Thông tư 08/2015/TT-BYT sửa đổi Thông tư 27/2012/TT-BYT hướng dẫn việc quản lý phụ gia thực phẩm do Bộ Y tế ban hành

CIRCULAR

PROVIDING AMENDMENTS TO A NUMBER OF ARTICLES OF THE CIRCULAR No. 27/2012/TT-BYT DATED NOVEMBER 30, 2012 BY THE MINISTER OF HEALTH PROVIDING GUIDANCE ON THE MANAGEMENT OF FOOD ADDITIVES

Pursuant to the Law of Food safety dated June 17, 2010;

Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 38/2012/NĐ-CP dated April 25, 2012, detailing the implementation of some articles of the Law of Food safety;

Pursuant to the Decree No. 63/2012/NĐ-CP dated August 31, 2012 by the Government defining the functions, tasks, entitlements and organizational structure of the Ministry of Health;

At the request of the Director Vietnam Food Administration;

The Minister of Health promulgates the Circular providing amendments to a number of articles of the Circular No. 27/2012/TT-BYT dated November 30, 2012 by the Minister of Health providing guidance on management of food additives;

Article 1. Amendments to a number of articles of the Circular No. 27/2012/TT-BYT dated November 30, 2012 by the Minister of Health providing guidance on management of food additives (hereinafter referred to as the Circular No. 27/2012/TT-BYT):

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INS

NAME OF ADDITIVE

FUNCTION

In Vietnamese

In English

153

Carbon thực vật

Vegetable carbon

Coloring

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Màu bắp cải đỏ

Red cabbage colour

Coloring

363

Acid succinic

Succinic acid

Acidity regulator

515(ii)

Kali hydro sulfat

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Acidity regulator

639

DL-Alanin

Alanin, DL-

Flavor enhancer

640

Glycin

Glycine

Flavor enhancer

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Glycyrrhizin

Glycyrrhzin

Flavor enhancer, sweetener

2. Appendix 2, the maximum limits of food additives, enclosed with the Circular No. 27/2012/TT-BYT is amended by the Appendix amending to the maximum limits of food additives enclosed herewith.

3. Article 7, Terms of transition, is amended as follows: The food additives and food products that use food additives that have been issued with Certificate of Declaration of conformity or Certificate of Declaration of conformity with the food safety regulations before this Circular takes effect may still be used until the expiry dates of the Certificates.

Article 2. Implementary clause

1. This Circular comes into effect from July 01, 2015.

2. Vietnam Food Administration shall preside over, cooperate with relevant functional agencies in providing guidance and organizing the implementation of this Circular. Difficulties that arise during the implementation of this Circular should be reported to the Vietnam Food Administration (the Ministry of Health) for consideration and solution.

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PP. THE MINISTER
THE DEPUTY MINISTER




Nguyen Thanh Long

APPENDIX

AMENDING TO THE MAXIMUM LIMITS OF FOOD ADDITIVES
(Enclosed with the Circular No. 08/2015/TT-BYT dated May 11, 2015)

CURCUMIN

INS

100(i)

Name of additive

Curcumin

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Food Category

ML
(mg/kg)

Note

01.1.2

Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, whey-based drinks)

100

01.2.1

Fermented milks (plain)

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CS243

01.6.1

Unripened cheese

GMP

CS221, CS283

01.7

Dairy-based desserts (e.g., pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt)

GMP

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Anhydrous oils and fats

5

02.1.3

Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats

5

CS211

02.2.2

Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended spreads

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...

CS253

02.2.2

Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended spreads

10

CS256

03.0

Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet

GMP

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Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine

500

CS260

04.1.2.5

Jams, jellies, marmelades

500

04.1.2.5

Jams, jellies, marmelades

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CS296

04.2.2.3

Vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soybean sauce

300

305, CS115

05.2

Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4

300

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Chewing gum

300

06.4.3

Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products

GMP

06.4.3

Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products

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12.2.2

Seasonings and condiments

GMP

12.5

Soups and broths

50

390&CS117

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Non-emulsified sauces (e.g. ketchup, chili sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy)

GMP

12.6.2

Non-emulsified sauces (e.g. ketchup, chili sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy)

GMP

CS306R

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TURMERIC

INS

100(ii)

Name of additive

Turmeric

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Food Category No.

Food Category

ML
(mg/kg)

Note

04.2.2.4

Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and seaweeds

GMP

CS145

05.2

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300

05.3

Chewing gum

300

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RIBOFLAVINS INS

101(i)

101(ii)

101(iii)

Name of additive

Riboflavin, synthetic

Riboflavin 5'-phosphate sodium

Riboflavin from Bacillus subtilis

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Food Category No.

Food Category

ML
(mg/kg)

Note

01.1.2

Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, whey-based drinks)

300

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01.2.1

Fermented milks (plain)

300

CS243

01.3.2

Beverage whiteners

300

01.5.2

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300

01.6.1

Unripened cheese

300

01.6.1

Unripened cheese

GMP

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01.6.2.1

Ripened cheese, includes rind

300

01.6.2.2

Rind of ripened cheese

300

01.6.4

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300

01.6.5

Cheese analogues

300

01.7

Dairy-based desserts (e.g., pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt)

300

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02.2.2

Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended spreads

300

02.3

Fat emulsions mainly of type oil-in-water, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions

300

02.4

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300

03.0

Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet

500

04.1.1.2

Surface-treated fresh fruit

300

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04.1.2.4

Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit

300

04.1.2.5

Jams, jellies, marmelades

200

04.1.2.6

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500

04.1.2.7

Candied fruit

300

04.1.2.8

Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk

300

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182

04.1.2.9

Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts

300

04.1.2.10

Fermented fruit products

500

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Fruit fillings for pastries

300

04.2.1.2

Surface-treated fresh vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds

300

4 & 16

04.2.2.3

Vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera) and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soybean sauce

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...

04.2.2.3

Vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera) and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soybean sauce

300

305, CS115

04.2.2.6

Vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweed, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g. vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables) other than food category 04.2.2.5 

300

92

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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 06.8.6, 06.8.7, 12.9.1, 12.9.2.1 and 12.9.2.3

500

05.1.5

Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products

1000

05.2

Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougats, etc.
other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4

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05.3

Chewing gum

1000

05.4

Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit)
and sweet sauces

1000

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Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats

300

06.4.3

Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products

300

153

06.5

Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding)

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06.6

Batters (e.g., for breading or batters for fish or poultry)

300

06.8.1

Soybean-based beverages

50

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 Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and mixes

300

08.2

Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts

1000

16

08.3

Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products

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16

08.4

Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings)

1000

16

09.2.1

Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks,
crustaceans, and echinoderms

1000

95

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Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

300

16

09.2.3

Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

300

16

09.2.4.1

Cooked fish and fish products

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95

09.2.4.2

Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

300

09.2.4.3

Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

300

16

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Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

300

22

09.3.1

Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and
echinoderms, marinated and/or in jelly

300

16

09.3.2

Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and
echinoderms, pickled and/or in brine

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16

09.3.3

Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products

300

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

300

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Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

500

95

10.1

Fresh egg

300

4

10.4

Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard)

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11.3

Sugar solutions and syrups, also (partially) inverted,
including treacle and molasses, excluding products of food
category 11.1.3

300

11.4

Other sugars and syrups (e.g., xylose, maple syrup, sugar
toppings)

300

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Seasonings and condiments

350

12.4

Mustards

300

12.5

Soups and broths

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12.6

Sauces and like products

350

12.6.2

Non-emulsified sauces (e.g. ketchup, chili sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy)

350

CS306R

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Salads (e.g., macaroni salad, potato salad) and sandwich spreads excluding cocoa- and nut-based spreads of food categories 04.2.2.5 and 05.1.3

300

12.9.1

Fermented soybean paste (e.g., miso)

30

12.9.1

Fermented soybean paste (e.g., miso)

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309&CS298R

13.3

Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes
(excluding products of food category 13.1)

300

13.4

Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction

300

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Dietetic foods (e.g., supplementary foods for dietary use)
excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 and 13.6

300

13.6

Food supplements

300

14.1.4

Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport," "energy," or
"electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks

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14.2.2

Cider and perry

300

14.2.4

Wines (other than grape)

300

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Aromatized alcoholic beverages (e.g., beer, wine and spirituous cooler-type beverages, low alcoholic refreshers)

100

15.1

Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots
and tubers, pulses and legumes)

1000

15.2

Processed nuts, including coated nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g., dried fruit)

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TARTRAZIN

INS

102

Name of additive

Tartrazin

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Food Category No.

Food Category

ML
(mg/kg)

Note

01.2.1

Fermented milks (plain)

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CS243

01.7

Dairy-based desserts (e.g., pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt)

GMP

03.0

Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet

GMP

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Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit

200

305,CS061

04.2.2.3

Vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera) and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soybean sauce

300

305,CS115

04.2.2.4

Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and seaweeds

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CS297

05.1.4

Cocoa and chocolate products

300

05.2

Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougats, etc.
other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4

300

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Chewing gum

300

06.4.3

Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products

300

CS249

09.4

Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

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305&CS037

12.5

Soups and broths

50

390&CS117

12.6.2

Non-emulsified sauces (e.g. ketchup, chili sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy)

100

CS306R

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SUNSET YELLOW FCF

INS

110

Name of additive

Sunset yellow FCF

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Food Category No.

Food Category

ML
(mg/kg)

Note

01.1.2

Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, whey-based drinks)

300

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01.7

01.2.1

Fermented milks (plain)

300

CS243

01.6.1

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300

3

01.6.2.2

Rind of ripened cheese

300

01.6.4

Processed cheese

200

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01.6.5

Cheese analogues

300

3

01.7

Dairy-based desserts (e.g., pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt)

300

02.1.3

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300

02.4

Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7

50

03.0

Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet

50

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04.1.2.5

Jams, jellies, marmelades

300

04.1.2.6

Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5

300

04.1.2.7

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200

04.1.2.8

Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk

300

182

04.1.2.9

Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts

50

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04.1.2.11

Fruit fillings for pastries

300

04.2.1.2

Surface-treated fresh vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds

300

4 & 16

04.2.2.3

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300

305, CS115

04.2.2.6

Vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweed, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g. vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables) other than food category 04.2.2.5:  

50

92

04.2.2.7

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 06.8.6, 06.8.7, 12.9.1, 12.9.2.1 and 12.9.2.3

200

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05.1.4

Cocoa and chocolate products

400

183

05.1.5

Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products

300

05.2

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300

05.3

Chewing gum

300

05.4

Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces

300

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06.3

Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats

300

06.4.3

Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products

300

CS249

06.5

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50

07.2

 Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and mixes

50

08.1

Fresh meat, poultry, and game

300

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08.2

Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts

300

16, XS96, XS97

08.3.1.1

Cured (including salted) non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products

300

16

08.3.1.2

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135

08.3.1.3

Fermented non-heat treated processed comminuted meat,
poultry, and game products

300

16

08.3.2

Heat-treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products

300

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08.3.3

Frozen processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game
products

300

16

08.4

Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings)

300

16

09.1.1

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300

4, 16 & 50

09.1.2

Fresh mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

300

4 & 16

09.2.1

Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks,
crustaceans, and echinoderms

300

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09.2.2

Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

300

16

09.2.3

Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

300

16 & 95

09.2.4.1

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300

95

09.2.4.2

Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

250

09.2.4.3

Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

300

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09.2.5

Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

100

22

09.3.1

Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and
echinoderms, marinated and/or in jelly

300

16

09.3.2

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300

16

09.3.3

Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products

300

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

300

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09.4

Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

300

95

09.4

Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

30

305&CS037

10.1

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GMP

4

10.4

Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard)

50

12.2.2

Seasonings and condiments

300

...

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...

12.4

Mustards

300

12.5

Soups and broths

50

12.6

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300

12.6.2

Non-emulsified sauces (e.g. ketchup, chili sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy)

300

CS306R

13.3

Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes (excluding products of food category 13.1)

50

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13.4

Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction

50

13.5

Dietetic foods (e.g., supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 and 13.6

300

13.6

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300

14.1.4

Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport," "energy," or
"electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks

100

127

14.2.6

Distilled spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol

200

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...

14.2.7

Aromatized alcoholic beverages (e.g., beer, wine and spirituous cooler-type beverages, low alcoholic refreshers)

200

15.1

Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots
and tubers, pulses and legumes)

200

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CARMINE

INS

120

Name of additive

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Food Category No.

Food Category

ML
(mg/kg)

Note

01.1.2

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...

150

52

01.2.1

Fermented milks (plain)

150

CS243

01.6.1

Unripened cheese

GMP

...

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...

01.6.2.1

Ripened cheese, includes rind

125

01.6.4.2

Flavoured processed cheese, including containing fruit, vegetables, meat, etc.

100

01.6.5

...

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...

100

3&178

01.7

Dairy-based desserts (e.g., pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt)

150

02.2.2

Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended spreads

500

...

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...

02.3

Fat emulsions mainly of type oil-in-water, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions

500

178

02.4

Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7

150

03.0

...

...

...

150

04.1.1.2

Surface-treated fresh fruit

500

4&16

04.1.2.4

Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit

200

...

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...

04.1.2.5

Jams, jellies, marmelades

200

04.1.2.6

Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5

500

04.1.2.7

...

...

...

200

04.1.2.8

Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk

500

182

04.1.2.9

...

...

...

150

04.1.2.11

Fruit fillings for pastries

300

04.2.1.2

Surface-treated fresh vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds

500

...

...

...

04.2.2.3

Vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera) and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soybean sauce

500

178

04.2.2.5

Vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweed, and nut and seed purees and spreads (e.g. peanut butter)

100

04.2.2.6

...

...

...

200

92

05.1.2

Cocoa mixes (syrups)

300

05.1.5

Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products

300

...

...

...

05.2

Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougats, etc.
other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4

300

05.3

Chewing gum

500

178

05.4

...

...

...

500

06.3

Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats

200

06.4.3

Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products

100

...

...

...

06.5

Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding)

150

06.6

Batters (e.g., for breading or batters for fish or poultry)

500

06.8.1

...

...

...

100

178

07.1.2

Crackers, excluding sweet crackers

200

178

07.1.4

Bread-type products, including bread stuffing and bread crumbs

500

...

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...

07.2

 Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and mixes

200

08.1.1

Fresh meat, poultry and game, whole pieces or cuts

500

4&16

08.1.2

...

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...

100

4, 16&117

08.2

Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts

500

16, XS96, XS97

08.3.1.1

Cured (including salted) non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products

200

...

...

...

08.3.1.2

Cured (including salted) and dried non-heat treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products

100

08.3.1.3

Fermented non-heat treated processed comminuted meat,
poultry, and game products

100

08.3.2

...

...

...

100

XS88, XS89, XS98

08.3.3

Frozen processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products

500

16

08.4

Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings)

500

...

...

...

09.1.1

Fresh fish

300

4, 16&50

09.1.2

Fresh mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

500

4&16

09.2.1

...

...

...

100

95&178

09.2.2

Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

500

16, 95&178

09.2.3

Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

500

...

...

...

09.2.4.1

Cooked fish and fish products

500

09.2.4.2

Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

250

09.2.4.3

...

...

...

500

16, 95&178

09.2.5

Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

300

22

09.3.1

Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and
echinoderms, marinated and/or in jelly

500

...

...

...

09.3.2

Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and
echinoderms, pickled and/or in brine

500

16

09.3.3

Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products

500

09.3.4

...

...

...

100

09.4

Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

500

16

10.1

Fresh egg

GMP

...

...

...

10.4

Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard)

150

12.2.2

Seasonings and condiments

500

12.4

...

...

...

300

12.5

Soups and broths

50

12.6

Sauces and like products

500

...

...

...

12.6.2

Non-emulsified sauces (e.g. ketchup, chili sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy)

50

CS306R

13.3

Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes (excluding products of food category 13.1)

50

13.4

...

...

...

50

13.5

Dietetic foods (e.g., supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 and 13.6

300

13.6

Food supplements

300

...

...

...

14.1.4

Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport," "energy," or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks

100

178

14.2.1

Beer and malt beverages

100

14.2.2

...

...

...

200

14.2.4

Wines (other than grape)

200

14.2.6

Distilled spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol

200

...

...

...

14.2.7

Aromatized alcoholic beverages (e.g., beer, wine and spirituous cooler-type beverages, low alcoholic refreshers)

200

178

15.1

Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes)

200

15.2

...

...

...

100

15.3

Snacks - fish based

200

178

...

...

...

PONCEAU 4R

INS
124

Name of additive
Ponceau 4R

Food Category No.

Food Category

...

...

...

Note

01.1.2

Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, whey-based drinks)

150

52

01.2.1

Fermented milks (plain)

150

CS243

...

...

...

Unripened cheese

100

3

01.6.2.2

Rind of ripened cheese

100

01.6.4.2

Flavoured processed cheese, including containing fruit, vegetables, meat, etc.

...

...

...

01.6.5

Cheese analogues

100

3

01.7

Dairy-based desserts (e.g., pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt)

150

...

...

...

Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7

50

03.0

Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet

50

04.1.2.4

Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit

...

...

...

04.1.2.4

Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit

200

305, CS061

04.1.2.5

Jams, jellies, marmelades

100

...

...

...

Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5

500

04.1.2.7

Candied fruit

200

04.1.2.8

...

...

...

50

182

04.1.2.9

Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts

50

04.1.2.11

Fruit fillings for pastries

...

...

...

04.2.2.7

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 06.8.6, 06.8.7, 12.9.1, 12.9.2.1 and 12.9.2.3

500

05.1.4

Cocoa and chocolate products

300

183

...

...

...

Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products

50

05.2

Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougats, etc.
other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4

300

05.3

Chewing gum

...

...

...

05.4

Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces

50

06.5

Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding)

50

...

...

...

 Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and mixes

50

08.4

Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings)

500

16

09.2.1

Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks,
crustaceans, and echinoderms

...

...

...

407&CS092

09.2.2

Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

500

16 & 95

09.2.3

...

...

...

500

16 & 95

09.2.4.1

Cooked fish and fish products

500

95

09.2.4.2

Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

250

...

...

...

09.2.5

Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

100

22

09.3.3

Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products

500

09.3.4

...

...

...

100

09.4

Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

500

09.4

Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish
products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

30

...

...

...

10.1

Fresh egg

500

4

10.4

Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard)

50

11.4

...

...

...

300

159

12.2.2

Seasonings and condiments

500

12.4

Mustards

300

...

...

...

12.5

Soups and broths

50

12.6

Sauces and like products

50

12.6.2

...

...

...

50

CS306R

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 05.1.3

200

13.3

Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes (excluding products of food category 13.1)

50

...

...

...

13.4

Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction

50

13.5

Dietetic foods (e.g., supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 and 13.6

300

13.6

...

...

...

300

14.1.4

Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport," "energy," or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks

50

14.2.6

Distilled spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol

200

...

...

...

14.2.7

Aromatized alcoholic beverages (e.g., beer, wine and spirituous cooler-type beverages)

200

15.1

Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes)

200

15.2

...

...

...

100

ERYTHROSINE

INS
127

Name of additive
Erythrosine

...

...

...

Food Category No.

Food Category

ML
(mg/kg)

Note

...

...

...

Dairy-based desserts (e.g., pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt)

GMP

03.0

Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet

GMP

04.1.2.4

Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit

...

...

...

CS242

04.1.2.4

Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit

GMP

CS078

04.1.2.4

Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit

300

305,CS060, CS062

...

...

...

Jams, jellies, marmelades

GMP

04.1.2.7

Candied fruit

200

54

04.2.2.7

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 06.8.6, 06.8.7, 12.9.1, 12.9.2.1 and 12.9.2.3

...

...

...

05.3

Chewing gum

50

05.4

Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces

100

...

...

...

Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts

30

4, 16, XS 96, XS97

08.3

Processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products

30

4, 290 XS88

08.3.2

Heat-treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products

...

...

...

CS098, CS089

12.6.2

Non-emulsified sauces (e.g. ketchup, chili sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy)

50

CS306R

...

...

...

INS

129

Name of additive

ALLURA RED AC

...

...

...

Food Category No.

Food Category

ML
(mg/kg)

Note

01.1.2

Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, whey-based drinks)

300

52

01.2.1

...

...

...

300

CS243

01.6.2.2

Rind of ripened cheese

100

01.6.4

Processed cheese

100

...

...

...

01.6.5

Cheese analogues

100

3

01.7

Dairy-based desserts (e.g., pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt)

300

02.4

...

...

...

300

03.0

Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet

150

04.1.2.4

Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit

200

...

...

...

04.1.2.5

Jams, jellies, marmelades

100

04.1.2.7

Candied fruit

300

04.1.2.8

...

...

...

300

182

04.1.2.9

Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts

300

04.1.2.11

Fruit fillings for pastries

300

...

...

...

04.2.2.3

Vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera) and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soybean sauce

300

04.2.2.4

Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and seaweeds

200

04.2.2.6

...

...

...

200

92

05.1.3

Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings

300

05.1.4

Cocoa and chocolate products

300

...

...

...

05.1.5

Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products

300

05.2

Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4

300

05.3

...

...

...

300

05.4

Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces

300

06.3

Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats

300

...

...

...

06.5

Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding)

300

07.1.2

Crackers, excluding sweet crackers

300

07.1.3

...

...

...

300

07.2

Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and mixes

300

08.3.2

Heat-treated processed comminuted meat, poultry, and game products

25

...

...

...

08.4

Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings)

300

16

09.2.1

Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

300

95

09.2.4.1

...

...

...

300

95

09.2.4.2

Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

250

09.2.5

Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

300

...

...

...

09.3.3

Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products

300

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

300

10.1

...

...

...

100

4

10.4

Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard)

300

11.4

Other sugars and syrups (e.g., xylose, maple syrup, sugar toppings)

300

...

...

...

12.2.2

Seasonings and condiments

300

12.4

Mustards

300

12.5

...

...

...

300

12.5

Soups and broths

50

390&CS117

12.6

Sauces and like products

300

...

...

...

12.6.2

Non-emulsified sauces (e.g. ketchup, chili sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy)

300

CS306R

13.3

Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes (excluding products of food category 13.1)

50

13.4

...

...

...

50

13.5

Dietetic foods (e.g., supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 and 13.6

300

13.6

Food supplements

300

...

...

...

14.1.4

Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport," "energy," or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks

300

127

14.2.2

Cider and perry

200

14.2.4

...

...

...

200

14.2.6

Distilled spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol

300

14.2.7

Aromatized alcoholic beverages (e.g., beer, wine and spirituous cooler-type beverages)

200

...

...

...

15.1

Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes)

200

15.2

Processed nuts, including coated nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g., dried fruit)

100

...

...

...

INDIGOTINE (INDIGOCARMINE)

INS

132

Name of additive

Indigotine (Indigocarmine)

...

...

...

Food Category No.

Food Category

ML
(mg/kg)

Note

...

...

...

Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, whey-based drinks)

300

52

01.2.1

Fermented milks (plain)

100

CS243

01.6.1

Unripened cheese

...

...

...

3

01.6.2.2

Rind of ripened cheese

100

01.6.4.2

Flavoured processed cheese, including containing fruit, vegetables, meat, etc.

100

...

...

...

Cheese analogues

200

3

01.7

Dairy-based desserts (e.g., pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt)

150

02.1.3

Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats

...

...

...

02.3

Fat emulsions mainly of type oil-in-water, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions

300

02.4

Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7

150

...

...

...

Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet

150

04.1.2.5

Jams, jellies, marmelades

300

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

200

04.1.2.8

Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk

150

...

...

...

04.1.2.9

Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts

150

04.1.2.11

Fruit fillings for pastries

150

04.2.2.3

...

...

...

150

04.2.2.6

Vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweed, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g. vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables) other than food category 04.2.2.5:   

200

92

04.2.2.7

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 06.8.6, 06.8.7, 12.9.1, 12.9.2.1 and 12.9.2.3

300

...

...

...

05.1.4

Cocoa and chocolate products

450

183

05.1.5

Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products

300

05.2

...

...

...

300

05.3

Chewing gum

300

05.4

Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces

300

...

...

...

06.5

Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding)

150

07.2

Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and mixes

200

09.1.1

...

...

...

300

4,6 & 50

09.2.1

Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

300

95

09.2.4.1

Cooked fish and fish products

300

...

...

...

09.2.4.2

Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

250

16

09.2.5

Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

300

22

09.3.3

...

...

...

300

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

300

09.4

Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

300

...

...

...

10.1

Fresh egg

300

4

10.4

Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard)

300

11.4

...

...

...

300

12.2.2

Seasonings and condiments

300

12.4

Mustards

300

...

...

...

12.5

Soups and broths

50

12.6

Sauces and like products

300

13.3

...

...

...

50

13.4

Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction

50

13.5

Dietetic foods (e.g., supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 and 13.6

300

...

...

...

13.6

Food supplements

300

14.1.4

Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport," "energy," or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks

100

14.2.2

...

...

...

200

14.2.4

Wines (other than grape)

200

14.2.6

Distilled spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol

300

...

...

...

14.2.7

Aromatized alcoholic beverages (e.g., beer, wine and spirituous cooler-type beverages)

200

15.1

Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes)

200

15.2

...

...

...

100

BRILLIANT BLUE FCF

INS

133

...

...

...

 Brilliant blue FCF

Food Category No.

Food Category

...

...

...

Note

01.1.2

Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, whey-based drinks)

150

52

01.2.1

Fermented milks (plain)

150

...

...

...

01.6.2.2

Rind of ripened cheese

100

01.6.5

Cheese analogues

100

3

01.7

...

...

...

150

02.3

Fat emulsions mainly of type oil-in-water, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions

100

02.4

Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7

150

...

...

...

03.0

Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet

150

04.1.2.4

Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit

200

04.1.2.5

...

...

...

100

04.1.2.6

Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5

100

04.1.2.7

Candied fruit

100

...

...

...

04.1.2.8

Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk

100

182

04.1.2.9

Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts

150

...

...

...

04.1.2.11

Fruit fillings for pastries

250

04.2.2.3

Vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera) and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soybean sauce

500

04.2.2.3

...

...

...

GMP

CS115

04.2.2.4

Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and seaweeds

200

04.2.2.4

Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and seaweeds

20

...

...

...

04.2.2.6

Vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweed, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g. vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables) other than food category 04.2.2.5:

100

92

04.2.2.7

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 06.8.6, 06.8.7, 12.9.1, 12.9.2.1 and 12.9.2.3

100

92

05.1.3

...

...

...

100

05.1.4

Cocoa and chocolate products

100

183

05.1.5

Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products

100

...

...

...

05.2

Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4

300

05.3

Chewing gum

300

05.4

...

...

...

500

06.3

Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats

200

06.5

Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding)

150

...

...

...

07.1

Bread and ordinary bakery wares and mixes

100

07.2

Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury)

200

08.0

...

...

...

Meat and meat products, including poultry and game

100

4,16, XS88, XS89, XS96, XS97, XS98

09.1.1

Fresh fish

300

4,16&50

09.1.2

...

...

...

500

4&16

09.2.1

Frozen fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

500

95

09.2.2

Frozen battered fish, fish fillets, and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

500

...

...

...

16

09.2.3

Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

500

16

09.2.4.1

Cooked fish and fish products

100

...

...

...

09.2.4.2

Cooked mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

100

09.2.4.3

Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

500

16

09.2.5

...

...

...

100

22

09.3.1

Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, marinated and/or in jelly

500

16

09.3.2

Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, pickled and/or in brine

500

...

...

...

09.3.3

Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products

500

09.4

Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

500

10.1

...

...

...

GMP

4

10.4

Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard)

150

12.2.2

Seasonings and condiments

100

...

...

...

12.4

Mustards

100

12.5

Soups and broths

50

12.6

...

...

...

100

12.6.2

Non-emulsified sauces (e.g. ketchup, chili sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy)

100

CS306R

13.3

Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes (excluding products of food category 13.1)

50

...

...

...

13.4

Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction

50

13.5

Dietetic foods (e.g., supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 and 13.6

300

13.6

...

...

...

300

14.1.4

Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport," "energy," or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks

100

14.2.2

Cider and perry

200

...

...

...

14.2.4

Wines (other than grape)

200

14.2.6

Distilled spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol

200

14.2.7

...

...

...

200

15.1

Snacks - potato, cereal, flour or starch based (from roots and tubers, pulses and legumes)

200

15.2

Processed nuts, including coated nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g., dried fruit)

100

...

...

...

CHLOROPHYLL COPPER COMPLEX

INS

141 (i)

141(ii)

Name of additive

...

...

...

Chlorophyll Copper Complex, Sodium And Potassium Salts

Food Category No.

Food Category

ML
(mg/kg)

Note

...

...

...

01.1.2

Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, whey-based drinks)

50

52&190

01.2.1

Fermented milks (plain)

500

CS243

01.6.1

...

...

...

50

01.6.1

Unripened cheese

5

305&CS262

01.6.1

Unripened cheese

15

...

...

...

01.6.2.1

Ripened cheese, includes rind

15

01.6.2.2

Rind of ripened cheese

75

01.6.2.3

...

...

...

50

01.6.4.2

Flavoured processed cheese, including containing fruit, vegetables, meat, etc.

50

01.6.5

Cheese analogues

50

...

...

...

01.7

Dairy-based desserts (e.g., pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt)

500

02.4

Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7

500

03.0

...

...

...

500

04.1.2.3

Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine

100

62

04.1.2.4

Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit

100

...

...

...

04.1.2.5

Jams, jellies, marmelades

200

04.1.2.6

Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5

150

04.1.2.7

...

...

...

250

04.1.2.8

Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk

100

62&182

04.1.2.9

...

...

...

150

04.1.2.10

Fermented fruit products

100

62

04.1.2.11

Fruit fillings for pastries

100

...

...

...

04.1.2.12

Cooked fruit products

100

62

04.2.2.3

Vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera) and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soybean sauce

300

305,341, CS115

04.2.2.5

...

...

...

100

62

04.2.2.6

Vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweed, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g. vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables) other than food category 04.2.2.5

100

62&92

04.2.2.7

Fermented vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera) and seaweed products, excluding fermented soybean products of food categories 06.8.6, 06.8.7, 12.9.1, 12.9.2.1 and 12.9.2.3

100

...

...

...

04.2.2.8

Cooked or fried vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and seaweeds

100

62

05.1.2

Cocoa mixes (syrups)

6.4

62

05.1.3

...

...

...

6.4

62

05.1.4

Cocoa and chocolate products

700

183

05.1.5

Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products

700

...

...

...

05.2.1

Hard candy

700

05.2.2

Soft candy

100

05.2.3

...

...

...

100

05.3

Chewing gum

700

05.4

Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces

100

...

...

...

06.4.3

Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products

100

CS249

06.5

Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding)

75

07.1.4

...

...

...

6.4

62

07.2

Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury)

75

09.2.3

Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including
mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

40

...

...

...

09.2.4.1

Cooked fish and fish products

30

62&95

09.2.4.3

Fried fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

40

95

09.2.5

...

...

...

200

09.3.1

Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, marinated and/or in jelly

40

16

09.3.2

Fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, pickled and/or in brine

40

...

...

...

09.3.3

Salmon substitutes, caviar, and other fish roe products

200

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

75

95

09.4

...

...

...

500

95

10.4

Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard)

300

2

11.4

Other sugars and syrups (e.g., xylose, maple syrup, sugar toppings)

64

...

...

...

12.2.2

Seasonings and condiments

500

12.4

Mustards

500

12.5

...

...

...

400

127

12.6

Sauces and like products

100

12.6.2

Non-emulsified sauces (e.g. ketchup, chili sauce, cream sauce, brown gravy)

30

...

...

...

13.6

Food supplements

500

3

14.1.4

Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport," "energy," or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks

300

15.1

...

...

...

350

15.2

Processed nuts, including coated nuts and nut mixtures (with e.g., dried fruit)

100

15.3

Snacks - fish based

350

...

...

...

FAST GREEN FCF

INS

143

Name of additive

Fast green FCF

...

...

...

Food Category No.

Food Category

ML
(mg/kg)

Note

...

...

...

01.1.2

Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, whey-based drinks)

100

52

01.2.1

Fermented milks (plain)

100

CS243

01.7

...

...

...

100

2

02.1.3

Lard, tallow, fish oil, and other animal fats

GMP

02.4

Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7

100

...

...

...

03.0

Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet

100

04.1.2.4

Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit

200

04.1.2.5

...

...

...

400

04.1.2.6

Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5

100

04.1.2.7

Candied fruit

100

...

...

...

04.1.2.8

Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk

100

182

04.1.2.9

Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts

100

04.1.2.11

...

...

...

100

04.2.2.3

Vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera) and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soybean sauce

300

04.2.2.4

Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and seaweeds

200

...

...

...

04.2.2.7

Fermented vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera) and seaweed products, excluding fermented soybean products of food categories 06.8.6, 06.8.7, 12.9.1, 12.9.2.1 and 12.9.2.3

100

05.2

Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4

100

05.3

...

...

...

300

05.4

Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces

100

06.4.3

Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products

290

...

...

...

06.5

Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding)

100

07.0

Bakery wares

100

08.1

...

...

...

100

3, 4&16

08.2

Processed meat, poultry, and game products in whole pieces or cuts

100

3, 4, XS96, XS97

08.4

Edible casings (e.g., sausage casings)

100

...

...

...

09.2.4.1

Cooked fish and fish products

100

09.2.5

Smoked, dried, fermented, and/or salted fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

100

09.3.3

...

...

...

100

09.4

Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

100

95

10.1

Fresh egg

GMP

...

...

...

10.4

Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard)

100

12.2.2

Seasonings and condiments

100

12.6.1

...

...

...

100

13.6

Food supplements

600

14.1.4

Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport," "energy," or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks

100

...

...

...

14.2.6

Distilled spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol

100

14.2.7

Aromatized alcoholic beverages (e.g., beer, wine and spirituous cooler-type beverages)

100

...

...

...

CARAMEL III – AMMONIA PROCESS

INS

150c

Name of additive

Caramel III – Ammonia Process

...

...

...

Food Category No.

Food Category

ML
(mg/kg)

Note

01.1.2

Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, whey-based drinks)

...

...

...

52

01.2.1

Fermented milks (plain)

2000

CS243

01.3.2

Beverage whiteners

1000

...

...

...

Cream analogues

5000

01.5.2

Milk and cream powder analogues

5000

01.6.1

Unripened cheese

...

...

...

201

01.6.2.2

Rind of ripened cheese

50000

01.6.4.2

Flavoured processed cheese, including containing fruit, vegetables, meat, etc.

50000

...

...

...

Cheese analogues

50000

01.7

Dairy-based desserts (e.g., pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt)

2000

02.2.2

Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended spreads

...

...

...

02.3

Fat emulsions mainly of type oil-in-water, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions

20000

02.4

Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7

20000

...

...

...

Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet

1000

04.1.2.3

Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine

200

04.1.2.4

Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit

...

...

...

04.1.2.5

Jams, jellies, marmelades

200

04.1.2.5

Jams, jellies, marmelades

80000

CS296

...

...

...

Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5

500

04.1.2.7

Candied fruit

200

04.1.2.8

Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk

...

...

...

182

04.1.2.9

Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts

200

04.1.2.11

Fruit fillings for pastries

7500

...

...

...

04.2.2.2

Dried vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds

50000

76

04.2.2.3

Vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera) and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soybean sauce

500

04.2.2.4

...

...

...

50000

04.2.2.5

Vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweed, and nut and seed purees and spreads (e.g. peanut butter)

50000

04.2.2.6

Vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweed, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g. vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables) other than food category 04.2.2.5

50000

...

...

...

04.2.2.7

Fermented vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera) and seaweed products, excluding fermented soybean products of food categories 06.8.6, 06.8.7, 12.9.1, 12.9.2.1 and 12.9.2.3

50000

04.2.2.8

Cooked or fried vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and seaweeds

50000

05.1.2

...

...

...

50000

05.1.3

Cocoa-based spreads, including filling

50000

05.1.4

Cocoa and chocolate products

50000

...

...

...

05.1.5

Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products

50000

05.2

Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4

50000

05.3

...

...

...

20000

05.4

Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces

50000

06.3

Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats

50000

...

...

...

06.4.3

Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products

50000

CS249&173

06.5

Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding)

50000

06.6

...

...

...

50000

06.7

Pre-cooked or processed rice products, including rice cakes (Oriental type only)

50000

06.8.1

Soybean-based beverages

1500

...

...

...

06.8.8

Other soybean protein products

20000

07.1.2

Crackers, excluding sweet crackers

50000

07.1.3

...

...

...

50000

07.1.4

Bread-type products, including bread stuffing and bread crumbs

50000

07.1.5

Steamed breads and buns

50000

...

...

...

07.1.6

Mixes for bread and ordinary bakery wares

50000

07.2

Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury)

50000

08.0

...

...

...

GMP

3,4&16

09.1

Fresh fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms

30000

4&16

09.2

Processed fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms

30000

...

...

...

09.3

Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms

30000

95

09.4

Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms

500

50

10.1

...

...

...

20000

4

10.3

Preserved eggs, including alkaline, salted, and canned eggs

20000

4

10.4

Egg-based desserts (e.g., custard)

20000

...

...

...

11.4

Other sugars and syrups (e.g., xylose, maple syrup, sugar toppings)

50000

100

12.2.2

Seasonings and condiments

50000

12.3

...

...

...

1000

78

12.4

Mustards

50000

12.5

Soups and broths

25000

...

...

...

12.5

Soups and broths

GMP

390&CS117

12.6

Sauces and like products

50000

12.6.2

...

...

...

1500

CS306R

12.6.4

Clear sauces (e.g. fish sauce)

50000

CS302

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 05.1.3

50000

...

...

...

12.9.2.1

Fermented soybean sauce

20000

207

12.9.2.2

Non-fermented soybean sauce

1500

12.9.2.3

...

...

...

20000

13.3

Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes (excluding products of food category 13.1)

20000

13.4

Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction

20000

...

...

...

13.5

Dietetic foods (e.g., supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 and 13.6

20000

13.6

Food supplements

20000

14.1.4

...

...

...

5000

9

14.1.5

Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa

10000

160&7

14.2.1

Beer and malt beverages

50000

...

...

...

14.2.2

Cider and perry

1000

14.2.3.3

Fortified grape wine, grape liquor wine, and sweet grape wine

50000

14.2.4

...

...

...

1000

14.2.5

Mead

1000

14.2.6

Distilled spirituous beverages containing more than 15% alcohol

50000

...

...

...

14.2.7

Aromatized alcoholic beverages (e.g., beer, wine and spirituous cooler-type beverages)

50000

15.0

Ready-to-eat savouries

10000

...

...

...

CARAMEL IV – AMMONIA SULPHITE PROCESS

INS

150d

Name of additive

Caramel IV – Ammonia Sulphite Process

...

...

...

Food Category No.

Food Category

ML
(mg/kg)

Note

01.1.2

Dairy-based drinks, flavoured and/or fermented (e.g., chocolate milk, cocoa, eggnog, drinking yoghurt, whey-based drinks)

...

...

...

52

01.2.1

Fermented milks (plain)

150

12

01.2.1

Fermented milks (plain)

2000

CS243

...

...

...

Renneted milk (plain)

GMP

01.3.2

Beverage whiteners

1000

01.4.4

Cream analogues

...

...

...

01.5.2

Milk and cream powder analogues

5000

01.6.1

Unripened cheese

50000

201

...

...

...

Ripened cheese, includes rind

50000

201

01.6.2.2

Rind of ripened cheese

50000

01.6.4.2

Flavoured processed cheese, including containing fruit, vegetables, meat, etc.

...

...

...

72

01.6.5

Cheese analogues

50000

201

01.7

Dairy-based desserts (e.g., pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt)

2000

...

...

...

Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads and blended spreads

500

214

02.4

Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7

20000

03.0

Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet

...

...

...

04.1.2.3

Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine

7500

04.1.2.3

Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine

500

CS260

...

...

...

Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit

7500

04.1.2.5

Jams, jellies, marmelades

1500

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

7500

04.1.2.8

Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk

7500

182

...

...

...

Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts

7500

04.1.2.11

Fruit fillings for pastries

7500

04.2.2

Processed vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds

...

...

...

92

04.2.2.3

Vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera) and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soybean sauce

300

305, CS115

04.2.2.4

Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and seaweeds

50000

CS297

...

...

...

Cocoa mixes (syrups)

50000

05.1.3

Cocoa-based spreads, including filling

50000

05.1.4

Cocoa and chocolate products

...

...

...

183

05.1.5

Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products

50000

05.2

Confectionery including hard and soft candy, nougats, etc. other than food categories 05.1, 05.3 and 05.4

50000

...

...

...

Chewing gum

20000

05.4

Decorations (e.g., for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces

50000

06.3

Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats

...

...

...

06.4.2

Dried pastas and noodles and like products

50000

211

06.4.3

Pre-cooked pastas and noodles and like products

50000

CS249

...

...

...

Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g., rice pudding, tapioca pudding)

2500

06.6

Batters (e.g., for breading or batters for fish or poultry)

2500

06.7

Pre-cooked or processed rice products, including rice cakes (Oriental type only)

...

...

...

06.8.8

Other soybean protein products

20000

07.1.2

Crackers, excluding sweet crackers

50000

...

...

...

Other ordinary bakery products (e.g. bagels, pita, English muffins)

50000

07.2

Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury)

1200

08.0

...

...

...