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NISIN

Nisin

INS: 234

Function: Preservative

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step	Year
01.4.3	Clotted cream	10 mg/kg	Note 28	6
01.6.1	Unripened cheese	12.5 mg/kg	Note 28	6
01.6.2	Ripened cheese	12.5 mg/kg	Note 28	6
01.6.3	Whey cheese	12.5 mg/kg	Note 28	6
01.6.4	Processed cheese	250 mg/kg	Note 28	6
01.6.5	Cheese analogues	12.5 mg/kg	Note 28	6
01.6.6	Whey protein cheese	12.5 mg/kg	Note 28	6
04.2.2.4	Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables	GMP	Note 28	6
06.5	Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding)	3 mg/kg	Note 28	6
07.2	Fine bakery wares	250 mg/kg	Note 28	6
12.5.1	Ready-to-eat soups and broths, including canned, bottled, and frozen	GMP	Note 28	6

NITRATES

Sodium Nitrate	INS: 251
Potassium Nitrate	INS: 252

Function: Colour Retention Agent, Preservative

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step	Year
01.6	Cheese	37 mg/kg	Note 30	6
08.1	Fresh meat, poultry, and game	146 mg/kg	Note 30	6
08.2.1.1	Cured (including salted) non-heat treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts	1598 mg/kg	Note 30	6
08.2.1.2	Cured (including salted) and dried non-heat treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts	365 mg/kg	Note 30	6
08.2.1.3	Fermented non-heat treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts	365 mg/kg	Note 30	6
08.2.2	Heat-treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts	365 mg/kg	Note 30	6
08.2.3	Frozen processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts	218 mg/kg	Note 30	6
08.3.1.1	Cured (including salted) non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products	1254 mg/kg	Note 30	6
08.3.1.2	Cured (including salted) and dried non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products	365 mg/kg	Note 30	6
08.3.1.3	Fermented non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products	365 mg/kg	Note 30	6
08.3.2	Heat-treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products	365 mg/kg	Note 30	6
08.3.3	Frozen processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products	365 mg/kg	Note 30	6
08.4	Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings)	146 mg/kg	Note 30	6
09.2.5	Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	365 mg/kg	Notes 22 & 30	6
09.3	Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	218 mg/kg	Note 30	6
14.2.6.2	Spirituous beverages containing less than 15% alcohol	73 mg/kg	Notes 30 & 31	6

NITRITES

Potassium Nitrite	INS: 249
Sodium Nitrite	INS: 250

Function: Colour Retention Agent, Preservative

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step	Year
01.6.1	Unripened cheese	17 mg/kg	Note 32	6
01.6.2	Ripened cheese	17 mg/kg	Note 32	6
01.6.3	Whey cheese	17 mg/kg	Note 32	6
01.6.4	Processed cheese	17 mg/kg	Note 32	6
01.6.5	Cheese analogues	34 mg/kg	Notes 32 & 36	6
01.6.6	Whey protein cheese	17 mg/kg	Note 32	6
08.1	Fresh meat, poultry, and game	134 mg/kg	Note 32	6
08.2.1.1	Cured (including salted) non-heat treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts	416 mg/kg	Note 32	6
08.2.1.2	Cured (including salted) and dried non-heat treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts	134 mg/kg	Note 32	6
08.2.1.3	Fermented non-heat treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts	134 mg/kg	Note 32	6
08.2.2	Heat-treated processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts	167 mg/kg	Notes 32 & 36	6
08.2.3	Frozen processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts	167 mg/kg	Notes 32 & 36	6
08.3	Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products	134 mg/kg	Note 32	6
08.4	Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings)	134 mg/kg	Note 32	6
09.2.4.1	Cooked fish and fish products	50 mg/kg	Notes 32 & 36	6
09.2.5	Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	134 mg/kg	Notes 22 & 32	6
09.3.3	Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products	5 mg/kg	Notes 32 & 36	6

NITROGEN

Nitrogen

INS: 941

Function: Propellant

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step	Year
01.1.1	Milk and buttermilk	GMP	Note 59	6
01.2	Fermented and renneted milk products (plain), excluding food category 01.1.2 (dairy-based drinks)	GMP	Note 59	6
01.4.1	Pasteurized cream	GMP	Note 59	6
04.1.1	Fresh fruit	GMP	Note 59	6
04.2.2.1	Frozen vegetables	GMP	Note 59	6
09.1	Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Note 59	6
09.2.1	Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Note 59	6
14.1.5	Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa	GMP	Note 59	6
14.2.3	Wines	GMP	Note 59	6

NITROUS OXIDE

Nitrous Oxide

INS: 942

Function: Propellant

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step	Year
01.1.1	Milk and buttermilk	GMP		6
01.2.1.1	Fermented milks (plain), not heat-treated after fermentation	GMP		6
01.4.1	Pasteurized cream	GMP		6
01.4.2	Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams	GMP		6
02.1.2	Vegetable oils and fats	GMP		6
02.1.3	Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats	GMP		6
02.2.1.1	Butter and concentrated butter	GMP	Note 52	6
04.1.1.1	Untreated fresh fruit	GMP		6
04.1.1.3	Peeled or cut fresh fruit	GMP		6
04.2.1.1	Untreated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds	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
06.1	Whole, broken, or flaked grain, including rice	GMP		6
06.2	Flours and starches	GMP		6
06.4.2	Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products	GMP	Note 54	6
08.1	Fresh meat, poultry, and game	GMP		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	GMP		6
10.1	Fresh eggs	GMP		6
10.2.1	Liquid egg products	GMP		6
10.2.2	Frozen egg products	GMP		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
11.3	Honey	GMP		6
12.1	Salt	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
13.1	Infant formulae and follow-on formulae	GMP		6
13.2	Weaning foods for infants and growing children	GMP		6
14.1.1.1	Natural mineral waters and source waters	GMP	Note 68	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
14.1.5	Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa	GMP		6