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EDTAs

Calcium Disodium Ethylene Diamine Tetra Acetate	INS: 385
Disodium Ethylene Diamine Tetra Acetate	INS: 386

Function: Antioxidant, Preservative, Sequestrant

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step	Year
04.2.2.1	Frozen vegetables	250 mg/kg	Notes 21 & 110	6
12.6.3	Mixes for sauces and gravies	75 mg/kg	Note 21	6
12.6.4	Clear sauces (e.g., soy sauce, fish sauce)	75 mg/kg	Note 21	6

ENZYME TREATED STARCH

Enzyme Treated Starch

INS: 1405

Function: Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Stabilzer, Thickener

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step	Year
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

ERYTHORBIC ACID

Erythorbic Acid	INS: 315
Isoascorbic Acid	INS: 315

Function: Antioxidant, Colour Rentention Agent

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step	Year
02.1	Fats and oils essentially free from water	100 mg/kg		6
02.2.1.1	Butter and concentrated butter	100 mg/kg	Note 52	6
04.1.1	Fresh fruit	GMP		6
04.2.1.3	Peeled, cut or shredded 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	500 mg/kg		6
09.1	Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP		6
09.2.1	Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	1500 mg/kg		6
09.2.2	Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Note 15	6
14.1.2.1	Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice	GMP		6
14.1.3.1	Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar	GMP		6
14.1.5	Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa	GMP		6
14.2.3	Wines	GMP		6

ERYTHROSINE

Erythrosine

INS: 127

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
01.2.1.1	Fermented milks (plain), not heat-treated after fermentation	300 mg/kg		6
01.2.1.2	Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation	27 mg/kg	Note 12	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
02.1.3	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
04.1.2.4	Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit	300 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.5	Jams, jellies and marmelades	400 mg/kg		6
04.1.2.6	Fruit-based spreads (e.g., chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5	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	300 mg/kg		6
05.3	Chewing gum	200 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
06.5	Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding)	300 mg/kg		6
07.0	Bakery wares	300 mg/kg		6
08.1	Fresh meat, poultry, and game	GMP	Notes 3 & 4	6
08.2	Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts	30 mg/kg		6
08.3	Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products	30 mg/kg		6
08.4	Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings)	GMP		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		6
09.3.3	Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products	300 mg/kg		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
11.4	Table-top sweeteners, including those containing high-intensity sweeteners	300 mg/kg		6
12.2	Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles)	300 mg/kg		6
12.6.2	Non-emulsified sauces (e.g., ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy)	300 mg/kg		6
12.9	Protein products	100 mg/kg	Note 92	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	Water-based flavoured drinks, including “sport” or “electrolyte” drinks and particulated drinks	300 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	GMP		6
15.1	Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes)	300 mg/kg		6
16.0	Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01 - 15	300 mg/kg	Note 2	6

ETHYL MALTOL

Ethyl Maltol

INS: 637

Function: Flavour Enhancer, Stabilizer

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)	200 mg/kg		6
01.7	Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt)	200 mg/kg		6
03.0	Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet	200 mg/kg		6
05.1	Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes	1000 mg/kg		6
05.2	Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4	200 mg/kg		6
05.3	Chewing gum	1000 mg/kg		6
07.2	Fine bakery wares	200 mg/kg		6
14.1.4	Water-based flavoured drinks, including “sport” or “electrolyte” drinks and particulated drinks	200 mg/kg		6
14.1.5	Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa	200 mg/kg		6
14.2.2	Cider and perry	100 mg/kg		6
14.2.3	Wines	100 mg/kg	Note 93	6
14.2.4	Fruit wine	100 mg/kg		6