Annexe IV: Proposed Draft Amendments to Table 1 and Table 2 of the Codex General Standard for Food Additives (at Step 6 of the procedure, presented in Table 1 format only)

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ACESULFAME POTASSIUM

Acesulfame Potassium

INS: 950

Function: Flavour Enhancer, Sweetener

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step	Year
01.1.2	Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, whey- based drinks)	500 mg/kg		6
01.2	Fermented and renneted milk products (plain), excluding food category 01.1.2 (dairy-based drinks)	GMP		6
01.3.2	Beverage whiteners	GMP		6
01.4	Cream (plain) and the like	GMP		6
01.5.1	Milk powder and cream powder (plain)	GMP		6
01.6.1	Unripened cheese	GMP		6
01.7	Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt)	1000 mg/kg		6
02.3	Fat emulsions other than food category 02.2, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions	GMP		6
02.4	Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7	1000 mg/kg		6
03.0	Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet	800 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.1	Frozen fruit	500 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.2	Dried fruit	500 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.3	Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine	200 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.4	Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit	500 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.5	Jams, jellies and marmelades	1000 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.6	Fruit-based spreads (e.g., chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5	1000 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.7	Candied fruit	500 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.8	Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk	1000 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.9	Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts	1000 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.10	Fermented fruit products	GMP		6
04.1.2.11	Fruit fillings for pastries	1000 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.12	Cooked or fried fruit	500 mg/kg		6
04.2.2.3	Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce	200 mg/kg		6
04.2.2.4	Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables	350 mg/kg		6
04.2.2.5	Vegetable, and nut and seed purees and spreads (e.g., peanut butter)	2500 mg/kg		6
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	350 mg/kg		6
04.2.2.7	Fermented vegetable products	GMP		6
05.1.1	Cocoa mixes (powders and syrups)	2500 mg/kg		6
05.1.2	Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings	2500 mg/kg		6
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	1000 mg/kg		6
05.1.4	Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitue products	2500 mg/kg		6
05.2	Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4	3500 mg/kg		6
05.3	Chewing gum	5000 mg/kg		6
05.4	Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (non- fruit) and sweet sauces	500 mg/kg		6
06.3	Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats	1200 mg/kg		6
06.5	Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding)	350 mg/kg		6
07.1	Bread and ordinary bakery wares	GMP		6
07.2.1	Cakes, cookies and pies (e.g., fruit-filled or custard types)	1000 mg/kg		6
07.2.2	Other fine bakery products (e.g., doughnuts, sweet rolls, scones, and muffins)	2000 mg/kg		6
07.2.3	Mixes for fine bakery wares (e.g., cakes, pancakes)	1000 mg/kg		6
09.3	Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	600 mg/kg		6
09.4	Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP		6
10.4	Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard)	350 mg/kg		6
11.2	Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup)	1000 mg/kg		6
11.4	Table-top sweeteners, including those containing high- intensity sweeteners	GMP		6
12.2	Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles)	GMP		6
12.3	Vinegars	GMP		6
12.4	Mustards	350 mg/kg		6
12.5	Soups and broths	110 mg/kg		6
12.6.1	Emulsified sauces (e.g., mayonnaise, salad dressing)	1000 mg/kg		6
12.6.2	Non- emulsified sauces (e.g., ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy)	350 mg/kg		6
12.6.3	Mixes for sauces and gravies	350 mg/kg		6
12.6.4	Clear sauces (e.g., soy sauce, fish sauce)	350 mg/kg		6
12.7	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	1000 mg/kg		6
13.3	Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes, including those for infants and young children	450 mg/kg		6
13.4	Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction	450 mg/kg		6
13.5	Dietetic foods (e.g., supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4	500 mg/kg		6
13.6	Food supplements	2000 mg/kg		6
14.1.2.1	Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice	600 mg/kg		6
14.1.2.2	Canned or bottled (pasteurized) vegetable juice	600 mg/kg		6
14.1.3.1	Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar	500 mg/kg		6
14.1.3.2	Canned or bottled (pasteurized) vegetable nectar	500 mg/kg		6
14.1.4	Water-based flavoured drinks, including “sport” or“electrolyte” drinks and particulated drinks	600 mg/kg		6
14.1.5	Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa	GMP		6
14.2.1	Beer and malt beverages	350 mg/kg		6
14.2.2	Cider and perry	350 mg/kg		6
14.2.3	Wines	350 mg/kg		6
14.2.4	Fruit wine	GMP		6
14.2.5	Mead	GMP		6
14.2.6.1	Spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol	GMP		6
14.2.6.2	Spirituous beverages containing less than 15% alcohol	350 mg/kg		6
15.1	Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes)	1000 mg/kg		6
15.2	Processed nuts, including covered nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g., dried fruit)	1000 mg/kg		6
15.3	Snacks - fish based	350 mg/kg		6

ACETIC ACID, GLACIAL

Acetic Acid, Glacial

INS: 260

Function: Acidity Regulator, Preservative

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step	Year
01.2.1	Fermented milks (plain)	GMP		6
02.1	Fats and oils essentially free from water	5000 mg/kg		6
04.2.1	Fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds	GMP		6
04.2.2.1	Frozen vegetables	GMP		6
08.1.1	Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts	GMP		6
10.2.1	Liquid egg products	GMP		6
10.2.2	Frozen egg products	GMP		6
12.2	Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles)	GMP	Note 51	6
12.8	Yeast and like products	GMP		6
13.2	Weaning foods for infants and growing children	5000 mg/kg		6

ACETIC AND FATTY ACID ESTERS OF GLYCEROL

Acetic and Fatty Acid Esters of Glycerol

INS: 472a

Function: Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Sequestrant

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step	Year
01.1.1.2	Buttermilk (plain)	GMP		6
01.2.1.2	Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation	GMP		6
01.2.2	Renneted milk	GMP		6
01.4.1	Pasteurized cream	10000 mg/kg		6
01.4.2	Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams	10000 mg/kg		6
02.1.3	Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats	GMP		6
02.2.1.1	Butter and concentrated butter	10000 mg/kg	Note 52	6
04.1.1.2	Surface-treated fresh fruit	GMP	Note 16	6
04.2.1.2	Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds	GMP	Note 16	6
06.1	Whole, broken, or flaked grain, including rice	GMP		6
08.1.1	Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts	GMP	Note 16	6
08.1.2	Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted	GMP		6
09.1	Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Note 16	6
09.2.1	Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP		6
09.2.2	Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Note 16	6
09.2.3	Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Note 16	6
09.2.4	Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP		6
09.2.5	Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP		6
11.2	Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup)	GMP		6
12.1	Salt	5000 mg/kg		6
12.2	Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles)	5000 mg/kg	Note 51	6
12.8	Yeast and like products	5000 mg/kg		6
13.2	Weaning foods for infants and growing children	5000 mg/kg		6
14.1.5	Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa	GMP		6
14.2.3.4	Aromatized wine	GMP		6

ACETYLATED DISTARCH ADIPATE

Acetylated Distarch Adipate

INS: 1422

Function: Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step	Year
01.2.1.2	Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation	10000 mg/kg		6
01.4.1	Pasteurized cream	GMP		6
01.4.2	Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams	GMP		6
02.2.1.1	Butter and concentrated butter	GMP	Note 52	6
09.2.2	Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Note 41	6
11.2	Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup)	10000 mg/kg		6
13.1	Infant formulae and follow -on formulae	25000 mg/kg		6
13.2	Weaning foods for infants and growing children	60000 mg/kg		6
14.1.5	Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa	10000 mg/kg		6

ACETYLATED DISTARCH PHOSPHATE

Acetylated Distarch Phosphate

INS: 1414

Function: Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step	Year
01.1.1.2	Buttermilk (plain)	GMP		6
01.2.1.2	Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation	10000 mg/kg		6
01.2.2	Renneted milk	GMP		6
01.4.1	Pasteurized cream	GMP		6
01.4.2	Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams	GMP		6
02.2.1.1	Butter and concentrated butter	GMP	Note 52	6
04.1.1.2	Surface-treated fresh fruit	GMP	Note 16	6
04.2.1.2	Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds	GMP	Note 16	6
04.2.2.1	Frozen vegetables	10000 mg/kg		6
08.1.1	Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts	GMP	Note 16	6
08.1.2	Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted	GMP		6
09.1	Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Note 16	6
09.2.1	Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP		6
09.2.2	Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Note 41	6
09.2.3	Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Note 16	6
09.2.4	Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP		6
09.2.5	Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP		6
11.2	Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup)	10000 mg/kg		6
12.2	Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles)	GMP	Note 51	6
13.1	Infant formulae and follow -on formulae	25000 mg/kg		6
13.2	Weaning foods for infants and growing children	60000 mg/kg		6
14.1.5	Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa	10000 mg/kg		6
14.2.3.4	Aromatized wine	GMP		6

ACID TREATED STARCH

Acid Treated Starch

INS: 1401

Function: Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step	Year
01.2.1.2	Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation	10000 mg/kg		6
01.4.2	Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams	GMP		6
09.2.2	Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Note 41	6
11.2	Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup)	10000 mg/kg		6
14.1.5	Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa	10000 mg/kg		6

ADIPATES

Adipic Acid	INS: 355
Sodium Adipate	INS: 356
Potassium Adipate	INS: 357
Ammonium Adipate	INS: 359

Function: Acidity Regulator, Firming Agent, Raising Agent

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step	Year
01.2.1	Fermented milks (plain)	GMP	Note 1	6
01.3.2	Beverage whiteners	4500 mg/kg	Note 1	6
01.6.4	Processed cheese	5000 mg/kg	Note 1	6
01.6.5	Cheese analogues	5000 mg/kg	Note 1	6
01.7	Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt)	6000 mg/kg	Note 1	6
02.1	Fats and oils essentially free from water	3000 mg/kg	Note 1	6
02.2.1.2	Margarine and similar products (e.g., butter-margarine blends)	GMP	Note 1	6
02.4	Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7	10000 mg/kg	Note 1	6
03.0	Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet	2000 mg/kg	Note 1	6
04.1.2.5	Jams, jellies and marmelades	2000 mg/kg	Note 1	6
04.1.2.8	Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk	10000 mg/kg	Note 1	6
04.1.2.9	Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts	10000 mg/kg	Note 1	6
04.1.2.11	Fruit fillings for pastries	10000 mg/kg	Note 1	6
04.2.2.3	Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce	50000 mg/kg	Note 1	6
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	6000 mg/kg	Note 1	6
04.2.2.8	Cooked or fried vegetables and seaweeds	1000 mg/kg	Note 1	6
05.1.2	Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings	2000 mg/kg	Note 1	6
05.2	Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4	30000 mg/kg	Note 1	6
05.3	Chewing gum	30000 mg/kg	Note 1	6
05.4	Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (non- fruit) and sweet sauces	10000 mg/kg	Note 1	6
06.4.2	Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products	1000 mg/kg	Note 1	6
06.5	Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding)	10000 mg/kg	Note 1	6
06.6	Batters (e.g., for breading ro batters for fish or poultry)	1000 mg/kg	Note 1	6
07.0	Bakery wares	500 mg/kg	Note 1	6
08.2	Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts	3000 mg/kg	Note 1	6
08.3	Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products	3000 mg/kg	Note 1	6
10.4	Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard)	10000 mg/kg	Note 1	6
12.2	Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles)	50000 mg/kg	Note 1	6
12.5	Soups and broths	20 mg/kg	Note 1	6
12.6	Sauces and like products	10000 mg/kg	Note 1	6
14.1.4.1	Carbonated drinks	2000 mg/kg	Note 1	6
14.1.4.2	Non-carbonated, including punches and ades	2000 mg/kg	Note 1	6
14.1.4.3	Concentrates (liquid or solid) for drinks	10000 mg/kg	Note 1	6
14.2.1	Beer and malt beverages	GMP	Note 1	6
15.1	Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes)	13000 mg/kg	Note 1	6
16.0	Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01 - 15	1000 mg/kg	Notes 1 & 2	6

AGAR

Agar

INS: 406

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

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step	Year
01.1.1	Milk and buttermilk	4000 mg/kg		6
01.2.1.2	Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation	5000 mg/kg		6
01.4.1	Pasteurized cream	GMP		6
01.4.2	Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams	5000 mg/kg		6
02.2.1.1	Butter and concentrated butter	2000 mg/kg	Note 52	6
09.2.1	Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	20000 mg/kg	Notes 3 & 53	6
09.2.4.1	Cooked fish and fish products	GMP		6
14.2.3	Wines	GMP		6

ALGINIC ACID

Alginic Acid

INS: 400

Function: Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step	Year
01.1.1.2	Buttermilk (plain)	6000 mg/kg		6
01.2.1.2	Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation	5000 mg/kg		6
01.4.1	Pasteurized cream	100 mg/kg		6
01.4.2	Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams	5000 mg/kg		6
02.2.1.1	Butter and concentrated butter	GMP	Note 52	6
09.2.1	Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	5000 mg/kg		6
11.2	Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup)	10000 mg/kg		6
13.1	Infant formulae and follow -on formulae	300 mg/kg		6
13.2	Weaning foods for infants and growing children	5000 mg/kg		6

ALITAME

Alitame

INS: 956

Function: Sweetener

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step	Year
01.1.2	Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, whey- based drinks)	100 mg/kg		6
01.2	Fermented and renneted milk products (plain), excluding food category 01.1.2 (dairy-based drinks)	60 mg/kg		6
01.4	Cream (plain) and the like	100 mg/kg		6
01.7	Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt)	100 mg/kg		6
03.0	Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet	100 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.5	Jams, jellies and marmelades	100 mg/kg		6
05.0	Confectionery	300 mg/kg		6
07.0	Bakery wares	200 mg/kg		6
11.2	Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup)	GMP		6
11.4	Table-top sweeteners, including those containing high- intensity sweeteners	GMP		6
12.2	Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles)	100 mg/kg		6
12.5	Soups and broths	40 mg/kg		6
13.5	Dietetic foods (e.g., supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4	300 mg/kg		6
14.1.4	Water-based flavoured drinks, including “sport” or“electrolyte” drinks and particulated drinks	40 mg/kg		6

ALKALINE TREATED STARCH

Alkaline Treated Starch

INS: 1402

Function: Bulking Agent, Stabilizer, Thickener

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step	Year
09.2.2	Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Note 41	6
11.2	Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup)	10000 mg/kg		6
14.1.5	Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa	10000 mg/kg		6

ALLURA RED AC

Allura Red AC

INS: 129

Function: Colour

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step	Year
01.1.2	Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, whey- based drinks)	300 mg/kg		6
01.2.1	Fermented milks (plain)	50 mg/kg		6
01.6.1	Unripened cheese	GMP	Note 3	6
01.6.2.2	Rind of ripened cheese	100 mg/kg		6
01.6.3	Whey cheese	GMP	Note 3	6
01.6.4	Processed cheese	200 mg/kg		6
01.6.5	Cheese analogues	GMP	Note 3	6
01.7	Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt)	300 mg/kg		6
02.1.3	Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats	GMP		6
02.2.1.1	Butter and concentrated butter	300 mg/kg		6
02.2.1.2	Margarine and similar products (e.g., butter-margarine blends)	GMP		6
02.4	Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7	300 mg/kg		6
03.0	Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet	300 mg/kg		6
04.1.1.2	Surface-treated fresh fruit	500 mg/kg	Note 16	6
04.1.2.4	Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit	200 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.5	Jams, jellies and marmelades	500 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.6	Fruit-based spreads (e.g., chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5	500 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.7	Candied fruit	300 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.8	Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk	800 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.9	Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts	300 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.11	Fruit fillings for pastries	800 mg/kg		6
04.2.1.2	Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds	500 mg/kg	Note 16	6
04.2.2.3	Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce	500 mg/kg		6
04.2.2.4	Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables	200 mg/kg		6
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	200 mg/kg		6
05.1	Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes	300 mg/kg		6
05.2	Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4	348 mg/kg		6
05.3	Chewing gum	467 mg/kg		6
05.4	Decorations (e.g fruit) and sweet sauces., for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-	500 mg/kg		6
06.3	Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats	300 mg/kg		6
06.5	Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding)	300 mg/kg		6
07.1	Bread and ordinary bakery wares	300 mg/kg		6
07.2.1	Cakes, cookies and pies (e.g., fruit-filled or custard types)	2197 mg/kg		6
07.2.2	Other fine bakery products (e.g., doughnuts, sweet rolls, scones, and muffins)	300 mg/kg		6
07.2.3	Mixes for fine bakery wares (e.g., cakes, pancakes)	300 mg/kg		6
08.1.1	Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts	500 mg/kg	Note 16	6
08.1.2	Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted	25 mg/kg		6
08.2	Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts	500 mg/kg	Note 16	6
08.3.1	Non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products	500 mg/kg	Note 16	6
08.3.2	Heat-treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products	25 mg/kg		6
08.3.3	Frozen processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products	500 mg/kg	Note 16	6
08.4	Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings)	500 mg/kg	Note 16	6
09.1.1	Fresh fish	300 mg/kg	Note 50	6
09.1.2	Fresh mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	500 mg/kg	Note 16	6
09.2.1	Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	500 mg/kg	Note 95	6
09.2.2	Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	500 mg/kg	Note 16	6
09.2.3	Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	500 mg/kg	Note 16	6
09.2.4.1	Cooked fish and fish products	500 mg/kg		6
09.2.4.2	Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	250 mg/kg		6
09.2.4.3	Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	500 mg/kg	Note 16	6
09.2.5	Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	500 mg/kg	Note 22	6
09.3.1	Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, marinated and/or in jelly	500 mg/kg	Note 16	6
09.3.2	Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, pickled and/or in brine	500 mg/kg	Note 16	6
09.3.3	Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products	500 mg/kg		6
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	500 mg/kg		6
09.4	Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	500 mg/kg		6
10.1	Fresh eggs	GMP	Notes 3 & 4	6
10.4	Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard)	300 mg/kg		6
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	300 mg/kg		6
11.2	Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup)	300 mg/kg		6
12.2	Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles)	500 mg/kg		6
12.4	Mustards	300 mg/kg		6
12.5	Soups and broths	300 mg/kg		6
12.6	Sauces and like products	500 mg/kg		6
12.9	Protein products	100 mg/kg		6
13.1	Infant formulae and follow -on formulae	50 mg/kg		6
13.2	Weaning foods for infants and growing children	50 mg/kg		6
13.3	Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes, including those for infants and young children	50 mg/kg		6
13.4	Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction	50 mg/kg		6
13.5	Dietetic foods (e.g., supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4	300 mg/kg		6
13.6	Food supplements	300 mg/kg		6
14.1.2.3	Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit juice	300 mg/kg		6
14.1.4.1	Carbonated drinks	300 mg/kg		6
14.1.4.2	Non-carbonated, including punches and ades	300 mg/kg		6
14.1.4.3	Concentrates (liquid or solid) for drinks	1572 mg/kg		6
14.2.1	Beer and malt beverages	GMP		6
14.2.2	Cider and perry	200 mg/kg		6
14.2.3.4	Aromatized wine	200 mg/kg		6
14.2.4	Fruit wine	200 mg/kg		6
14.2.6.1	Spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol	300 mg/kg		6
14.2.6.2	Spirituous beverages containing less than 15% alcohol	200 mg/kg		6
15.1	Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes)	200 mg/kg		6
15.2	Processed nuts, including covered nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g., dried fruit)	100 mg/kg		6
16.0	Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories01 - 15	500 mg/kg		6

ALPHA-AMYLASE (ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE VAR.)

Alpha Amylase (Aspergillus oryzae var.)

INS: 1100

Function: Adjuvant, Enzyme, Flour Treatment Agent

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step	Year
06.1	Whole, broken, or flaked grain, including rice	GMP		6
06.4.2	Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products	GMP	Note 54	6
11.1	White and semi-white sugar (sucrose or saccharose), fructose, glucose (dextrose), xylose; sugar solutions and syrups, also treacle, and sugar toppings(partially) inverted sugars, incl. molasses,	GMP		6
11.2	Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup)	GMP		6
13.1	Infant formulae and follow -on formulae	GMP		6
13.2	Weaning foods for infants and growing children	GMP		6
14.1.2.1	Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice	GMP		6

ALUMINIUM AMMONIUM SULPHATE

Aluminium Ammonium Sulphate

INS: 523

Function: Firming Agent, Raising Agent, Stabilizer

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step	Year
04.2.2.3	Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce	GMP	Note 6	6
06.2	Flours and starches	GMP	Notes 6 & 26	6
10.4	Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard)	2000 mg/kg	Note 6	6
16.0	Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01 - 15	2000 mg/kg	Notes 2 & 6	6

ALUMINIUM SILICATE

Aluminium Silicate

INS: 559

Function: Adjuvant, Anticaking Agent

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step	Year
06.1	Whole, broken, or flaked grain, including rice	GMP		6
12.1	Salt	10000 mg/kg		6
12.2	Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles)	10000 mg/kg	Note 51	6
14.1.2.1	Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice	GMP		6
14.2.3	Wines	GMP		6

AMARANTH

Amaranth

INS: 123

Function: Colour

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step	Year
01.1.2	Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, whey- based drinks)	300 mg/kg		6
01.6.2.2	Rind of ripened cheese	100 mg/kg		6
01.6.4.2	Flavoured processed cheese, including containing fruit, vegetables, meat, etc.	100 mg/kg	Notes 5 & 72	6
01.7	Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt)	300 mg/kg		6
02.2.1.1	Butter and concentrated butter	300 mg/kg		6
02.4	Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7	300 mg/kg		6
03.0	Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet	300 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.4	Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit	200 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.5	Jams, jellies and marmelades	300 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.7	Candied fruit	300 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.8	Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk	300 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.9	Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts	300 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.11	Fruit fillings for pastries	300 mg/kg		6
04.2.2.3	Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce	300 mg/kg		6
05.1.2	Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings	100 mg/kg		6
05.2	Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4	100 mg/kg		6
05.3	Chewing gum	300 mg/kg		6
05.4	Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (non- fruit) and sweet sauces	300 mg/kg		6
06.3	Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats	300 mg/kg		6
06.4.2	Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products	100 mg/kg		6
06.5	Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding)	300 mg/kg		6
06.6	Batters (e.g., for breading ro batters for fish or poultry)	100 mg/kg		6
07.0	Bakery wares	300 mg/kg		6
09.2.1	Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	300 mg/kg		6
09.2.4.1	Cooked fish and fish products	300 mg/kg		6
09.2.4.3	Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	300 mg/kg		6
09.2.5	Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	300 mg/kg	Note 22	6
09.3.3	Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products	300 mg/kg	Note 50	6
09.4	Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	300 mg/kg		6
10.1	Fresh eggs	GMP	Notes 3 & 4	6
10.4	Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard)	300 mg/kg		6
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	300 mg/kg		6
11.2	Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup)	300 mg/kg		6
12.2	Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles)	300 mg/kg		6
12.5	Soups and broths	300 mg/kg		6
12.6.2	Non-emuls fied sauces (e.g., ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy)	300 mg/kg		6
14.1.2.3	Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit juice	300 mg/kg		6
14.1.4	Water-based flavoured drinks, including “sport” or“electrolyte” drinks and particulated drinks	100 mg/kg		6
14.2.3.4	Aromatized wine	100 mg/kg		6
14.2.4	Fruit wine	30 mg/kg		6
14.2.6.1	Spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol	300 mg/kg		6
14.2.6.2	Spirituous beverages containing less than 15% alcohol	30 mg/kg		6
15.1	Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes)	300 mg/kg		6

AMMONIUM ALGINATE

Ammonium Alginate

INS: 403

Function: Emulsifier, Thickener, Stabilizer

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step	Year
01.2.1.2	Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation	5000 mg/kg		6
01.4.1	Pasteurized cream	100 mg/kg		6
01.4.2	Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams	5000 mg/kg		6
02.1	Fats and oils essentially free from water	5000 mg/kg		6
02.2.1.1	Butter and concentrated butter	GMP	Note 52	6
09.2.1	Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	5000 mg/kg		6
11.2	Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup)	10000 mg/kg		6
13.1	Infant formulae and follow -on formulae	300 mg/kg		6
13.2	Weaning foods for infants and growing children	5000 mg/kg		6

AMMONIUM CARBONATE

Ammonium Carbonate

INS: 503i

Function: Acidity Regulator, Raising Agent, Stabilizer

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step	Year
09.2.2	Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Note 41	6
13.2	Weaning foods for infants and growing children	GMP		6

AMMONIUM HYDROGEN CARBONATE

Ammonium Hydrogen Carbonate

INS: 503ii

Function: Acidity Regulator, Raising Agent, Stabilizer

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step	Year
13.2	Weaning foods for infants and growing children	GMP		6

ANNATTO EXTRACTS

Annatto Extracts

INS: 160b

Function: Colour

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step	Year
01.1.2	Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, whey- based drinks)	50 mg/kg	Note 8	6
01.2.1.1	Fermented milks (plain), not heat-treated after fermentation	50 mg/kg		6
01.6.1	Unripened cheese	50 mg/kg	Note 74	6
01.6.2.1	Total ripened cheese, includes rind	600 mg/kg		6
01.6.2.2	Rind of ripened cheese	50 mg/kg	Note 74	6
01.6.2.3	Cheese powder (for reconstitution; e.g., for cheese sauces)	50 mg/kg	Note 74	6
01.6.3	Whey cheese	50 mg/kg	Note 74	6
01.6.4	Processed cheese	50 mg/kg	Note 74	6
01.6.5	Cheese analogues	50 mg/kg	Note 74	6
01.6.6	Whey protein cheese	50 mg/kg	Note 74	6
01.7	Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt)	100 mg/kg		6
02.1	Fats and oils essentially free from water	10 mg/kg	Note 9	6
02.2.1	Emulsions containing at least 80% fat	100 mg/kg		6
02.2.2	Emulsions containing less than 80% fat (e.g., minarine)	30 mg/kg	Note 9	6
02.3	Fat emulsions other than food category 02.2, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions	10 mg/kg		6
02.4	Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7	10 mg/kg		6
03.0	Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet	100 mg/kg	Note 9	6
04.1.1.2	Surface-treated fresh fruit	20 mg/kg	Note 16	6
04.1.2.4	Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit	GMP		6
04.1.2.5	Jams, jellies and marmelades	200 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.6	Fruit-based spreads (e.g., chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5	GMP		6
04.1.2.8	Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk	20 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.9	Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts	150 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.11	Fruit fillings for pastries	GMP		6
04.2.1.2	Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds	20 mg/kg	Note 16	6
04.2.2.3	Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce	300 mg/kg		6
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	10 mg/kg		6
05.1	Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes	25 mg/kg	Note 9	6
05.2	Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4	25 mg/kg	Note 9	6
05.3	Chewing gum	1000 mg/kg		6
05.4	Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (non- fruit) and sweet sauces	30 mg/kg	Note 9	6
06.3	Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats	75 mg/kg	Note 9	6
06.4.2	Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products	12 mg/kg	Note 8	6
06.5	Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding)	10 mg/kg		6
06.6	Batters (e.g., for breading ro batters for fish or poultry)	GMP		6
07.1	Bread and ordinary bakery wares	GMP		6
07.2.1	Cakes, cookies and pies (e.g., fruit-filled or custard types)	15 mg/kg	Note 9	6
07.2.2	Other fine bakery products (e.g., doughnuts, sweet rolls, scones, and muffins)	40 mg/kg	Note 9	6
07.2.3	Mixes for fine bakery wares (e.g., cakes, pancakes)	15 mg/kg	Note 9	6
08.1.1	Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts	20 mg/kg	Note 16	6
08.1.2	Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted	1000 mg/kg	Note 94	6
08.2	Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts	50 mg/kg	Note 9	6
08.3.1.1	Cured (including salted) non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products	1000 mg/kg	Notes 9 & 78	6
08.3.1.2	Cured (including salted) and dried non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products	20 mg/kg	Note 16	6
08.3.1.3	Fermented non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products	50 mg/kg	Note 9	6
08.3.2	Heat-treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products	50 mg/kg	Note 9	6
08.3.3	Frozen processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products	20 mg/kg	Note 16	6
08.4	Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings)	60 mg/kg	Note 9	6
09.1	Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	20 mg/kg	Note 16	6
09.2.1	Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	10 mg/kg	Note 8	6
09.2.2	Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	30 mg/kg	Note 9	6
09.2.3	Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	10 mg/kg	Note 8	6
09.2.4.1	Cooked fish and fish products	30 mg/kg	Note 9	6
09.2.4.2	Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	15 mg/kg	Note 9	6
09.2.4.3	Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	15 mg/kg	Note 9	6
09.2.5	Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	15 mg/kg	Notes 9 & 22	6
09.3	Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	15 mg/kg	Note 9	6
09.4	Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	10 mg/kg	Note 8	6
10.1	Fresh eggs	GMP	Notes 3 & 4	6
10.4	Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard)	10 mg/kg		6
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	GMP		6
11.2	Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup)	GMP		6
12.2	Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles)	30 mg/kg	Note 9	6
12.4	Mustards	100 mg/kg	Note 8	6
12.5	Soups and broths	150 mg/kg	Note 8	6
12.6.1	Emulsified sauces (e.g., mayonnaise, salad dressing)	100 mg/kg	Note 8	6
12.6.2	Non-emulsified sauces (e.g., ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy)	100 mg/kg	Note 8	6
12.6.3	Mixes for sauces and gravies	100 mg/kg	Note 8	6
12.6.4	Clear sauces (e.g., soy sauce, fish sauce)	400 mg/kg		6
12.9	Protein products	GMP		6
13.6	Food supplements	GMP		6
14.1.2.1	Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice	GMP		6
14.1.2.3	Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit juice	GMP		6
14.1.3.1	Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar	GMP		6
14.1.4	Water-based flavoured drinks, including “sport” or“electrolyte” drinks and particulated drinks	50 mg/kg		6
14.2.1	Beer and malt beverages	GMP	Note 96	6
14.2.3	Wines	GMP		6
14.2.6	Spirituous beverages	10 mg/kg		6
15.0	Ready-to-eat savouries	300 mg/kg	Note 9	6
16.0	Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories01 - 15	200 mg/kg		6

ASCORBIC ACID