ANNEXE V: AVANT-PROJET D’ADDITIONS AUX TABLEAUX 1 ET 2 DE LA DE LA NORME GENERALE CODEX POUR LES ADDITIFS ALIMENTAIRES (NGAA), A L’ETAPE 5 DE LA PROCEDURE (PART IV)

MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE

Magnesium Hydroxide

INS: 528

Function: Acidity Regulator, Colour Retention Agent, Stabilizer

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
01.1.1.2	Buttermilk (plain)	GMP		5
01.2.1.2	Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation	GMP		5
01.2.2	Renneted milk	GMP		5
04.1.1.2	Surface-treated fresh fruit	GMP		5
04.2.1.2	Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds	GMP		5
08.1.1	Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts	GMP	Note 3	5
08.1.2	Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted	GMP		5
09.1	Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Note 3	5
09.2.1	Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP		5
09.2.2	Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Note 3	5
09.2.3	Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Note 3	5
09.2.4	Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP		5
09.2.5	Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP		5
11.2	Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup)	GMP		5
12.2	Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles)	GMP	Note 51	5
14.1.5	Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa	GMP		5
14.2.3.4	Aromatized wine	GMP		5

MAGNESIUM OXIDE

Magnesium Oxide

INS: 530

Function: Anticaking Agent

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
12.1	Salt	20000 mg/kg		5
13.1	Infant formulae and follow-on formulae	GMP		5

MAGNESIUM SILICATE (SYNTHETIC)

Magnesium Silicate (Synthetic)

INS: 553i

Function: Anticaking Agent

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
11.2	Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup)	15000 mg/kg	Note 56	5
12.1	Salt	20000 mg/kg		5
12.2	Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles)	10000 mg/kg	Note 51	5

MALIC ACID (DL-)

Malic Acid (DL-)

INS: 296

Function: Acidity Regulator, Sequestrant

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
01.2.1	Fermented milks (plain)	GMP		5
02.1.2	Vegetable oils and fats	100 mg/kg		5
02.1.3	Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats	100 mg/kg		5
04.2.1	Fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds	GMP		5
04.2.2.1	Frozen vegetables	GMP		5
12.1	Salt	GMP		5
13.2	Weaning foods for infants and growing children	GMP		5
14.1.2.1	Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit juice	3500 mg/kg		5
14.1.2.3	Concentrate (liquid or solid) for fruit juice	GMP		5
14.1.3.1	Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit nectar	GMP		5
14.2.3	Wines	GMP		5

MALTITOL and MALTITOL SYRUP

Maltitol and Maltitol Syrup

INS: 965

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

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
06.4.2	Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products	GMP	Note 54	5
09.2.1	Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP		5
13.1	Infant formulae and follow-on formulae	GMP		5
13.2	Weaning foods for infants and growing children	GMP		5

MALTOL

Maltol

INS: 636

Function: Flavour Enhancer, Stabilizer

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
01.1.2	Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, whey-based drinks)	200 mg/kg		5
01.7	Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt)	200 mg/kg		5
03.0	Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet	200 mg/kg		5
05.1	Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes	200 mg/kg		5
05.2	Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4	200 mg/kg		5
05.3	Chewing gum	200 mg/kg		5
07.2	Fine bakery wares	200 mg/kg		5
14.1.4	Water-based flavoured drinks, including “sport” or “electrolyte” drinks and particulated drinks	200 mg/kg		5
14.1.5	Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa	200 mg/kg		5
14.2.2	Cider and perry	250 mg/kg		5
14.2.4	Fruit wine	250 mg/kg		5

MANNITOL

Mannitol

INS: 421

Function: Anticaking Agent, Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Sweetener, Thickener

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
02.2.1.1	Butter and concentrated butter	GMP	Note 52	5
06.4.2	Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products	GMP	Note 54	5
09.2.1	Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP		5
13.1	Infant formulae and follow-on formulae	GMP		5
13.2	Weaning foods for infants and growing children	GMP		5

METHYL CELLULOSE

Methyl Cellulose

INS: 461

Function: Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
01.1.1.2	Buttermilk (plain)	GMP		5
01.2.1.2	Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation	GMP		5
01.2.2	Renneted milk	GMP		5
01.4.1	Pasteurized cream	GMP		5
01.4.2	Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams	GMP		5
02.2.1.1	Butter and concentrated butter	GMP	Note 52	5
04.1.1.2	Surface-treated fresh fruit	GMP		5
04.2.1.2	Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds	GMP		5
08.1.1	Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts	GMP	Note 3	5
08.1.2	Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted	GMP		5
09.1	Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Note 3	5
09.2.1	Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	5000 mg/kg	Note 61	5
09.2.2	Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Note 41	5
09.2.3	Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Note 3	5
09.2.4	Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP		5
09.2.5	Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP		5
11.2	Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup)	GMP		5
12.2	Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles)	GMP	Note 51	5
14.1.5	Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa	GMP		5
14.2.3.4	Aromatized wine	GMP		5

METHYL ETHYL CELLULOSE

Methyl Ethyl Cellulose

INS: 465

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

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
01.1.1.2	Buttermilk (plain)	GMP		5
01.2.1.2	Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation	GMP		5
01.2.2	Renneted milk	GMP		5
01.4.1	Pasteurized cream	GMP		5
01.4.2	Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams	GMP		5
02.2.1.1	Butter and concentrated butter	GMP	Note 52	5
04.1.1.2	Surface-treated fresh fruit	GMP		5
04.2.1.2	Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds	GMP		5
08.1.1	Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts	GMP	Note 3	5
08.1.2	Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted	GMP		5
09.1	Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Note 3	5
09.2.1	Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP		5
09.2.2	Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Note 41	5
09.2.3	Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Note 3	5
09.2.4	Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP		5
09.2.5	Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP		5
11.2	Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup)	GMP		5
12.2	Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles)	GMP	Note 51	5
14.1.5	Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa	GMP		5

MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE

Microcrystalline Cellulose

INS: 460i

Function: Anticaking Agent, Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Foaming Agent, Stabilizer, Thickener

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
01.1.1.2	Buttermilk (plain)	GMP		5
01.2.1.2	Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation	20000 mg/kg		5
01.2.2	Renneted milk	GMP		5
01.4.1	Pasteurized cream	5000 mg/kg		5
01.4.2	Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams	5000 mg/kg		5
02.2.1.1	Butter and concentrated butter	20000 mg/kg	Note 52	5
04.1.1.2	Surface-treated fresh fruit	GMP		5
04.2.1.2	Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds	GMP		5
08.1.1	Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts	GMP	Note 3	5
08.1.2	Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted	GMP		5
09.1	Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Note 3	5
09.2	Processed fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	10000 mg/kg		5
11.2	Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup)	GMP		5
12.2	Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles)	GMP	Note 51	5
14.1.5	Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa	GMP		5
14.2.3.4	Aromatized wine	GMP		5

MINERAL OIL

Mineral Oil

INS: 905a

Function: Adjuvant, Antioxidant, Glazing Agent, Humectant, Release Agent

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
08.1.2	Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted	200 mg/kg	Note 67	5
08.3.2	Heat-treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products	30 mg/kg	Note 67	5
08.4	Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings)	50000 mg/kg		5
12.2	Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles)	6000 mg/kg		5

MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES

Mono- and Diglycerides

INS: 471

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

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
01.1.1	Milk and buttermilk	2000 mg/kg		5
01.2	Fermented and renneted milk products (plain), excluding food category 01.1.2 (dairy-based drinks)	1000 mg/kg		5
01.4.1	Pasteurized cream	5000 mg/kg		5
01.4.2	Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams	5000 mg/kg		5
02.1.1	Butter oil, anhydrous milkfat, ghee	20000 mg/kg		5
02.1.2	Vegetable oils and fats	20000 mg/kg		5
02.1.3	Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats	100000 mg/kg		5
02.2.1.1	Butter and concentrated butter	20000 mg/kg	Note 52	5
04.1.1.2	Surface-treated fresh fruit	GMP		5
04.2.1.2	Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds	GMP		5
06.1	Whole, broken, or flaked grain, including rice	GMP		5
06.4.2	Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products	30000 mg/kg	Note 64	5
08.1	Fresh meat, poultry, and game	GMP		5
09.1	Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Note 3	5
09.2	Processed fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	5000 mg/kg		5
10.2.2	Frozen egg products	GMP		5
11.2	Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup)	6000 mg/kg		5
12.1	Salt	5000 mg/kg		5
12.2	Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles)	5000 mg/kg	Note 51	5
12.8	Yeast and like products	5000 mg/kg		5
13.1	Infant formulae and follow-on formulae	5000 mg/kg		5
13.2	Weaning foods for infants and growing children	15000 mg/kg		5
14.1.5	Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa	GMP		5
14.2.3	Wines	18 mg/kg		5

MONOAMMONIUM GLUTAMATE, L-

Monoammonium Glutamate, L-

INS: 624

Function: Flavour Enhancer

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
12.2	Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles)	GMP	Note 51	5

MONOPOTASSIUM GLUTAMATE, L-

Monopotassium Glutamate, L-

INS: 622

Function: Flavour Enhancer

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
09.2.2	Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Note 41	5
12.2	Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles)	GMP	Note 51	5

MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, L-

Monosodium Glutamate, L-

INS: 621

Function: Flavour Enhancer

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
04.2.2.1	Frozen vegetables	GMP		5
08.1.1	Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts	GMP		5
09.2.2	Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Note 41	5
12.2	Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles)	GMP	Note 51	5

MONOSTARCH PHOSPHATE

Monostarch Phosphate

INS: 1410

Function: Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
01.2.1.2	Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation	10000 mg/kg		5
01.4.1	Pasteurized cream	GMP		5
01.4.2	Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams	GMP		5
02.2.1.1	Butter and concentrated butter	GMP	Note 52	5
09.2.2	Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Note 41	5
11.2	Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup)	10000 mg/kg		5
13.2	Weaning foods for infants and growing children	50000 mg/kg		5
14.1.5	Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa	10000 mg/kg		5

NITROGEN

Nitrogen

INS: 941

Function: Propellant

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
01.1.1	Milk and buttermilk	GMP	Note 59	5
01.2	Fermented and renneted milk products (plain), excluding food category 01.1.2 (dairy-based drinks)	GMP	Note 59	5
01.4.1	Pasteurized cream	GMP	Note 59	5
04.1.1	Fresh fruit	GMP	Note 59	5
04.2.2.1	Frozen vegetables	GMP	Note 59	5
09.1	Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Note 59	5
09.2.1	Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Note 59	5
14.1.5	Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa	GMP	Note 59	5
14.2.3	Wines	GMP	Note 59	5

OXIDIZED STARCH

Oxidized Starch

INS: 1404

Function: Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Stabilzer, Thickener

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
01.1.1.2	Buttermilk (plain)	GMP		5
01.2.1.2	Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation	10000 mg/kg		5
01.2.2	Renneted milk	GMP		5
01.4.1	Pasteurized cream	GMP		5
01.4.2	Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams	GMP		5
02.2.1.1	Butter and concentrated butter	GMP	Note 52	5
04.1.1.2	Surface-treated fresh fruit	GMP		5
04.2.1.2	Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds	GMP		5
08.1.1	Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts	GMP	Note 3	5
08.1.2	Fresh meat, poultry, and game, comminuted	GMP		5
09.1	Fresh fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Note 3	5
09.2.1	Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP		5
09.2.2	Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Note 41	5
09.2.3	Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Note 3	5
09.2.4	Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP		5
09.2.5	Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP		5
11.2	Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup)	10000 mg/kg		5
12.2	Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles)	GMP	Note 51	5
13.2	Weaning foods for infants and growing children	50000 mg/kg		5
14.1.5	Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa	10000 mg/kg		5
14.2.3.4	Aromatized wine	GMP		5

OXYSTEARIN

Oxystearin

INS: 387

Function: Antifoaming Agent, Crystallization Inhibitor, Release Agent, Sequestrant

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
02.1.2	Vegetable oils and fats	1250 mg/kg		5
02.2.1.2	Margarine and similar products (e.g., butter-margarine blends)	1250 mg/kg		5
02.2.2	Emulsions containing less than 80% fat (e.g., minarine)	1250 mg/kg		5
02.3	Fat emulsions other than food category 02.2, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions	1250 mg/kg		5

PAPAIN

Papain

INS: 1101ii

Function: Flavour Enhancer, Flour Treatment Agent, Stabilizer

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
06.2	Flours and starches	GMP		5
08.1.1	Fresh meat, poultry, and game, whole pieces or cuts	GMP		5
14.2.3	Wines	GMP		5

PECTINS (AMIDATED AND NON-AMIDATED)

Pectins (Amidated and Non-Amidated)

INS: 440

Function: Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
01.1.1	Milk and buttermilk	GMP		5
01.2.1.1	Fermented milks (plain), not heat-treated after fermentation	GMP		5
01.2.1.2	Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation	10000 mg/kg		5
01.4.1	Pasteurized cream	GMP		5
01.4.2	Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams	5000 mg/kg		5
02.2.1.1	Butter and concentrated butter	GMP	Note 52	5
04.1.1.2	Surface-treated fresh fruit	GMP		5
04.1.1.3	Peeled or cut fresh fruit	GMP		5
04.2.1.2	Surface-treated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds	GMP		5
04.2.1.3	Peeled, cut or shredded vegetables, and nuts and seeds	GMP		5
04.2.2.1	Frozen vegetables	20000 mg/kg		5
06.4.2	Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products	GMP	Note 54	5
09.2.1	Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	5000 mg/kg	Note 61	5
09.2.2	Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Note 41	5
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		5
11.2	Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup)	GMP		5
13.1	Infant formulae and follow-on formulae	10000 mg/kg		5
13.2	Weaning foods for infants and growing children	20000 mg/kg		5
14.1.5	Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa	GMP		5

PHOSPHATED DISTARCH PHOSPHATE

Phosphated Distarch Phosphate

INS: 1413

Function: Bulking Agent, Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
01.2.1.2	Fermented milks (plain), heat-treated after fermentation	10000 mg/kg		5
01.4.1	Pasteurized cream	GMP		5
01.4.2	Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams	GMP		5
02.2.1.1	Butter and concentrated butter	GMP	Note 52	5
09.2.2	Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP	Note 41	5
11.2	Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup)	10000 mg/kg		5
13.1	Infant formulae and follow-on formulae	60000 mg/kg		5
13.2	Weaning foods for infants and growing children	60000 mg/kg		5
14.1.5	Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa	10000 mg/kg		5

PHOSPHATES

Orthophosphoric Acid	INS: 338
Disodium Orthophosphate	INS: 339ii
Monopotassium Orthophosphate	INS: 340i
Tripotassium Orthophosphate	INS: 340iii
Dicalcium Orthophosphate	INS: 341ii
Monoammonium Orthophosphate	INS: 342i
Dimagnesium Orthophosphate	INS: 343ii
Disodium Diphosphate	INS: 450i
Tetrapotassium Diphosphate	INS: 450v
Pentasodium Triphosphate	INS: 451i
Sodium Polyphosphate	INS: 452i
Calcium Polyphosphates	INS: 452iv
Bone Phosphate	INS: 542
Monosodium Orthophosphate	INS: 339i
Trisodium Orthophosphate	INS: 339iii
Dipotassium Orthophosphate	INS: 340ii
Monocalcium Orthophosphate	INS: 341i
Tricalcium Orthophosphate	INS: 341iii
Diammonium Orthophosphate	INS: 342ii
Trimagnesium Orthophosphate	INS: 343iii
Tetrasodium Diphosphate	INS: 450iii
Dicalcium Diphosphate	INS: 450vi
Pentapotassium Triphosphate	INS: 451ii
Potassium Polyphosphate	INS: 452ii
Ammonium Polyphosphates	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

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
01.6.1	Unripened cheese	10000 mg/kg	Note 33	5
01.6.4	Processed cheese	10000 mg/kg	Note 33	5
02.4	Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7	7000 mg/kg	Note 33	5
03.0	Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet	12000 mg/kg	Note 33	5
04.1.2.2	Dried fruit	10 mg/kg	Note 33	5
04.1.2.3	Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine	240 mg/kg	Note 33	5
04.1.2.6	Fruit-based spreads (e.g., chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5	240 mg/kg	Note 33	5
04.1.2.7	Candied fruit	10 mg/kg	Note 33	5
04.1.2.8	Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk	7000 mg/kg	Note 33	5
04.1.2.9	Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts	7000 mg/kg	Note 33	5
04.1.2.11	Fruit fillings for pastries	7000 mg/kg	Note 33	5
04.2.1.1	Untreated fresh vegetables, and nuts and seeds	200 mg/kg	Note 33	5
04.2.1.3	Peeled, cut or shredded vegetables, and nuts and seeds	220 mg/kg	Note 33	5
04.2.2.1	Frozen vegetables	5000 mg/kg	Note 33	5
04.2.2.2	Dried vegetables, seaweeds, and nuts and seeds	5000 mg/kg	Note 33	5
04.2.2.3	Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soy sauce	2200 mg/kg	Note 33	5
04.2.2.4	Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables	2200 mg/kg	Note 33	5
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	2200 mg/kg	Note 33	5
04.2.2.8	Cooked or fried vegetables and seaweeds	2200 mg/kg	Note 33	5
05.1.1	Cocoa mixes (powders and syrups)	6000 mg/kg	Note 33	5
05.1.2	Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings	2200 mg/kg	Note 33	5
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	2200 mg/kg	Note 33	5
05.1.4	Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitue products	2200 mg/kg	Note 33	5
05.2	Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4	1300 mg/kg	Note 33	5
05.4	Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces	7000 mg/kg	Note 33	5
06.5	Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding)	7000 mg/kg	Note 33	5
06.6	Batters (e.g., for breading ro batters for fish or poultry)	3000 mg/kg	Note 33	5
07.1.1	Breads and rolls	9300 mg/kg	Note 33	5
07.1.2	Crackers, excluding sweet crackers	8000 mg/kg	Note 33	5
07.1.3	Other ordinary bakery products (e.g., bagels, pita, English muffins)	8000 mg/kg	Note 33	5
07.1.4	Bread-type products, including bread stuffing and bread crumbs	8000 mg/kg	Note 33	5
07.2	Fine bakery wares	8000 mg/kg	Note 33	5
08.4	Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings)	1100 mg/kg	Note 33	5
09.2.3	Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	1100 mg/kg	Note 33	5
09.3.1	Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, marinated and/or in jelly	220 mg/kg	Note 33	5
09.3.3	Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products	220 mg/kg	Note 33	5
10.3	Preserved eggs, including alkaline, salted, and canned eggs	220 mg/kg	Note 33	5
10.4	Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard)	7000 mg/kg	Note 33	5
11.4	Table-top sweeteners, including those containing high-intensity sweeteners	220 mg/kg	Note 33	5
12.1	Salt	5500 mg/kg	Note 33	5
12.5.1	Ready-to-eat soups and broths, including canned, bottled, and frozen	4600 mg/kg	Note 33	5
12.5.2	Mixes for soups and broths	6000 mg/kg	Note 33	5
12.6	Sauces and like products	8000 mg/kg	Note 33	5
14.1.2	Fruit and vegetable juices	2500 mg/kg	Note 33	5
14.1.3	Fruit and vegetable nectars	2500 mg/kg	Note 33	5
14.1.4	Water-based flavoured drinks, including “sport” or “electrolyte” drinks and particulated drinks	12000 mg/kg	Note 33	5
14.2.1	Beer and malt beverages	12000 mg/kg	Note 33	5
14.2.3	Wines	12000 mg/kg	Note 33	5
14.2.6.2	Spirituous beverages containing less than 15% alcohol	12000 mg/kg	Note 33	5
15.1	Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes)	1300 mg/kg	Note 33	5
16.0	Composite foods (e.g., casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01 - 15	2000 mg/kg	Note 33	5

POLYDEXTROSE

Polydextroses A and N

INS: 1200

Function: Bulking Agent, Humectant, Stabilizer, Thickener

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
01.1.1	Milk and buttermilk	GMP		5
01.2	Fermented and renneted milk products (plain), excluding food category 01.1.2 (dairy-based drinks)	GMP		5
01.4.2	Sterilized, UHT, whipping or whipped, and reduced fat creams	GMP		5
02.2.1.1	Butter and concentrated butter	GMP	Note 52	5
09.2.1	Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP		5
09.2.4	Cooked and/or fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	GMP		5
10.2.1	Liquid egg products	GMP		5
10.2.2	Frozen egg products	GMP		5
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		5
11.2	Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup)	GMP		5
11.3	Honey	GMP		5
12.2	Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles)	GMP	Note 51	5

POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE

Polydimethylsiloxane

INS: 900a

Function: Anticaking Agent, Antifoaming Agent

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
01.7	Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt)	50 mg/kg		5
03.0	Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet	50 mg/kg		5
04.1.2.11	Fruit fillings for pastries	50 mg/kg		5
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	50 mg/kg		5
05.4	Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces	50 mg/kg		5
07.0	Bakery wares	10 mg/kg	Notes 3 & 36	5
08.2	Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts	50 mg/kg		5
08.3	Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products	50 mg/kg		5
09.2	Processed fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	50 mg/kg		5
10.2	Egg products	50 mg/kg		5
10.3	Preserved eggs, including alkaline, salted, and canned eggs	50 mg/kg		5
10.4	Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard)	50 mg/kg		5
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	50 mg/kg		5
11.2	Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup)	50 mg/kg		5
11.4	Table-top sweeteners, including those containing high-intensity sweeteners	50 mg/kg		5
12.2	Herbs, spices, seasonings (including salt substitutes), and condiments (e.g., seasoning for instant noodles)	50 mg/kg		5
12.6.1	Emulsified sauces (e.g., mayonnaise, salad dressing)	50 mg/kg		5
12.6.2	Non-emulsified sauces (e.g., ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy)	10 mg/kg		5
12.6.3	Mixes for sauces and gravies	10 mg/kg		5
12.6.4	Clear sauces (e.g., soy sauce, fish sauce)	50 mg/kg		5
12.8	Yeast and like products	50 mg/kg		5
13.0	Foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional uses	50 mg/kg		5
14.1.3	Fruit and vegetable nectars	50 mg/kg		5
14.1.5	Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa	50 mg/kg		5
14.2.6	Spirituous beverages	50 mg/kg		5

POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS

Polyglycerol Esters of Fatty Acids

INS: 475

Function: Adjuvant, Crystallization Inhibitor, Emulsifier, Stabilizer, Thickener

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
01.1.2	Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, whey-based drinks)	5000 mg/kg		5
01.2.1	Fermented milks (plain)	30000 mg/kg		5
01.4	Cream (plain) and the like	10000 mg/kg		5
01.5	Milk powder and cream powder	10000 mg/kg		5
01.6.4	Processed cheese	5000 mg/kg		5
01.6.5	Cheese analogues	5000 mg/kg		5
01.7	Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt)	10000 mg/kg		5
02.0	Fats and oils, and fat emulsions (type water-in-oil)	20000 mg/kg		5
04.1.1.2	Surface-treated fresh fruit	1000 mg/kg		5
04.1.2.8	Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk	5000 mg/kg		5
04.1.2.9	Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts	9000 mg/kg		5
04.1.2.11	Fruit fillings for pastries	5000 mg/kg		5
04.2.1.3	Peeled, cut or shredded vegetables, and nuts and seeds	3000 mg/kg		5
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	5000 mg/kg		5
05.1	Cocoa products and chocolate products including imitations and chocolate substitutes	10000 mg/kg		5
05.4	Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces	10000 mg/kg		5
06.1	Whole, broken, or flaked grain, including rice	10000 mg/kg		5
06.2	Flours and starches	10000 mg/kg		5
06.4.2	Pre-cooked or dried pastas and noodles and like products	20000 mg/kg		5
06.5	Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding)	9000 mg/kg		5
06.6	Batters (e.g., for breading ro batters for fish or poultry)	10000 mg/kg		5
07.1.2	Crackers, excluding sweet crackers	6000 mg/kg		5
07.1.3	Other ordinary bakery products (e.g., bagels, pita, English muffins)	6000 mg/kg		5
07.1.4	Bread-type products, including bread stuffing and bread crumbs	10000 mg/kg		5
07.1.5	Steamed breads and buns	6000 mg/kg		5
08.0	Meat and meat products, including poultry and game	5000 mg/kg		5
09.0	Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	10000 mg/kg		5
10.2	Egg products	5000 mg/kg		5
10.4	Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard)	9000 mg/kg		5
12.5	Soups and broths	5000 mg/kg		5
12.6.2	Non-emulsified sauces (e.g., ketchup, cheese sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy)	10000 mg/kg		5
12.6.3	Mixes for sauces and gravies	10000 mg/kg		5
14.1.4	Water-based flavoured drinks, including “sport” or “electrolyte” drinks and particulated drinks	9000 mg/kg		5
14.1.5	Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa	5000 mg/kg		5
15.0	Ready-to-eat savouries	10000 mg/kg		5

POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF INTERESTERIFIED RICINOLEIC ACID

Polyglycerol Esters of Interesterified

INS: 476 Ricinoleic Acid

Function: Emulsifier, Stabilizer

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
01.4	Cream (plain) and the like	5000 mg/kg		5
01.5	Milk powder and cream powder	10000 mg/kg		5
01.6.4	Processed cheese	5000 mg/kg		5
01.7	Dairy-based desserts (e.g., ice cream, ice milk, pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt)	5000 mg/kg		5
02.0	Fats and oils, and fat emulsions (type water-in-oil)	10000 mg/kg		5
03.0	Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet	10000 mg/kg		5
04.1.1.2	Surface-treated fresh fruit	1000 mg/kg		5
04.1.2.9	Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts	5000 mg/kg		5
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	5000 mg/kg		5
07.0	Bakery wares	5000 mg/kg		5
08.0	Meat and meat products, including poultry and game	5000 mg/kg		5
09.0	Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms	5000 mg/kg		5
10.2	Egg products	5000 mg/kg		5
10.4	Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard)	5000 mg/kg		5
12.5	Soups and broths	5000 mg/kg		5
12.6	Sauces and like products	5000 mg/kg		5
13.3	Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes, including those for infants and young children	5000 mg/kg		5
13.4	Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction	5000 mg/kg		5
14.1.4	Water-based flavoured drinks, including “sport” or “electrolyte” drinks and particulated drinks	5000 mg/kg		5
14.1.5	Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa	5000 mg/kg		5
14.2.1	Beer and malt beverages	1000 mg/kg		5
14.2.2	Cider and perry	1000 mg/kg		5
14.2.3	Wines	1000 mg/kg		5
14.2.4	Fruit wine	1000 mg/kg		5
15.0	Ready-to-eat savouries	1000 mg/kg		5

POLYOXYETHYLENE STEARATES

Polyoxyethylene (8) Stearate

INS: 430

Polyoxyethylene (40) Stearate

INS: 431

Function: Emulsifier, Stabilizer

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
07.0	Bakery wares	4000 mg/kg		5

POLYSORBATES

Polyoxyethylene (20) Sorbitan Monolaurate	INS: 432	Polyoxyethylene (20) Sorbitan Monooleate	INS: 433
Polyoxyethylene (20) Sorbitan	INS: 434	Polyoxyethylene (20) Sorbitan	INS: 435
Monopalmitate		Monostearate
Polyoxyethylene (20) Sorbitan Tristearate	INS: 436

Function: Antifoaming Agent, Adjuvant, Emulsifier, Foaming Agent, Flour Treatment Agent, Stabilizer

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
05.2	Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougat, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4	10000 mg/kg		5
05.4	Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces	7000 mg/kg		5

PONCEAU 4R

Ponceau 4R

INS: 124

Function: Colour

Food Cat. No.	Food Category	Max Level	Comments	Step
01.2.1.1	Fermented milks (plain), not heat-treated after fermentation	150 mg/kg		5
07.1	Bread and ordinary bakery wares	200 mg/kg		5
08.3.2	Heat-treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products	200 mg/kg		5
08.3.3	Frozen processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products	200 mg/kg		5
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	200 mg/kg		5
11.2	Other sugars and syrups (e.g., brown sugar, maple syrup)	200 mg/kg		5
11.4	Table-top sweeteners, including those containing high-intensity sweeteners	200 mg/kg		5
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	200 mg/kg		5