-based, milk substitute and protein hydrolysate formulae
216
8. Source of Copper (Cu) 8.1 Copper gluconate 8.2 Cupric carbonate 8.3 Cupric citrate 8.4 Cupric sulphate FCC MI MI MI 0.005 % Baked products, protein supplement formulae Milk-based, protein hydrolysate and meat Based formulae
9. Source of Iodine (I) 9.1 Potassium iodide 9.2 Sodium iodide
FCC FCC
Milk-based, milk substitute, meat-based formulae Milk-based, milk substitute and protein hydrolysate formulae Milk-based, milk substitute and protein hydrolysate formulae 0.01 mg in salt 0.045 mg l / day for infants 0.105 mg l / day for children below 4 years old 0.225 mg l / day for adults and 0.30 mg l / day for pregnant or lactating women 0.01 % in table salt
9.3 Potassium iodide
FCC, FAO/WHO
9.4 Copper iodide
10.Source of Zinc (Zn) 10.1 Zinc acetate 10.2 Zinc chloride 10.3 Zinc gluconate 10.4 Zinc Methionine Sulfate 10.5 Zinc oxide 10.6 Zinc Stearate 10.7 Zinc sulphate FCC Milk-based, milk substitute and protein hydrolysate formulae MI Protein hydrolysate formulae MI MI
217
11.Source of Manganese (Mn) 11.1 Manganese carbonate 11.2 Manganese chloride 11.3 Manganese citrate 11.4 Manganese Gluconate 11.5 Manganese Glycerophosphate MI FCC MI FCC FCC Milk-based formulae
_____________________________
11.6 Manganous Oxide
________ ________ FCC
_____________________________ _____________________________ Milk-based, milk substitute and protein hydrolysate formulae
_____________________________ 11.7 Manganese sulphate
12. Others 12.1 Aluminum Nicotinate 12.2 Bakers Yeast Protein 12.3 Dehexanoic Acid 12.4 DLMethionine 12.5 DPantothenamide 12.6 DPantothenyl Alcohol 12.7 Fish Protein Concentrate 12.8 L-Alanine 12.9 L-Alginine 12.10 L-Asparagine 12.11 Aspartic Acid 12.12 L-Cystin 12.13 L-Glutamic Acid 12.14 L-Histidine 12.15 Linoleic Acid 12.16 L-Isoleucine/Leucine 12.17 L-Lysine 12.18 L-Methionine 12.19 L-Phenylalanine
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12.20 L-Proline 12.21 L-Serine 12.22 L-Threonine 12.23 L-Tryptophan 12.24 L-Tyrosine 12.25 L-Valine 12.26 N-Acetyl-L-Methionine 12.27 Niacinamide 12.28 Niacinamide Ascorbate 12.29 Selenium 12.30 Taurine 12.31 Nicotinamide FAO/WHO, MI FAO/WHO, MI FAO/WHO, MI FAO/WHO, MI FAO/WHO, MI AO
Abbreviations: FAO/WHO = General Principles for the Use of Food Additives, Codex Alimentarius Volume 1. FCC = Food Chemicals Codex MI = Merck Index. ADVISORY LIST OF VITAMIN COMPOUNDS FOR USE IN FOODS FOR INFANTS, CHILDREN , AND ADULTS
Vitamin 1. Vitamin A Vitamin Form Retinyl acetate Retinyl palmitate Retinyl propionate Beta-carotene Ergocalciferol Cholecalciferol Cholecalciferol-cholesterol Purity Requirements USP, BP, Ph. Eur., FCC USP, BP, Ph. Eur., FCC USP, BP, Ph. Eur., FCC FAO/WHO, FCC USP, BP, Ph. Eur., FCC USP, FCC DAB
2. 3.
Provitamin A Vitamin D 3.1Vitamin D2 3.2Vitamin D3
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4.
Vitamin E
d-alpha-tocopherol dl-alphatocopherol d-alpha-tocopheryl acetate dl-alpha-tocopheryl acetate d-alpha-tocopheryl succinate dlalpha-tocopheryl succinate
NF, FAO/WHO NF, FAO/WHO, FCC NF, FCC NF, FCC FCC NF USP, BP, Ph. Eur., FCC USP, FCC USP, BP, Ph. Eur., FAO/WHO, FCC BPC, FCC USP, BP, Ph. Eur., FCC NF, BP, Ph. Eur., FCC USP, BP, Ph. Eur., FCC FCC USP, BP USP, Ph. Eur., FCC FCC USP, BP, Ph. Eur. NF, BP USP, BP USP, BP, Ph. Eur., FAO/WHO, FCC USP, FAO/WHO, FCC FCC NF, FAO/WHO, FCC DAB, FCC FAO/WHO, DAB, FCC FCC FCC
5.
Thiamin (Vitamin B1) Riboflavin (Vitamin B2)
Thiamin chloride hydrochloride Thiamin mononitrate Riboflavin Riboflavin 5'-phosphate sodium
6.
7. 8 9.
Niacin Vitamin B6 Biotin (Vitamin H)
Nicotinamide Nicotinic acid Pyridoxine hydrochloride d-biotin Folic acid Calcium pantothenate Panthenol Cyanocobalamin Hydroxocobalamin Phytylmenaquinone Ascorbic acid Sodium ascorbate Calcium ascorbate Ascorbyl-6-palmitate
10. Folacin 11. Pantothenic acid 12. Vitamin B12 13. Vitamin K1 14. Vitamin C
15. Choline 16. 17. Inositol Kelp
Choline bitartrate Choline chloride
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SPECIAL VITAMIN FORMS For reasons of stability and easier handling, some vitamins have to be converted into suitable preparations, e.g. stabilized oily solutions, gelatine coated products, fat embedded preparations. For this purpose, the edible materials and the additives included in the respective Codex standard may be used:
Maximum Level in Ready-to-use Food (a) Dextrins (b) Modified starches as included in the Supplementary List to Section 5.1, Codex Alimentarius Volume 1 (c) Gum arabic (gum acacia) (d) Silicon dioxide 100 mg/kg 100 mg/kg
100 mg/kg 10 mg/kg
Abbreviations: USP = United States Pharmacopoeia NF = United States National Formulary BP = British Pharmacopoeia, including addenda BPC = British Pharmaceutical Codex Ph. Eur. = European Pharmacopoeia FAO/WHO = General Principles for the Use of Food Additives, Codex Alimentarius Volume 1 DAB = Deutsches Arzneibuch 7 FCC = Food Chemicals Codex
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TABLE 7 ENZYMES PERMITTED FOR USE IN FOOD IN GENERAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE
ALPHA-ACETOLACTATE DECARBOXYLASE FROM BACILLUS BREVID EXPRESSED IN BACILLUS SUBTILIS
ALPHA-AMYLASE (BACILLUS LICHENFORMS)
ALPHA-AMYLASE AND GLUCOAMYLASE FROM ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE, VAR.
ALPHA-AMYLASE ENZYME PREPARATION FROM BACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS
ALPHA-AMYLASE FROM ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE, VAR.
ALPHA-AMYLASE FROM BACILLUS MEGATERIUM EXPRESSED IN BACILLUS SUBTILIS
ALPHA-AMYLASE FROM BACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS
ALPHA-AMYLASE FROM BACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS EXPRESSED IN BACILLUS SUBTILIS
ALPHA-AMYLASE FROM BACILLUS SUBTILIS
AMYLASE FROM ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS
AMYLOGLUCOSIDASE FROM ASPERGILLUS NIGER, VAR.
BETA-GLUCANASE FROM ASPERGILLUS NIGER, VAR.
BETA-GLUCANASE FROM TRICHODERMA HARZIANUM
BROMELAIN
CARBOHYDRASE FROM ASPERGILLUS AWAMORI, VAR.
CARBOHYDRASE FROM ASPERGILLUS NIGER, VAR.
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CARBOHYDRASE FROM BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS
CARBOHYDRASE FROM BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS
CARBOHYDRASE FROM BACILLUS SUBTILIS
CARBOHYDRASE FROM RHIZOPUS ORYZAE, VAR.
CARBOHYDRASE FROM SACCHAROMYCES SPECIES
CARBOHYDRASE/PROTEINASE PREPARATION, BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS
CATALASE FROM ASPERGILLUS NIGER
CATALASE FROM BOVINE LIVER
CATALASE FROM MICROCOCCUS LYSODEICTICUS
CATALASE FROM PENICILLIUM NOTATUM
CELLULASE FROM PENICILLIUM FUNICULOSUM
CELLULASE FROM TRICHODERMA LONGIBRACHIATUM
CHYMOSIN A FROM ESCHERICHIA COLI K-12 CONTAINING THE PROCHYMOSIN A GENE
CHYMOSIN B FROM ASPERGILLUS NIGER VAR. AWAMORI CONTAINING THE PROCHYMOSIN B GENE
CHYMOSIN B FROM KLUYVEROMYCES LACTIS CONTAINING THE PROCHYMOSIN B GENE
CHYMOSIN PREPARATION, ASPERGILLUS NIGER VAR. AWAMORI
CHYMOSIN PREPARATION, ESCHERICHIA COLI K-12 CHYMOSIN PREPARATION, KLUYVEROMYCES MARXIANUS VAR. LACTIS
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ENZYMES, BACTERIAL ENZYMES, PROTEOLYTIC
ENZYME, FICIN
GLUCOSE OXIDASE AND CATALASE FROM ASPERGILLUS NIGER
GLUCOSE ISOMERASE FROM ACTINOPLANES MISSOURIENSIS
GLUCOSE ISOMERASE FROM BACILLUS COAGULANS
GLUCOSE ISOMERASE FROM STREPTOMYCES OLIVACEUS
GLUCOSE ISOMERASE FROM STREPTOMYCES OLIVOCHROMOGEN
GLUCOSE ISOMERASE FROM STREPTOMYCES RUBIGINOSUS
GLUCOSE ISOMERASE FROM STREPTOMYCES VIOLACEONIGER
HEMICELLULASE FROM ASPERGILLUS NIGER, VAR.
INVERTASE FROM SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE
LIPASE (ANIMAL SOURCES)
LIPASE (ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE, VAR.)
LIPASE FROM ANIMAL TISSUE
LIPASE FROM ASPERGILLUS NIGER
LIPASE FROM ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE
LIPASE FROM RHIZOPUS NIVEUS
MALTOGENIC AMYLASE FROM BACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS EXPRESSED IN BACILLUS SUBTILIS
224
MIXED MICROBIAL CARBOHYDRASE AND PROTEASE FROM BACILLUS SUBTILIS, VAR.
PAPAIN (CARICA PAPAYA L.)
PECTINASE FROM ASPERGILLUS NIGER, VAR.
PECTINASE FROM BACILLUS SUBTILIS
PEPSIN FROM HOG STOMACH
PROTEASE FROM ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE, VAR.
PROTEASE FROM STREPTOMYCES FRADIAE
PROTEASES
PULLULANASE FROM KLEBSIELLA AEROGENES
RENNET
RENNET BOVINE
RENNET FROM BACILLUS CEREUS
RENNET FROM ENDOTHIA PARASITICA
RENNET FROM RHIZOMUCOR SPECIES TRANSGLUTAMINASE TRYPSIN
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TABLE 8 Comments to the NOTES found in Table 3
Note 1: As a dipic acid Note 2: On dry ingredient, dry weight, dry mix or concentrate basis. Note 3: Surface treatment. Note 4: For decoration, stamping, marking or branding the prod uct. Note 5: Used in raw mate rials for manufacture of the finished food. Note 6: As a luminium. Note 7: Use level not in finished food. Note 8: As bixin. Note 9: As total bix in or norbixin. Note 10: As a scorbyl stearate. Note 11: Flour basis. Note 12: Carryover from flavouring su bstances. Note 13: As benzoic acid. Note 14: NOT USED. Note 15: Fat or oil basis. Note 16: For use in glaze, coatings or decorations for fruit, vegetables, meat or fish. Note 17: As cyclamic a cid. Note 18: Added level; resid ue no t detected in rea dy-to-eat food. Note 19: Used in cocoa fat; use level on ready-to-eat basis. Note 20: On total amount of stabilizers, thickeners and/or gums. Note Note Note Note Note Note Note Note Note Note Note Note Note Note Note Note Note Note Note Note 21: 22: 23: 24: 25: 26: 27: 28: As anhydrous calcium disodium EDTA. For use in smoked fish products only. As iron. As anhydrous sodium ferrocyan i de. As formic acid. For use in baking powder only. As p-hydroxybenzoic acid. ADI conversio n: if a typical prepara tion contains 0.025 g/U, then the ADI of 33,000 U/kg bw becomes: [(33000 U/kg bw) x (0.025 g/U) x (1 mg/1000 g)] = 0.825 mg/kg bw 29: Reporting basis not specified. 30: As res idual NO 3 ion. 31: Of the mash used. 32: As res idual NO 2 ion. 33: As phospho rus. 34: Anhydrous basis. 35: Level in cocoa nibs. 36: Residual level. 37: A s weight of nonfat milk solids. 38: Level in creaming mixture. 39: Only when product contains bu t ter or other fats and oils. 40: Use in packing medium only.
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41: Use in breading or batter coatings only. 42: As sorbic acid 43: As tin. 44: As residual SO 2 . 45: A s tartaric acid. 46: As thiodi propionic acid. 47: On egg yolk we ight, dry basis. 48: For olives only. 49: For use on citrus fruits only. 50: For use in fish roe only. 51: For use in herbs and sa lt substit utes only. 52: For use in butter only. 53: For use in coatings only. 54: For u se in dried products o nly. 55: Added level. 56: Provided starch is no t present. 57: GMP is 1 part benzoyl perox ide and not more than 6 parts of the subject additive by weight. 58: As c alcium. 59: Use as packing gas. 60: If used as a carbonating agen t, the CO2 in the f inished wine shall not exceed 39.2 mg /kg.
Note 61: For use in minced fish only. Note 62: As copper. Note 63: On amount of dairy ingredients. Note 64: Level added to dry beans; 200 mg/kg in ready-to-eat food, anhydrous basis. Note 65: Carryover from nutrien t preparations. Note 66: As formaldehyde. For use in provolone cheese o nly. Note 67: Carryover from use in casings. Note 68: Fo r use in natural mineral wa ters only. Note 69: Use a s carbonating agent. Note 70: As the acid. Note 71: C alcium, potassium and sodium salts only. Note 72: Ready-to-eat basis. Note 73: Except whole fish. Note 74: Use lev el for deep orange coloured cheeses; 25 mg/kg for orange colour ed cheeses; 10 mg/kg for normal coloured cheeses. Note 75: Use in milk powder for vending machines only. Note 76: Use in potatoes only. Note 77: As mono-isopropyl citrate. Note 78: For use in tocino (f resh, cured sausage) only. Note 79: For use on nuts only. Note 80: Equivalent to 2 mg/dm2 surface application to a maximum depth of 5 mm. Note Note Note Note Note Note Note Note Note 81: 82: 83: 84: 85: 86: 87: 88: 89: Equivalent to 1 mg/dm2 surface application to a maximum depth of 5 mm. For use in shrimp; 6000 mg/kg fo r Crangon crangon and Crangon vulgaris. Excluding foods for infants and y oung children. Use in alcohol-free beer o nly. Except for use in coolers at 1000 mg /kg. Use in whipped dessert toppings other than cream o nly. Treatment level. Carryover from the ingredient. Ex cept for use in dried tangle (KONBU) at 150 mg/kg.
Note 90: For use in milk -sucrose mixtures used in the finished product. Note 91: By weight of defoamer. Note 92: On the weight of the protein before re-hydration. Note 93: Except natural wine produce d from Vitis Vinifera grapes. Note 94: For use in loganiza (fresh, uncured sausage) o nly. Note 95: For use in surimi and fish roe products o nly. Note 96: For use in cooler-type products only. Note 97: For use as a protective float on brine for curing pickles. Note 98: For dust control. Note 99: For use as a float on fermentation fluid to prevent contamination. Note 100: For use as a dispersing agent in dill oil used in the f inal food.
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101: Level based on the maximum recommended daily dos e of 4 75 mg/dos e, ass uming one 600 mg tablet is consumed per 102: 103: 104: 105: 106: 107: 108: 109: 110: 111: For use as a sur factant or wetting agent for colours in the food. Except for use in special white wines at 400 mg /kg. Maximum 5000 mg/kg residue in bread and y east-leavened bakery products. Except for use in dried gourd strips (KAMPYO) at 5000 mg /kg. Except for use in Dijon mustard at 500 mg/kg. Except for u se in concentrat ed grape juice fo r home wine making at 2000 mg /kg. For use on cof fee beans only. Use level reported a s 25 lbs/1000 gal x (0.45 kg/lb) x (1 gal/3.75 L) x (1 L/kg) x (10 6 mg/kg) = 3000 mg/kg For use in frozen French fried potatoes only. For use in dipping solution only.
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Table 9. Food Additives Functional Classes and Sub-classes Functional Classes for LABELLING Acidity Regulator
Definition A food additive, which controls the acidity or alkalinity of a food
Sub-classes For TECHNOLOGICAL USE acidity regulator, acid, acidifier, alkali, base, buffer, buffering agent, pH adjusting agent anticaking agent, anti stick agent, drying agent, dusting agent
Anticaking Agent
A food additive, which reduces the tendency of components of food to adhere to one another A food additive, which prevents or reduces foaming
Antifoaming Agent Antioxidant
antifoaming agent, defoaming agent
A food additive, which prolongs the antioxidant, antioxidant synergist, shelf-life of foods by protecting antibrowning agent against deterioration caused by oxidation A food additive (non flour use) used to decolorize food. Bleaching agents do not include pigments A food additive, which contributes to the bulk of a food without contributing significantly to its available energy value A food additive used to provide carbonation in a food bleaching agent
Bleaching Agent
Bulking Agent
bulking agent, filler
Carbonating Agent
carbonating agent
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Functional Classes for Definition LABELLING A food additive , which adds or restores Color color in a food Color Retention Agent Emulsifier A food additive , which stabilizes, retains or intensifies the color of a food A food additive, which forms or maintains a uniform emulsion of two or more phrases in a food
Sub-classes For TECHNOLOGICAL USE color, decorative pigment, surface colorant color retention agent, color fixatives, color stabilizers, color adjunct dispersing agents, emulsifier, plasticizers, surface active agent, crystallization inhibitor, density adjustment (flavoring oils in beverages), suspension agent, clouding agent melding salt, emulsifying salt
Emulsifying Salt
Firming Agent
A food additive, which in the manufacture of processed food, rearranges proteins in order to prevent fat separation A food additive, which make or keeps tissues of fruit or vegetables firm and crisp, or interacts with gelling agents to produce or strengthen a gel A food additive, which enhances the existing taste and/or odor of a food A food additive, which is added to flour or dough to improve its baking quality or color
firming agent
Flavor Enhancer Flour Treatment Agent Foaming Agent
flavor enhancer, flavor synergist
flour treatment agent, flour bleaching agent, flour improver, dough conditioner, dough strengthening agent foaming agent, whipping agent, aerating agent
A food additive, which make it possible to form or maintain a uniform dispersion of a gaseous phase in a liquid or solid food Gelling Agent A food additive, which gives a food texture through formation of gel Glazing Agent A food additive, which when applied to the external surface of a food, imparts a shiny appearance or provides a protective coating
gelling agent
glazing agent, sealing agent, coating agent, surface-finishing agent, polishing agent, filmfoaming agent
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Functional Classes for Definition LABELLING Humectant A food additive, which prevents food from drying out by counteracting the effect of a dry atmosphere Preservative A food additive, which prolongs the shelf-life of a food by protecting against deterioration caused by microorganisms
Sub-classes For TECHNOLOGICAL USE humectant, moisture-retention agent, wetting agent
Propellant
Food additive gas, which expels a food from a container A food additive or a combination of food additives, which liberate(s) gas and thereby increase(s) the volume of a dough or batter A food additive, which controls the availability of a cation
preservative, antimicrobial preservative, antimycotic agent, bacteriophage control agent, fungistatic agent, antimold and antirope agent, antimicrobial synergist propellant
Raising Agent
raising agent
Sequestrant
sequestrant
Stabilizer
A food additive, which makes it stabilizer, foam stabilizer, colloidal possible to maintain a uniform stabilizer, emulsion stabilizer dispersion of two or more components A food additive (other than mono-or disaccharide sugar), which imparts a sweet taste to a food A food additive, which increases the viscosity of a food sweetener, intense sweetener, bulk sweetener
Sweetener
Thickener
thickener, body agent, binder, texturizing agent
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH BUREAU OF FOOD AND DRUGS Civic Drive, Filinvest Corporate City Alabang,

18 October 2006 BUREAU CIRCULAR

Updated List of Food Additives

PROF. LETICIA-BARBARA B. GUTIERREZ, M.S

TABLE 1 FOOD CATEGORY SYSTEM

12.7 12.8 12.9

1100 1100 1100 1100 559 264 403 503i

1518 380 332ii 331iii 415 967

ACESULFAME POTASSIUM Function: Flavour Enhancer, Sweetener

Food Cat. No. Food Category

04.2.2.7 05.1.1 05.1.2 05.1.3

GMP 2500 mg/kg 2500 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg

350 110 1000 350

350 mg/kg 350 mg/kg 1000 mg/kg

13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 14.1.2.1 14.1.2.2 14.1.3.1 14.1.3.2 14.1.4

ACESULFAME POTASSIUM Function: Flavour Enhancer, Sweetener

Food Cat. No. Food Category

ACETIC ACID, GLACIAL

Food Cat. No. Food Category

ACETIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL

Food Cat. No. Food Category

GMP 10000 mg/kg Note 52 GMP Note 16 GMP Note 16 GMP

Food Cat. No. Food Category

11.2 12.1 12.2 12.8 13.2 14.1.5 14.2.3.4

ACETYLATED DISTARCH ADIPATE

Function: Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener

Food Cat. No. Food Category

ACETYLATED DISTARCH PHOSPHATE

Function: Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener

Food Cat. No. Food Category

ACETYLATED DISTARCH PHOSPHATE Function: Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener

Food Cat. No. Food Category

Note 52 Note 16 Note 16 Note 16 Note 16

11.2 12.2 13.1 13.2 14.1.5 14.2.3.4

ACID TREATED STARCH

Function: Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener

Food Cat. No. Food Category

ADIPATES Function: Acidity Regulator, Firming Agent, Raising Agent

Food Cat. No. Food Category

ADIPATES Function: Acidity Regulator, Firming Agent, Raising Agent

Food Cat. No. Food Category

Function: Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Filler, Stabilizer, Thickener

Food Cat. No. Food Category

AGAR Function: Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Filler, Stabilizer, Thickener

Food Cat. No. Food Category

Function: Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener

Food Cat. No. Food Category

Food Cat. No. Food Category

100 mg/kg 40 mg/kg 300 mg/kg 40 mg/kg

ALKALINE TREATED STARCH

Food Cat. No. Food Category

Food Cat. No. Food Category

ALLURA RED AC Function: Colour

Food Cat. No. Food Category

mg/kg mg/kg Note 16 mg/kg mg/kg Note 16

09.3.1 09.3.2 09.3.3 09.3.4

10.1 10.4 11.1

GMP Notes 3 & 4 300 mg/kg 300 mg/kg

ALLURA RED AC Function: Colour

Food Cat. No. Food Category

200 300 200 200

100 mg/kg 500 mg/kg